Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Build and launch scalable fullstack web applications and APIs for Affirm’s Ads Platform. Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and engineering partners to break projects into deliverable phases, make technical trade-offs, write tested and extensible code, monitor service metrics, support on-call operations, review code, and participate in team development and interviews.

Develop and deliver complex software features using Ruby on Rails and React. Responsibilities include system design, requirements clarification, deployments, operational support, performance and security improvements, database optimization, AWS infrastructure troubleshooting, SSO integrations, monitoring, web server administration, compliance implementation, automated testing, and mentoring junior engineers.

Develop backend tools and systems that improve batch development, testing, workflow efficiency, and reliability. Collaborate with product, infrastructure, design, and analytics teams; break projects into deliverable phases; build scalable, well-tested code; monitor metrics; support system availability and on-call operations; debug code; conduct reviews; and contribute to engineering growth and hiring activities.

Build and improve high-traffic consumer web experiences using React and TypeScript. Contribute to experimentation, client-side tagging, marketing integrations, attribution, measurement, performance, testing, observability, and privacy-aware development. Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing, Analytics, Data Engineering, and senior engineers. Break down projects, write reliable and extensible code, support operations and on-call efforts, participate in code reviews, and contribute to team growth.

Lead the design and development of ETL solutions for regulatory risk compliance at PNC, requiring advanced programming skills and collaboration on data-intensive applications.

Design and implement backend APIs, microservices, and checkout platform components for Affirm’s financial products. Own system health, improve performance and reliability, collaborate across engineering teams, and contribute to technical standards, tooling, and processes. The role requires developing, testing, and shipping high-quality software at scale while making customer-centric technical decisions.

Lead development of scalable search-platform software focused on product-catalog relevance. Design lexical and semantic retrieval, hybrid ranking, reranking, and learning-to-rank systems; evaluate quality through offline metrics and online experiments. Partner with Data Science, Product, Analytics, and Architecture teams on embeddings, relevance measurement, and technical solutions. Maintain production systems, resolve issues, mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote continuous delivery and engineering best practices.

Develop and maintain backend services for OppFi’s financial technology platform. Responsibilities include building Java applications and services, collaborating in an Agile environment, conducting code reviews and testing, documenting best practices, and refining technical requirements into production-ready solutions. The role uses AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL, APIs, and related cloud-native technologies.

Develops and supports enterprise Salesforce solutions across the full software delivery lifecycle. Responsibilities include Apex and Lightning Web Components development, Salesforce configuration, integrations using REST and SOAP APIs, architecture contributions, automated deployments, code reviews, troubleshooting, documentation, and production support. The role collaborates with product, business, architecture, and engineering teams while promoting scalable, secure, maintainable solutions and continuous platform improvement.

Develop and scale backend streaming and data infrastructure using Kafka, Flink, AWS, Kubernetes, and related technologies. Break down projects, deliver tested software, collaborate with product and engineering teams, monitor system availability, participate in on-call support, debug code, conduct code reviews, and contribute to team development.

Build, optimize, and maintain software systems using AI while collaborating across disciplines on healthcare technology. Develop distributed, event-driven systems, learn new languages and frameworks, and protect user privacy through data security and HIPAA-compliant practices. The role works with AWS, Kubernetes, and large-scale medical datasets in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Design, deploy, and optimize Philo’s distributed video streaming infrastructure, including ingest, transcoding, packaging, delivery, RESTful services, analytics pipelines, DRM, and ad insertion. Improve platform reliability, performance, latency, security, video quality, and cost efficiency. Collaborate with content partners and internal video, advertising, client, and data teams while supporting streaming quality across new platforms. The role also involves architectural ownership, cloud operations, and mentoring.

Design, build, and maintain blockchain and payments infrastructure; develop scalable microservices and secure RESTful APIs to transfer value across blockchain and banking protocols; integrate with banks and fintech; own system design, testing, deployment, and troubleshooting; ensure reliability, code quality, and strong test coverage while collaborating with product and engineering teams.

