Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Define, design, and implement scalable, secure mobile and web application architectures. Lead technology decisions, mentor engineering teams, conduct architecture and code reviews, drive integrations, CI/CD, and cloud strategies, and enforce security, performance, and best practices across platforms.

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.

Design, architect, and build enterprise Java microservices and APIs; lead technical delivery, mentor engineers, implement cloud-native and CI/CD practices, design database schemas and PL/SQL, and develop blockchain/digital-asset solutions including smart contract work and lifecycle integration in financial services.

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.

Design and build Java/J2EE solutions using Spring and APIs; develop webservices, DB schemas, PL/SQL and transactional SQL in DB2/Oracle; collaborate with architects, developers and DevOps to implement CI/CD (Jenkins, uDeploy), ensure code quality (Sonar), perform code reviews and testing, resolve technical roadblocks, and drive process improvements. Requires strong communication and teamwork.

Design, build, and deploy production Generative AI applications: orchestrate multi-agent workflows, implement advanced RAG with vector DBs, integrate and fine-tune LLMs, develop scalable FastAPI/async backends, containerize with Docker, and optimize GenAI systems for latency, cost, and reliability.

Build and maintain automated test suites and perform manual testing to ensure product quality. Train squads on test management, improve test coverage, troubleshoot data issues, and promote strong quality practices within Agile teams.

Design visually compelling digital interfaces and marketing-driven user experiences. Produce wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes. Apply and extend design systems, collaborate with creative, marketing, product, and development teams, present design rationale, and iterate quickly in fast-paced marketing cycles.

Design and implement high-performance Angular frontends for AI-driven interfaces: real-time SSE/WebSocket streaming, complex state with Signals/NgRx, Chain-of-Thought visualizations, human-in-the-loop controls, performance optimization, API schema collaboration, and testing.

Perform hands-on data governance: identify root causes using information management tools and data sources, collaborate with data owners and architects, define governance rules and values, embed governance tests into ETL, engage vendors and stakeholders, and establish/report on data governance metrics and continuous improvements.