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Chicago, IL
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Cloud • Fintech • Machine Learning • Database • Analytics • Financial Services • Automation
As a Staff Engineer, you will lead system architecture and development for scalable digital banking products, mentor engineers, and ensure quality in coding and infrastructure.
Top Skills: AWSRuby On Rails
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Chicago, IL
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139K-200K Annually
Senior level
139K-200K Annually
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Healthtech • Other • Sales • Software • Analytics • Conversational AI
Lead technical initiatives in developing cloud-native applications, mentoring engineers, and driving architectural excellence in digital workflow automation for healthcare.
Top Skills: Agentic ToolsAsynchronous MessagingAWSCloud-Native ApplicationsDistributed ArchitectureDockerEvent-SourcedLlmsMicroservicesNestNode.jsPostgresPythonSQLTypescript
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
110K-120K Annually
Senior level
110K-120K Annually
Senior level
Automotive • Professional Services • Software • Consulting • Energy • Chemical • Renewable Energy
The Staff Engineer will manage and support projects for MV/HV cable testing, ensuring quality, safety, and technical compliance while overseeing project execution and customer relationships.
Top Skills: Cigre)High Voltage Testing TechnologiesIecIeeeMs Office SuiteMv/Hv Cable Systems Standards (Icea/Aeic
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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185K-215K Annually
Senior level
185K-215K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Enhance and maintain an enterprise Cleared Derivatives back-office system, focusing on Java back-end and ReactJS front-end development.
Top Skills: Apache KafkaApache SolrApache ZookeeperAws DocumentdbDockerHashicorp VaultJavaKubernetesMongoDBReact
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Staff Engineer will lead cross-team projects to build infrastructure for Adyen's lending products, focusing on credit assessment and servicing.
Top Skills: B2B Enterprise MarketCredit DecisioningCredit ProductsCredit ScoringLending Products
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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140K-200K Annually
Senior level
140K-200K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Other • Sales • Software • Analytics • Conversational AI
Seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead platform architecture and development for AI-powered patient communication tools, mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence.
Top Skills: AIAWSDistributed SystemsDockerEvent SourcingMicroservicesPostgresPythonSaaSSQLTerraformTypescript
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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168K-330K Annually
Expert/Leader
168K-330K Annually
Expert/Leader
Big Data • Cloud • Software • Database
Lead the architecture and implementation of networking components for MongoDB, focusing on performance and observability while mentoring team members and managing projects.
Top Skills: C++JavaScriptOpentelemetryPython
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Chicago, IL
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Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
Lead technical direction for GitLab's deployment strategy, focusing on zero-downtime upgrades and automated operations of GitLab for self-managed users. Collaborate across teams, design Kubernetes operators, and contribute to improve GitLab's deployment tooling and operational standards.
Top Skills: AnsibleGoHelmKubernetesPostgresRubyTerraform
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Chicago, IL
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177K-289K Annually
Senior level
177K-289K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • eCommerce • Enterprise Web • Software • Design • Generative AI
The Senior Staff Engineer will build and operate high-performance datastores, ensuring reliability and performance, and provide technical leadership in data management practices.
Top Skills: Apache DruidBashCloudwatchDatadogFlinkGrafanaJavaKafkaLinux/UnixMongoDBMskPostgresPrometheusPythonS3Zookeeper
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Chicago, IL
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118K-231K Annually
Senior level
118K-231K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Software • Database
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will support, maintain and grow the Atlas platform, focusing on automating processes and running multi-cloud environments.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDnsGCPGoHTTPLinuxPythonRubyTls
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Remote
Chicago, IL
90K-180K Annually
Mid level
90K-180K Annually
Mid level
Healthtech • Pet
As an AI Integrations Staff Engineer at Vetcove, you'll integrate AI models like ChatGPT into existing products, optimize performance, and collaborate with data science teams to enhance user experience.
Top Skills: Ai ModelsDeep LearningLangchainLlm ToolsMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingPythonWeb Frameworks
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
8-8 Annually
Senior level
8-8 Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Automation
The Staff AI Engineer will architect core AI services, leading model optimization, building retrieval systems, and designing multi-agent frameworks to improve AI capabilities across products.
