Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, develop, and secure blockchain solutions including smart contracts and DApps. Collaborate with teams to integrate, optimize performance, audit security, document projects, and provide technical support and training.

Develop and maintain web applications across the full stack using Java/Spring Boot backend and Angular frontend. Build microservices, design RESTful APIs, integrate frontend components, work with Kafka and AWS S3 as needed, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and deliver solutions throughout the SDLC.

Lead design, development, and deployment of production-grade Generative AI applications (LLM-based chatbots, agents, RAG systems). Hands-on coding in Python, integrate and benchmark models, build ingestion and vector retrieval pipelines, design architecture for performance and cost, mentor engineers, and implement AI governance, safety, and monitoring.

Build and maintain scalable Python/FastAPI backend services, integrate generative AI and LLMs, implement RAG/vector DB semantic search, design agent-based workflows, develop APIs and microservices, enable async/event-driven processing, support cloud-native deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), and collaborate across frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver secure, observable AI-driven employee support platform.

Design, build, and scale production-ready generative AI systems: multi-agent workflows, advanced RAG pipelines, LLM integration and fine-tuning, scalable FastAPI backends, Dockerized deployments, monitoring, and GenAI optimization for latency, cost, and reliability.

Customer-facing Forward Deployed Engineer who architects, implements, and optimizes agentic AI proofs-of-concept and enterprise deployments. Leads solution design, agent orchestration, platform development, performance optimization, and cross‑functional delivery while mentoring distributed technical teams and ensuring production-ready MLOps, FinOps, and security/compliance practices.

Lead design and implementation of high-performance Apache Camel routes and microservices, apply enterprise integration patterns, migrate TIBCO processes to Camel, optimize Java/Camel performance to meet SLAs, implement secure MFT/encryption and protocol integrations (SFTP, AS2, JMS/Kafka, REST/SOAP), build containerized solutions (Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift), enforce rigorous testing, and mentor the engineering team.

Benchmark and optimize latency and throughput for an agentic AI platform. Stress-test multi-agent concurrency, RAG/vector DB retrieval, token throughput, orchestration hand-offs, and integrate automated performance regression tests into CI/CD while balancing cost versus performance.

Senior Business Analyst responsible for business analysis and technical project management for US banking fraud detection (Actimize IFM). Translate requirements into user stories, design data pipelines, build reports, dashboards and repositories for regulatory reporting, and partner with stakeholders to deliver insights and status updates.

Design and build Java-based, messaging and microservice applications. Lead API design, cloud/container solutions (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure), CI/CD, and relational database development (DB2/Oracle). Provide technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, and resolve cross-technology roadblocks. Work on blockchain and digital asset solutions (Ethereum, Solana) and smart contracts (Solidity, Rust, Move) within financial services.