Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Build and maintain governed Silver/Gold data models and semantic assets on Databricks. Translate stakeholder KPIs into testable, reusable transformations, apply enterprise modeling standards, enable domain self-service, ensure data sensitivity and governance, and review domain-contributed models for production readiness.

Research, design, and implement discrete optimization and mission-planning algorithms for multi-agent autonomous systems; improve and maintain C++ mission-planning software; define technical roadmaps; mentor engineers; perform full software and hardware-in-the-loop simulations.

Lead and continuously improve the companys SOX 404 program: design strategy, risk assessment, scoping, testing, and remediation. Partner with Finance, IT, Legal, and business owners to document controls, manage external audits, drive automation and ERP/GRC integrations, report to executives and Audit Committee, and establish policies, training, and a scalable SOX team.

Lead operational reliability and platform enablement for Databricks: build monitoring, CI/CD, deployment standards, compute and job policies, observability, runbooks, and governance to support secure, cost-aware, production data workloads across regulated environments. Mentor engineers and align platform with cloud/infrastructure and compliance requirements.

Serve as the end-to-end Test Director for integrating, verifying, and flight testing Hivemind autonomy on small UAS. Own test readiness and execution, plan and run fly-fix-fly campaigns, set test strategy and success criteria, lead cross-functional teams, manage risk and safety-of-flight, define test infrastructure (SIL/HIL/simulation), approve procedures, document results, and report to leadership and customers.

Lead end-to-end revenue accounting under ASC 606, including contract review, revenue recognition, monthly close, reconciliations, order-to-cash process design, controls, audit support, and team mentoring. Partner cross-functionally to scale systems, automate workflows, and ensure accurate, timely revenue reporting across domestic and international contracts.

Administer Atlassian Cloud (Jira, JSM, Confluence); design workflows, automations, and governance; develop REST API/webhook integrations; manage Atlassian Access (SSO/SCIM); build advanced JQL dashboards and reports; support cloud migrations, audits, and enterprise system integrations.