Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, build, and operate highly available, scalable distributed systems and data pipelines for Netflixs global CDN (Open Connect). Responsibilities include service design for real-time and prepositioned control planes, operational tooling, large-scale data analysis, optimization, and improving Quality-of-Experience for streaming members.

Lead content design for acquisition across Mobile, Web, and TV: write persuasive, on‑brand copy, develop scalable language systems, collaborate with product/design/engineering/research, and design/run experiments from ideation through execution.

Lead design and implementation of gameplay and engine systems on Linux platforms. Mentor engineers, define technical specs, manage Linux infrastructure, optimize performance and security, integrate art, maintain documentation, support live services and mobile (iOS/Android) ports, and coordinate cross-team standards and tooling.

Lead content design for Netflix Live experiences (sports and events). Create content strategy, craft microcopy and voice, design experiments, partner with designers and product managers, use data and consumer insights to iterate, and evolve globalizable language systems and guidelines.

Lead and grow a data science team focused on consumer acquisition, signup flows, login, and partner bundles. Drive analytics, experimentation, causal inference, and machine learning to inform strategy, run A/B tests, scale insights, and deliver measurable business impact across cross-functional partners.

Senior individual-contributor engineering leader responsible for defining technical and architectural direction for Growth Engineering, modernizing systems, building scalable, highly available consumer-facing platforms, partnering with cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and driving experimentation and A/B testing integration.

Lead coordination of complex technical aspects of multiplayer game development, manage external partners and outsourcing, oversee technical pipelines and tool building, mentor engineers, identify and mitigate technical risks, and drive advanced multiplayer feature production while collaborating with cross-functional senior teams to align on project vision and delivery.

Design, build, and maintain tools and services for Active Directory and cloud identity platforms. Implement security policies and access controls, collaborate on Azure and Google Workspace deployments, automate integrations via APIs and CI/CD, maintain runbooks, participate in on-call rotation, and support AWS infrastructure for production systems.

Design, develop, and scale software systems for machine learning algorithms powering personalization. Collaborate with researchers and product teams to implement production-ready, distributed solutions, enable offline experiments and A/B tests, and improve engineering practices and systems across teams.

Lead technical artist for small R&D games team focused on performance and optimization across CPU/GPU/memory. Profile and resolve rendering, shader, animation, and pipeline bottlenecks; prototype visuals and game tech; build art pipelines, tools, and optimized assets; produce textures, models, shaders, and effects; mentor cross-discipline teams and enable shipping on constrained or emerging platforms.