Top Skills: Python,Rust,Transformers,Peft,Lora,Qlora,Pinecone,Weaviate,Milvus,Langchain,Llamaindex,Mlops
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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160K-180K Annually
Expert/Leader
160K-180K Annually
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
The Staff Test Engineer will lead testing strategy and quality assurance across complex systems, establish automated testing frameworks, mentor QA teams, and drive quality metrics and performance benchmarks.
Top Skills: Api TestingAutomation FrameworksCi/Cd ToolsLinuxWindows
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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191K-265K Annually
Senior level
191K-265K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • HR Tech
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Gusto, you will design and build scalable systems for Payments and Risk, mentor engineers, and collaborate across multiple teams.
Top Skills: ReactRuby On RailsTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
123K-154K Annually
Senior level
123K-154K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Information Technology • Financial Services • App development
Design and develop high-performance trading systems, optimize execution algorithms, mentor junior engineers, and troubleshoot production issues in a fast-paced market environment.
Top Skills: C++Cloud Native TechnologiesFix ProtocolJavaLinuxPython
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
150K-190K Annually
Senior level
150K-190K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Software • Transportation
Lead the technical direction for a computer vision platform, mentor the team, design data pipelines, and deploy scalable systems.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCdkGCPGoJavaPythonTerraformTypescript
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Remote
Chicago, IL
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Productivity • Software • Automation
The Staff Engineer, Applied AI will build and unify AI execution platforms, focusing on LLMs and orchestration, while collaborating with product teams and mentoring engineers.
Top Skills: Attention MechanismsEvaluation FrameworksLlmsOrchestrationRetrieval SystemsTransformer NetworksVector Databases
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In-Office
Chicago, IL
110K-260K Annually
Expert/Leader
110K-260K Annually
Expert/Leader
Insurance
The Senior Staff Engineer leads technical strategies, collaborates with teams, develops software strategies, and enhances system performance, focusing on engineering excellence.
Top Skills: AzureC#DockerKubernetesNoSQLPowershellPythonSQL
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In-Office
Chicago, IL
110K-260K Annually
Expert/Leader
110K-260K Annually
Expert/Leader
Insurance
The Senior Staff Engineer will architect and build a Data Lakehouse platform, optimize Spark jobs, and mentor the engineering community at GEICO.
Top Skills: Apache FlinkApache IcebergAWSDeltaDevOpsDockerGCPHudiJavaKubernetesAzurePythonScalaSparkTrino
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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147K-289K Annually
Senior level
147K-289K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Software • Database
As a Staff Engineer in the InfraSec team, you'll lead the design and deployment of security solutions for cloud platforms, automate monitoring, and manage security tooling while mentoring a small team of SREs.
Top Skills: AnsibleAWSAzureCloudFormationGCPGoTerraform
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Chicago, IL
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200K-275K Annually
Senior level
200K-275K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
The role involves leading technical strategy, ensuring operational stability, fostering quality culture, and mentoring team members in backend system design and development.
Top Skills: AWSAzureBuildkiteGCPGithub ActionsJenkinsKotlinKubernetesPython
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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200K-275K Annually
Senior level
200K-275K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
This role involves setting technical strategy, developing backend systems, collaborating across teams, and fostering a culture of quality within the team.
Top Skills: AWSKotlinKubernetesMySQLPython
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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218K-257K Annually
Senior level
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will architect and develop distributed systems, mentor team members, and provide technical guidance, while driving user growth and engagement strategies.
Top Skills: BlockchainDockerEthereumGoPostgresRuby on RailsRubySinatra
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
215K-270K Annually
Senior level
215K-270K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Big Data Analytics
In this role, you will lead infrastructure strategy, mentor engineers, and design scalable solutions using AWS and Kubernetes while ensuring database performance optimization and cost efficiency.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdCloudFormationKubernetesPostgresRedisTerraform
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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200K-275K Annually
Senior level
200K-275K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
The Staff Software Engineer in SRE is responsible for setting technical strategy, ensuring system availability, guiding incident management, and fostering talent within the team to enhance overall system reliability.
Top Skills: AWSBashKotlinKubernetesMySQLPythonSpark
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