Top Engineering Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead technical vision and architecture for high-volume payment systems. Design scalable, resilient distributed platforms; modernize monoliths into microservices and event-driven architectures; establish API, coding, and design standards; ensure performance and operability; mentor engineers; guide cross-domain initiatives; and contribute hands-on across the software development lifecycle.

Leads multiple software engineering teams and drives technical strategy, architecture, talent development, and delivery. Responsibilities include designing and supporting full-stack solutions, deploying applications to cloud environments, modernizing monoliths into microservices, improving system resilience and scalability, establishing engineering standards, and partnering with product and executive leaders. The role also oversees succession planning, mentoring, recruitment, and long-term platform roadmaps.

Lead architecture and hands-on engineering for Capital One’s Settlement platform modernization in the cloud. Define technical vision, design scalable and reliable systems, guide migration from monoliths to microservices and event-driven platforms, establish API and coding standards, and oversee technical quality. Mentor engineers, conduct architectural reviews, contribute proof-of-concept work, influence cross-divisional initiatives, and advance security, DevOps, performance, and operational excellence.

Lead full-stack engineering initiatives and development teams building distributed, cloud-native systems and developer experience platforms. Design and implement reliable, high-performance microservices and full-stack solutions using modern programming languages, databases, containers, and cloud services. Provide architectural leadership, shape platform roadmaps, establish technical standards, mentor engineers, drive cross-functional initiatives, and apply observability and reliability practices at scale.

Leads complex full-stack engineering initiatives, technical projects, and developer teams. Designs and implements large-scale distributed, microservices, and cloud-native systems using modern programming languages, databases, containers, and cloud platforms. Provides architectural leadership, shapes platform roadmaps, establishes engineering standards, mentors engineers, drives reliability and observability practices, and collaborates with product and architecture leaders to deliver secure, high-performance solutions.

Build and lead full-stack software engineering initiatives using cloud-based, distributed microservices and full-stack systems. Lead developers, define service boundaries and integration patterns, establish engineering standards, mentor team members, and deliver AWS solutions. Responsibilities include refactoring, reducing technical debt, improving performance, developing synchronous and asynchronous APIs, using modern programming languages and databases, and driving technical strategy across Agile teams.

Leads full-stack software engineering projects and developer teams building cloud-based, distributed microservices and regulatory solutions. Designs APIs, service boundaries, reusable frameworks, and database integrations; drives technical standards, Agile delivery, refactoring, performance optimization, and operational excellence. Mentors engineers, evaluates emerging technologies, and influences long-term technology strategy using modern programming languages, cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, observability, and AI-based development tools.

Leads and develops full-stack, cloud-based solutions using distributed microservices, databases, APIs, containers, and AWS technologies. Provides technical leadership across Agile teams, mentors engineers, establishes engineering standards, partners with architects and product managers, reduces technical debt, improves system performance, and evaluates emerging technologies and AI coding tools.

Lead and scale an engineering organization responsible for design, development, testing, certification, and delivery of card and mobile payment technologies. Define architecture, security and functional requirements, oversee validation and compliance (card personalization and mobile provisioning), manage vendors and standards bodies, and align cross-functional stakeholders to mitigate risk and deliver global payment products.

Lead end-to-end design, development, testing, certification, and delivery of contact/contactless chip, mobile, and cloud-based payment technologies. Define functional and security requirements, develop test frameworks, own validation and compliance, manage vendor relationships, participate in standards development, and mitigate customer-impacting risks.