Top Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering will lead engineering teams in developing software solutions for financial systems and carrier integration, with a focus on leveraging AI technology for enhanced performance and data-driven decision-making.

Lead a team to enhance Cengage Learning Platforms by implementing AI-first strategies, improving software delivery processes, and ensuring product quality.

Manage an overseas Agile sprint team, bridge business and engineering with clear technical requirements, contribute as a senior engineer (architecture, code, reviews), develop cloud-hosted and on‑prem and front-end applications, and perform people, project, and software development management.

Lead an 8-engineer Financing squad to build lending, credit, and capital-access products. Own projects end-to-end, mentor engineers, make critical design decisions for money-moving systems, ensure regulatory and audit compliance, partner with Product, Risk, and Compliance, support hiring, and promote AI-assisted development practices.

Lead a software engineering team to modernize a legacy Java/Spring platform: migrate to Spring Boot microservices, refactor stored-procedure logic to application code, rebuild JSP front ends in React, upgrade reporting, and establish SDLC, CI/CD, observability, incident management, and team development practices while coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and reporting progress to leadership.

Lead and grow a software engineering team to design, build, deliver, and maintain GridOS platform software (Data Fabric). Drive full lifecycle delivery, agile practices, data engineering, distributed systems, and stakeholder alignment while presenting to executives and ensuring compliance and performance.

Lead and grow an 8-10 person engineering team to design, build, and operate a multi-cloud data plane platform. Drive roadmap, delivery, release readiness, operational excellence, CI/CD, observability, incident management, and cross-functional partnerships with Product, Security, Infrastructure, and SRE.

Lead and grow an engineering team, set technical vision, drive delivery of scalable secure systems, partner with product/design, establish engineering practices (Agile, CI/CD, TDD), mentor engineers, and promote innovation to advance Function's healthcare platform.

Lead and manage teams to modernize legacy applications into cloud‑native, microservices-based solutions using automation and GenAI. Own end‑to‑end modernization delivery (replatforming, refactoring, decomposition), drive DevOps/Agile practices, pipeline automation, observability/AIOps, and ensure security, compliance, performance, and cost optimization while aligning with enterprise standards and measurable KPIs.

Lead and grow US-based software engineering teams to modernize legacy systems into scalable cloud and microservices architectures. Own technical roadmaps, execution across the SDLC, CI/CD and IaC adoption, incident response and disaster recovery, stakeholder collaboration, hiring and coaching, and use of AI-assisted tools to improve delivery, quality, and reliability.

Lead and grow a platform and infrastructure engineering team (Infrastructure/SQL reliability, Developer Experience, or Tooling). Hire, mentor, and manage delivery of quarterly roadmaps; remain technically engaged in design and code reviews; partner with product, SRE, and security to drive reliability, observability, CI/CD, and platform strategy. Own toolchain, reliability goals, and foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

Lead a 4–7 engineer team owning delivery of consumer and enterprise restaurant applications. Manage capacity, hiring, budgets, launch execution, long-term architecture, AI tooling guidance, cross-functional collaboration, and stakeholder communication to ensure scalable, reliable product rollouts.

Lead design, build, and operate an end-to-end Identity Platform for KYC/KYB, overseeing CIP, CDD, sanctions screening, and continuous risk monitoring. Drive AI-first automation to reduce manual reviews, mentor engineers, manage reliability and incidents, and represent technical solutions to customers and regulators. Partner cross-functionally to shape roadmap and ensure regulatory compliance and extensibility across jurisdictions.

Lead and contribute to Audit product engineering across teams, rapidly joining high‑priority efforts to design, build, and integrate Azure PaaS and AI-enabled solutions, improve quality through shift‑left practices, troubleshoot production issues, and advise on architecture and delivery to drive measurable business value.

Lead strategy and execution for a Protect engineering domain, managing and mentoring engineers to build and operate scalable, reliable cloud-native services. Drive architecture, observability, incident response, CI/CD, and cross-functional delivery with Product, Research, and SRE to improve technical health and delivery outcomes.

Lead and manage software engineering teams to design and implement scalable, secure web and data architectures. Drive technology strategy, develop roadmaps, prioritize investments, hire and mentor engineers, and ensure high data quality, monitoring, SLAs, and cross-functional collaboration.

The Software Engineering Manager will lead a team in creating tools for Cengage Learning Platforms, focusing on AI innovation, team growth, agile delivery, and collaboration.

Lead and manage a software engineering team to plan, design, develop, implement, and support software products and integrations. Oversee project delivery, prioritize resources, evaluate proposals, work with Product Managers on requirements, troubleshoot production issues, and support team professional development while managing multiple concurrent priorities.

Lead a team building the Entri scheduling and order management platform. Drive architecture, modernize legacy desktop apps into scalable SaaS, design and deliver distributed microservices, mentor engineers, partner with product and cross-functional teams, and resolve complex production issues to improve patient scheduling and coordination.

Lead and grow a senior engineering team building dashboards, notebooks, visualizations, and AI-assisted investigative tools. Partner with Product to drive roadmap and delivery, shape technical direction with staff+ engineers, mentor engineers, and ensure performance and scalability of analytical surfaces at enterprise scale.

The Software Development Manager leads engineering teams, ensuring high-quality software delivery, mentoring engineers, and managing team development, while collaborating cross-functionally to align with business objectives.

Lead a team responsible for payments and finance development, focusing on API integrations, security compliance, and team productivity improvements.

The Engineering Manager will lead teams in developing and managing Blackbaud's Data & AI platform, focusing on scalability, security, and cost-efficiency.

Lead and grow cross-functional software and QA teams for enterprise e-commerce platforms. Drive lean delivery, mentor engineers, ensure resilient, observable systems, partner with product and staff engineers, and improve workflows to maximize team productivity and business value.

Oversee a team of engineers while managing the technical strategy for web-based applications in a regulated medical device environment.