Top Remote Staff Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, develop, and maintain Scala/Akka-based low-latency trading systems on Kubernetes/GCP. Architect scalable, resilient backend services, integrate market data feeds, implement monitoring/observability, troubleshoot distributed systems and networking, and deliver end-to-end production software collaborating with product and engineering teams.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead the architecture of the FCM platform, ensuring financial correctness and system integrity, while modernizing systems and improving operational tooling.

The Staff Software Engineer will architect and develop high-performance cloud services, resolve infrastructure bottlenecks, ensure engineering best practices, and mentor junior members.

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.

Design, build, and operate the core data warehouse, ingestion, orchestration, and cataloging platform. Develop batch and streaming pipelines, ensure data quality, governance, observability, and provide ML data platform capabilities. Lead architecture, improve platform reliability and performance, and collaborate with product, engineering, data science, security, and compliance teams.

The Staff Frontend Engineer will design and implement complex frontend systems, lead engineering efforts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a sophisticated SaaS platform.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead full-stack initiatives, improve system quality, drive technical direction, and mentor peers in a collaborative environment.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll lead AI-powered product delivery, shape platform architecture, and drive initiatives like advertising systems and AI-generated content.

As a Staff Software Engineer, lead the design of complex systems, drive technical strategy, mentor engineers, and improve operational excellence.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead design, development, and mentoring in building Embedded Finance capabilities while ensuring high-quality production services.

This role involves leading web platform initiatives, mentoring senior engineers, architecting web applications, and implementing technical strategies for improved performance.

Lead and build a new Trust & Safety engineering domain: design and implement systems to detect and mitigate fraud, billing anomalies, and credential abuse. Architect product and operational solutions, mentor engineers, define processes, and deliver scalable, auditable safety tooling across internal and external workflows.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll develop full-stack software applications, mentor team members, and participate in design discussions while advocating for best coding practices.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will build a new venture from the ground up, collaborating with a small team to create functional prototypes and ensuring flexible architecture, utilizing AI tools for development efficiency.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will enhance platform engineering by improving deployment strategies and developer experiences, establishing reliable systems and mentorship across teams.

The role involves providing technical leadership, hands-on execution, and cross-team influence in software engineering, focusing on solutions for scaling and performance challenges while using AI tools.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll develop an AI-first platform, design cloud-native APIs, and collaborate on Site Builder experiences with a focus on scalability and quality code.

Lead design and operation of test infrastructure at scale: test orchestration, smart selection, parallel sharding, flaky-test detection, observability, SLOs, and on-call. Define technical strategy, drive cross-team projects, mentor engineers, and reduce test feedback time to accelerate engineering velocity.

Lead the technical direction of Care & Onboarding platforms by driving architectural decisions, overseeing large initiatives, and enhancing engineering quality.

Lead architecture and multi-year technical strategy for financial data pipelines and reporting. Design and deliver backend services in Go, ensure accuracy, timeliness, and auditability of financial data, and partner with Finance/Accounting/Tax to translate regulatory requirements into scalable systems. Mentor senior engineers and set architectural standards across Financial Engineering.

Lead architecture and technical strategy for an internal platform that provides operational visibility into high-volume fund movements. Drive AI-first tooling, build fault-tolerant search and remediation systems, align cross-functionally, and elevate engineering quality through mentorship, design reviews, and process improvements.

Lead architecture and technical direction for Payments platform, building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems, defining roadmaps, ownership of production reliability, cross-functional partnership, and mentoring engineers to improve platform quality and scalability.

The role involves owning the architecture and technical direction of Payment Rails infrastructure, designing high-reliability systems for global payment processing, and leading cross-functional collaborations to create efficient, compliant solutions. Responsibilities also include mentoring team members and enhancing operational excellence through AI-driven improvements.

Join MongoDB's Query Execution team to improve the database's core execution engine, build high-performance query features, and mentor team members. You will drive roadmap initiatives and ensure production-ready code for complex analytical workloads.

Lead architecture and delivery of Control Center platform capabilities (MCP tool registries, AI orchestration, access automation). Design agentic AI integrations, HITL workflows, and evaluation/guardrail frameworks. Own backend services, SLOs, observability, incident response, and operational readiness for Tier-1 systems. Drive cross-team technical direction, author TDDs, run design reviews, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and Security to deliver secure, scalable platform primitives.