Top Remote Senior Level Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for commerce workflows using Python/Django. Improve reliability, performance, and observability, operate AWS deployments, work with PostgreSQL and event-driven architectures (SNS/SQS), modernize legacy systems, and support CI/CD, testing, and production troubleshooting.

Senior Software Engineer responsible for owning and supporting the MCA international cash management platform. Duties include COBOL development, mainframe application support, Oracle Database and Linux administration, monitoring with Dynatrace, incident and change management via ServiceNow, vendor coordination (including Oracle Flexcube), troubleshooting production issues, delivering enhancements, and participating in Agile delivery to ensure platform reliability and regulatory compliance.

Lead a new data engineering team to define standards, drive cross-functional AI-driven initiatives, and provide hands-on guidance in SQL optimization, data modeling, and the GCP data/streaming stack. Balance technical leadership with people management, coach engineers, promote AI-assisted workflows, and collaborate with Product and Architecture to build a standardized data ecosystem.

Design and build agent-powered mission consoles, collaborate with stakeholders to improve user workflows, and maintain agentic workflows for mission outcomes.

The role involves leading application performance improvements across multiple platforms, focusing on measurable metrics and driving engineering standards and workflow optimization, using both hands-on coding and strategic influence.

Architect and deliver scalable, secure systems across teams; solve complex cross-team problems; lead large technical initiatives; evaluate emerging technologies; mentor engineers; align technical direction with product and business outcomes while balancing performance, maintainability, and cost.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and maintain systems, mentor team members, and improve both code quality and team practices.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead technical strategy, ensure system availability, and develop backend systems at scale, collaborating across teams to drive capacity modeling and operational quality.

Partner with Account Executives to design and demo Webflow solutions, conduct discovery and technical validation, lead workshops and trials, build business cases, influence product direction, and support cross-functional initiatives. Travel up to 25% and complete an in-person onboarding in San Francisco.

As an Alliances Partner Engineer, you will lead technical partnerships, drive platform adoption, and deliver solutions through collaboration with various teams and partners.