Top Engineering Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design and build cloud-native microservices, REST APIs, and highly available backend services supporting large-scale data requests. Translate business requirements into scalable platform solutions, contribute to architecture modernization, and uphold engineering practices including testing, observability, CI/CD, and code reviews. Troubleshoot production issues, improve reliability, and evaluate emerging data engineering and generative AI technologies. Mentor colleagues and collaborate across technical and business teams.

Designs and maintains automated tests for web applications, APIs, backend services, cloud-native systems, and AI-enabled applications. Responsibilities include functional, integration, regression, exploratory, and end-to-end testing; developing reusable automation frameworks; integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines; investigating defects; validating REST APIs and asynchronous workflows; and assessing AI applications for accuracy, reliability, grounding, and workflow effectiveness. The role collaborates with engineering and product teams and supports AWS-based testing and troubleshooting.

Leads the Direct Platform architecture function and defines its long-term technology vision. Oversees enterprise architecture standards, cloud and platform strategy, modernization roadmaps, governance, technical debt reduction, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence. Partners with executive, Product, Engineering, Data, Security, and Infrastructure leaders on strategic investments and emerging technologies. Manages approximately six architects, develops architecture capabilities, and remains hands-on in designing and governing complex platform solutions.

Ten-week technology internship for college students graduating in 2027. Interns join Agile squads, contribute to individual and group projects, research and analyze business problems, collaborate with teammates, present findings to senior leaders, and participate in technology training and mentoring. The program offers exposure to software, cloud, data, infrastructure, design, financial data, and products, with potential consideration for Morningstar’s Development Program after graduation.

Lead technical ownership and resolution of complex production issues; coordinate cross-functional incident response; troubleshoot C#/.NET and JavaScript systems; analyze logs/metrics (Splunk, New Relic); drive reliability, observability, and customer-first improvements while mentoring teams.

Senior full-stack JavaScript engineer to develop and modernize web applications. Build backend APIs with Node.js, create responsive single-page apps using Angular.js or Vue.js, implement consistent CSS/SASS, follow MVC/MVVM patterns, work in Agile/Scrum, and promote usability and scalability within a financial services context.

Design and implement automation strategy and frameworks; build end-to-end web QA automation with Python; develop API and UI automated tests; integrate automation into CI/CD and cloud test execution; lead QA initiatives, mentor peers, analyze requirements, create test scenarios, and report quality metrics and risks.

Build and maintain full‑stack web applications using Vue/Nuxt, TypeScript, Node.js and AWS. Implement SSR/SSG apps, reusable components, APIs, integrations with CMS and third‑party services, and improve performance, accessibility, SEO, monitoring, and AI-enabled marketing workflows. Participate in reviews, debugging, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Lead design, develop, and maintain enterprise automated test frameworks for web, mobile, and API. Build and run automated visual regression, integration, and exploratory tests, integrate suites into CI/CD, monitor app metrics in AWS environments, validate CMS workflows, mentor junior QA, and produce test plans and audit-ready documentation to ensure reliability and performance across high-volume systems.

Lead and develop a small platform engineering team owning delivery, reliability, and evolution of core developer platform services. Define service roadmaps, provide technical direction on architecture, scalability, security and observability, drive cross-functional projects, improve operating practices (incident response, change management, monitoring, CD), evaluate vendor integrations, and surface AI-enabled tooling opportunities to improve developer productivity and platform operations.