Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Manage and optimize high-bandwidth, low-latency VFX network infrastructure supporting render farms, storage, cloud rendering, artist collaboration, and remote workstations. Configure AWS Deadline Cloud, troubleshoot Maya and Arnold rendering, build asset-transfer and per-show environment systems, optimize Linux and Windows pipelines, and document architecture and procedures. The role requires strong Python and Bash scripting, networking, storage, systems administration, render-farm, and VFX pipeline expertise.

Conduct quantitative research for traders by testing market hypotheses, building and maintaining documented signals, performing event studies and backtests, and validating results against leakage, survivorship bias, transaction costs, and regime dependence. Organize reproducible point-in-time datasets, communicate findings clearly, track signal performance, and use AI tools to accelerate research and coding while verifying outputs.

The Staff Accountant manages accounts payable and receivable, site cash boxes, payroll, and employee time-off requests. The role also supports employee onboarding and offboarding, building access management, and administrative coordination. Success requires strong organization, confidentiality, attention to detail, communication, time management, basic computer skills, and familiarity with clinical research regulations, GCP, ICH guidelines, and medical terminology.

Own the full lifecycle of clinical text extraction models, from problem framing and annotation strategy through production deployment, evaluation, monitoring, and retraining. Build clinical NLP pipelines, establish defensible quality and error-analysis systems, and apply LLMs using rigorous evaluation, observability, and cost controls. Partner with clinical data and backend engineering teams while addressing PHI protection, de-identification, auditability, and access controls. As the first ML hire, set technical direction and potentially build and lead the future ML team.

Thiess is accepting resumes for a talent pipeline to identify candidates for future mining, resource solutions, land reclamation, engineering, and site-based opportunities across the United States. Applicants should submit an up-to-date resume, areas of interest, and any relevant certificates. The recruiting team will retain submitted information and contact candidates when suitable openings arise. Selected U.S. employees must complete applicable post-offer drug, alcohol, medical, and qualification checks.

Partners with founders and leadership to turn data into strategic decisions affecting growth, margins, and profitability. Owns analytics from raw data through recommendations, conducts market and competitive analysis, builds business cases, and leads strategic initiatives end-to-end. The role identifies efficiency and monetization opportunities, develops financial models, measures business outcomes, and supports cross-functional decision-making.

Build and maintain cloud security improvements across AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, and CI/CD environments. Design detection and response capabilities using SIEM, EDR/MDR, cloud-native detections, and CNAPP tools. Investigate and respond to security incidents end to end, develop detection logic and playbooks, and create security tooling and automations using Python, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code. The role also supports endpoint security and secure DevOps practices.

Manage U.S. business immigration cases from intake through filing and follow-up, focusing on O-1, EB-1A, and EB-2 NIW petitions. Prepare USCIS forms, petition letters, legal briefs, support letters, and evidence packages; conduct legal research; communicate with clients; track deadlines and case records; and coordinate multiple matters independently in a remote team.

Own and modernize production infrastructure across DigitalOcean, AWS, Cloudflare, and Linux environments. Responsibilities include database migrations to managed services, managed application runtimes, Cloudflare security and delivery, infrastructure inventory, monitoring, backups, disaster recovery, incident response, runbooks, automation, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD. The role requires hands-on production troubleshooting, documentation, AI-assisted operations, risk management, and real on-call availability.

Manages recruitment marketing campaigns, analyzes hiring and advertising performance, optimizes recruitment channels and budgets, develops candidate acquisition strategies, supports employer branding, creates recruiting content, and provides analytics-driven recommendations to Talent Acquisition leadership.