Top Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead software projects, develop team members, ensure technical excellence, and collaborate across the company.

Lead and develop a team of automation engineers, own test automation backlog and frameworks, drive UI/API/performance testing, integrate AI-driven testing practices, collaborate cross-functionally, hire and mentor staff, and contribute hands-on to automation and CI/CD improvements.

Lead and manage software engineering teams: run agile processes, design and ship secure scalable APIs and services, guide architecture, manage technical debt, recruit and mentor engineers, and align work with company objectives.

Lead and mentor platform engineering teams to design, build, and operate scalable, reliable foundational services. Set technical strategy, drive large-scale initiatives, improve testing and reliability practices, manage platform costs and third-party tools, and participate in incident response and on-call. Collaborate cross-functionally, promote AI-assisted engineering responsibly, and ensure compliance with PCI/SOX/NIST standards while delivering high-quality engineering outcomes.

Lead and manage a team building scalable, resilient distributed and full-stack payment systems. Define technical strategy, drive architecture, deliver cloud-based solutions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product managers to meet regulatory and performance needs for high-throughput transaction processing.

Lead diverse technology projects, mentor developers, and collaborate on cloud-based solutions while utilizing various programming languages and cloud services.

Lead a portfolio of backend engineering projects and a team building distributed microservices and full-stack systems to meet regulatory needs. Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions at scale, mentor engineers, stay current with technologies, and occasionally write or evaluate code.

Lead and manage a team delivering distributed microservices and full‑stack cloud solutions for regulatory needs. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, drive cloud-native implementations, and occasionally code or evaluate code. Utilize languages and tools including JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, SQL, RDBMS/NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure/GCP.

Lead a portfolio of backend engineering projects and manage a team building distributed microservices and cloud-based solutions for the Global Payment Network. Collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, evaluate and sometimes write code, and leverage technologies like Java, Python, Go, Node, SQL/NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS to meet regulatory and customer needs.

Lead and manage full‑stack engineering teams building cloud-based, microservices solutions for global payment/regulatory needs. Collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, drive technology adoption, occasionally write or evaluate code, and deliver scalable containerized services using modern languages and cloud platforms.

Manage and mentor a backend engineering team, oversee design and delivery of software and web applications, set project requirements and timelines, enforce development best practices and KPIs, manage releases, budgets, and capital projects, and drive continuous technical improvement and cross-functional collaboration.

Lead and manage teams to design, build, test, and deploy enterprise software solutions. Drive CI/CD, API-driven integrations, code quality, client engagement, and process improvements while coaching high-performing teams.

Lead and manage forward-deployed software engineering teams in PwC's Tax practice. Own project planning, budgeting, execution, and delivery of API-driven, microservices-based applications. Mentor staff, implement CI/CD, ensure enterprise application integration, optimize system interactions, and collaborate with clients and support teams to resolve software issues and drive digital transformation.

Lead two software engineering teams in delivering digital solutions that leverage advanced analytics and AI. Ensure high-quality features are shipped on time while empowering team development.

Lead the Buyer Cloud Tier-2 engineering team to ensure platform availability, performance, and operational excellence. Own incident response, RCA, release readiness, monitoring, automation, and cross-functional coordination while balancing hands-on troubleshooting, engineering initiatives, and people management.

Manage an engineering team building and supporting a high-scale video advertising platform. Lead full SDLC activities, review designs and code, provide technical leadership, troubleshoot production issues, document technical requirements, and collaborate with global product and operations teams.

Lead and manage a team delivering scalable, highly available payment systems and full-stack microservices. Drive cloud-native solutions, collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, evaluate and occasionally write code, and adopt new technologies to meet regulatory and business needs.

Lead a team of engineers to build distributed systems for B2B partners, manage technical integrations, and drive architectural excellence.

The Manager of Software Engineering will lead the Developer Environments team, enhancing developer productivity through effective environment provisioning and CI/CD workflows while mentoring engineers and implementing system reliability improvements.

Lead a software engineering team to deliver technical solutions, mentor engineers, drive architecture and system design, ensure application performance, APIs and integrations, promote testing strategies, CI/CD deployments, resiliency, observability, and security while collaborating cross-functionally.

Lead and develop distributed software engineering teams to design, deliver, and operate scalable, secure enterprise applications. Drive architecture, APIs, microservices, CI/CD/DevOps, observability, and agile delivery while partnering with product, UX, and senior stakeholders to align technical roadmaps with business goals.

Lead and grow global engineering teams building APM agents and observability tooling. Hands-on with data analysis, OpenTelemetry, backend engineering, reliability, scalability, on-call operations, and cross-team execution to deliver production-grade distributed systems.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead a development team, set technical direction, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate cross-functionally to enhance a SaaS application for governance, risk, and compliance.

Manage and mentor an engineering team building Buyer Cloud API and web services for DSP real-time bidding. Define requirements, timelines, and releases; enforce best practices and KPIs; drive technical improvements, manage budgets, and collaborate cross-functionally. May work nights/weekends as needed.

Lead a new data engineering team to define standards, drive cross-functional AI-driven initiatives, and provide hands-on guidance in SQL optimization, data modeling, and the GCP data/streaming stack. Balance technical leadership with people management, coach engineers, promote AI-assisted workflows, and collaborate with Product and Architecture to build a standardized data ecosystem.