Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Own the architecture, roadmap, and production operation of search and recommendation systems across discovery surfaces. Lead retrieval, ranking, personalization, relevance measurement, experimentation, OpenSearch infrastructure, signal pipelines, and candidate generation. Partner with Product, Data, ML, and Trust & Safety to balance relevance, freshness, safety, latency, and cold-start behavior. Establish engineering standards, instrumentation, rollout processes, and runbooks while mentoring backend engineers.

Build and ship practical AI-powered tools, dashboards, bots, automations, and workflow integrations using Claude and Gemini APIs. Translate operational problems into scoped solutions, connect AI to business systems, iterate based on user feedback, and document every tool with a runbook. Responsibilities include agent and workflow design, MCP connectors, prompt evaluation, regression testing, API cost management, custom coding, and training internal users.

Own the B2B lead-generation funnel from acquisition through conversion, setting growth strategy and managing paid, owned, CRM, and lifecycle marketing. Lead campaign optimization, budgeting, A/B testing, audience segmentation, and funnel handoffs with Sales and Product. Partner with Finance, RevOps, Account Management, and Analytics to forecast pipeline, improve retention, connect marketing spend to revenue, and report performance using Salesforce, GA4, GTM, and Looker Studio.

Develop and ship features for mobile games across Unity/C# clients and Go backend services. Collaborate with Product, Design, and Art, troubleshoot live-product issues, improve code quality, maintain build and content pipelines, conduct testing and code reviews, support releases, and investigate regressions. The role requires ownership from implementation through production with limited supervision.

Owns external partner and merchant integrations from discovery through launch and production support. Designs integration paths, guides partner developers, validates implementations, troubleshoots issues using observability and technical tools, and coordinates with Engineering, Product, and Sales. The role also improves integration processes, documentation, ticketing, partner communications, and automation opportunities while translating complex technical concepts for external partners.

Manages key life sciences accounts by building customer relationships, increasing satisfaction, and selling molecular biology products and services. Develops complex sales strategies, engages senior stakeholders, and positions products across the portfolio. Requires strong knowledge of life science applications, PCR, dPCR, sequencing, and sample purification, plus collaboration with internal technical, manufacturing, supply chain, and support teams. The role is field-based across South Houston and Louisiana, with significant travel and overnight stays.

Processes payroll by verifying timesheets, entering payroll data, managing direct deposits and paper checks, obtaining distribution signatures, processing wage garnishments, and adjusting pay for raises, bonuses, and commissions.

Manages client questions and feedback, analyzes inquiry trends, develops operational efficiencies, refines business rules and automations, and coordinates with internal teams to improve processes, products, and client experience.

Identify and prioritize high-value home improvement accounts, conduct personalized multichannel outreach, engage founders and senior decision-makers, run discovery calls, manage CRM opportunities, track performance, and close new client partnerships. The role emphasizes account-based selling, creative prospecting, pipeline development, and autonomous execution across a defined U.S. target list.

Develop new staffing and recruiting clients among small and midsized businesses. Responsibilities include prospecting through networking, LinkedIn, email, phone, referrals, and industry groups; building relationships with decision-makers; identifying hiring needs; generating qualified opportunities; managing a sales pipeline; nurturing prospects; and identifying new markets and partnerships. This is a remote, flexible, commission-only role with uncapped earning potential.