Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Own the full sales cycle for an early-stage AI recruiting platform: prospect, demo, negotiate, close deals, build pipeline, refine outbound strategy with the CEO, represent the company at events, and coordinate handoffs with Customer Success to ensure long-term account health.

Own sourcing strategy and execution for niche, senior, and leadership engineering roles. Build technical talent pipelines through outreach, talent mapping, networking, and professional communities. Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to align priorities, provide market intelligence, and improve hiring decisions. Use data and AI sourcing tools to optimize pipeline performance, candidate engagement, and recruiting efficiency while developing scalable sourcing practices.

Supports the Talent Acquisition function through interview coordination, candidate communication, sourcing, resume screening, recruiting workflow management, offer administration, background checks, and feedback tracking. Partners with hiring managers and the Head of Talent Acquisition to maintain efficient, equitable hiring processes, improve recruiting operations, and support lower-complexity full-cycle searches as experience develops.

Supports the CEO as a strategic thought partner by managing calendars, meeting preparation, communications, travel, expenses, priorities, and confidential personal logistics. Provides administrative and calendar support to the VP of People and helps operate the New York City office, including procedures, events, amenities, and employee engagement initiatives. Requires strong organization, judgment, discretion, communication, adaptability, and the ability to work onsite in New York City and travel to Connecticut weekly.

Design, develop, and enhance custom SAP Fiori/UI5 applications; configure Fiori Launchpad; integrate OData services; perform UI debugging, performance optimization, code reviews, unit testing, and documentation while collaborating with backend and functional teams.

Design, develop and support cloud applications using Cloud Foundry and Node.js. Apply object-oriented design and SQL (HANA). Work with APIs and eventing, use VS Code. Prefer SAP CAP/BTP and SAP experience. Collaborate in agile/SCRUM teams, communicate effectively, take ownership, and ensure high quality.

Senior full-stack developer to build scalable SAP BTP applications using Node.js, CAPM, and SAP UI5/Fiori; integrate with S/4HANA and third-party systems; optimize performance, ensure secure deployments, and follow Agile practices.

Provides quantum computing, cryptography, and post-quantum cryptography expertise for federal cybersecurity modernization. Assesses cryptographic technologies, inventories algorithms and dependencies, evaluates quantum risks, and develops migration plans toward quantum-resistant standards. Designs crypto-agile architectures, conducts simulations and testing, implements algorithms using Python, C++, and Java, and supports security assessments, policy, governance, and technical reviews. Collaborates with architects, engineers, program managers, and government stakeholders while communicating quantum risks and modernization recommendations to technical and executive audiences.

Serves as the senior technical authority for enterprise cybersecurity architecture and engineering supporting a federal VA program. Leads security architecture reviews, threat modeling, risk and gap analyses, modernization, governance, requirements traceability, and secure implementation across cloud, health IT, network, data, identity, and emerging technologies. Advises government and technical leadership, guides multidisciplinary teams, develops architectural standards and recommendations, supports A&A and ATO activities, presents executive briefings, reviews deliverables, and mentors cybersecurity personnel.

Designs, automates, secures, and maintains DevSecOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native environments, containerized workloads, and deployment workflows. Integrates security testing, compliance checks, vulnerability management, incident response, secure configuration baselines, and cybersecurity tools throughout the SDLC. Maintains Git repositories, automation scripts, traceability, SBOM processes, and secure software delivery controls. Collaborates with developers, cloud engineers, architects, and government stakeholders while supporting audits, remediation, modernization, and VA security requirements.

Build and ship high-quality product features, design robust architectures, lead technical execution, collaborate on product roadmap with leadership and GTM, and take projects end-to-end from planning through CI/CD and productionization.

Build and maintain Python backend services and serverless architectures for a restaurant operations platform. Ship end-to-end features, design robust systems, and help define product roadmap. Implement CI/CD and productionization, collaborate with product and GTM teams, and contribute to team culture and technical execution.

Build and ship end-to-end features for a restaurant operating system, lead architecture and technical execution, define product roadmap with cross-functional teams, and maintain high-quality CI/CD and productionized systems.

Leads the university’s information security architecture and engineering strategy, including cloud, network, application, endpoint, data, identity, and AI security. Directs modernization through zero trust, DevSecOps, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and AI-enabled security. Builds and manages security architecture and engineering teams, establishes enterprise reference architecture, oversees technology selection, develops strategic roadmaps and business cases, manages security initiatives, and advises executive leadership on emerging risks and AI security.

Serves as a strategic finance partner for AI, technology, transformation, and operational initiatives. Develops complex financial models, forecasts, business cases, scenario analyses, and investment evaluations; assesses costs, benefits, risks, and returns; monitors performance and benefit realization; supports contracts and vendor evaluations; and provides actionable recommendations to executive and cross-functional leaders.

Own the full sales cycle for KEV’s School Cash Suite across Illinois, from prospecting and discovery through demos, negotiation, and close. Build pipeline through outbound outreach, events, and meetings; achieve sales quotas; maintain customer and stakeholder relationships; collaborate with marketing, product, and customer success; support onboarding; represent KEV at conferences; and maintain accurate CRM forecasts and activity records. Frequent travel throughout the assigned region is required.

Drives business development in the refining industry by identifying customers, managing strategic accounts, pursuing capital projects, and securing corporate agreements. Provides seller coaching, customer-specific training, and field mentoring. Acts as a refining subject matter expert by sharing market and technology knowledge internally, representing VEGA at conferences and customer events, and partnering with Marketing on industry campaigns and trade shows.