Supports the reliability and operational excellence of health benefits systems involving HSA administration, banking integrations, compliance, and money movement. Responsibilities include independently resolving escalations, monitoring dashboards and logs, triaging incidents, executing data corrections, maintaining runbooks, analyzing recurring support issues, and collaborating with engineering, product, treasury, and operations teams. The role also mentors teammates, contributes to postmortems, improves troubleshooting processes, and uses AI tools for prototyping and debugging.

Leads software engineering across architecture, design, prototyping, and delivery for pharmacy technology platforms. Provides mentorship, establishes development frameworks and best practices, collaborates with business and IT stakeholders, leverages approved AI developer tools, supports Agile/Scrum execution, improves performance and security, and leads production issue triage and root-cause analysis.

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain high-volume backend systems supporting customer funding, trading, and back-office operations. Lead development practices through code reviews, mentoring, architecture guidance, and quality ownership. Build reliable, observable software using Python and TypeScript, collaborate with finance and trading teams, improve operational efficiency, document workflows, and oversee projects from design through iteration.

Design, build, and own scalable microservices and secure APIs that transfer value across blockchain and banking protocols. Extend in-house blockchain infrastructure, integrate with banks and cloud services, troubleshoot production issues, document system and testing procedures, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable payment experiences.

Architect and build a high-performance trading platform for active traders. Develop responsive web interfaces integrating real-time market data, low-latency execution workflows, and advanced trading tools. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams on large-scale initiatives, emphasizing scalability, performance, API quality, maintainability, developer experience, and end-user usability.

Develop and maintain native iOS applications using Swift and SwiftUI for DraftKings’ financial platform. Responsibilities include building user-facing features, integrating APIs, managing data and state, optimizing performance, monitoring crash analytics, participating in code reviews and testing, and troubleshooting reliability issues. The role collaborates with product, design, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, compliant mobile experiences.

Build and launch backend identity decisioning systems that validate consumer identity and satisfy KYC regulations. Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Auth, Fraud, Analytics, and engineering teams; decompose projects, write tested and extensible code, monitor system metrics, support availability and on-call operations, debug code, participate in reviews, and contribute to technical decisions and team development.

Build and deploy full-stack healthcare financial products used by millions of patients. Develop AI- and ML-powered features, integrate LLMs, enhance an AI billing assistant, and create patient payment solutions. Collaborate with product, design, and partner engineering teams to deliver production-ready software. Contribute to technical planning, coordinate complex development efforts, mentor peers, and maintain high standards for testing, code quality, efficiency, and technical debt management.

Join as an early founding full-stack engineer to architect, build, and deploy a scalable platform serving AI-driven voice applications. You will own frontend and backend development, design infrastructure with the CTO, and deliver reliable production systems for enterprise customers.

Leads and contributes to the design, development, and delivery of scalable Java and Spring Boot software solutions. Designs microservices and APIs, supports cloud initiatives, creates proofs of concept, optimizes performance, conducts code reviews, resolves complex issues, and provides root-cause analysis. Collaborates with architects, business leaders, and engineering teams while mentoring junior developers and promoting technical best practices, quality, and innovation.

Develop and deploy customer-focused web, mobile, and backend applications across the full software stack. Design major features, contribute to architecture decisions, conduct code reviews, and ensure secure, high-quality implementations. Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams using Agile and SDLC practices. Manage version control, CI/CD, environments, and releases; maintain automated test coverage and perform root-cause analysis. Build and optimize relational data solutions using SQL Server, including complex queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning.

Develops scalable software applications across digital channels using modern programming languages and technologies. Responsibilities include software design, coding, code reviews, technical solution development, agile and Scrum participation, story and task creation, sprint execution, production monitoring, and issue escalation. The role requires collaboration throughout the software development lifecycle, attention to scalability and performance, and adherence to engineering best practices.