Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Manage and optimize paid search, display, remarketing, and social advertising campaigns across multiple platforms. Own ROAS, CPA, conversion, and lead-generation targets; manage budgets; run A/B tests; improve audience targeting, bidding, landing pages, and campaign efficiency. Analyze performance data daily, identify growth opportunities, and deliver actionable reports connecting PPC performance to revenue and sales pipeline outcomes.

Lead and mentor a product design team creating accessible, culturally relevant AI literacy experiences and digital tools. Conduct user research and usability testing, develop wireframes and prototypes, contribute to design systems, apply UX writing, collaborate with engineering and product teams, communicate design strategy, and manage multiple projects through timely delivery.

Maintains financial records and ledgers, reconciles bank statements, supports financial reporting, manages accounts payable and receivable, and ensures compliance with accounting standards. The role requires QuickBooks Online proficiency, attention to detail, analytical skills, and the ability to work independently in a part-time remote 1099 position.

Manage enterprise customer adoption, onboarding, training, retention, renewals, and expansion for regulatory compliance software used by utilities and pipelines. Build executive and user relationships, lead QBRs and success planning, monitor customer health, advocate for customer needs internally, and provide guidance on energy-sector regulatory challenges. The role is hybrid in Tempe, Arizona, with approximately 10% travel.

Designs and operates scalable AWS cloud platforms using Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker. Responsibilities include infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD automation, container orchestration, monitoring, observability, incident response, root cause analysis, security hardening, and reliability improvements. The role participates in on-call rotations, supports production environments, and collaborates with development, security, and architecture teams to promote DevOps, SRE, and cloud-native best practices.

Leads Aktivate’s technology function, engineering strategy, architecture, product development, data governance, AI expansion, DevOps, and roadmap execution. Builds and manages software, data, QA, and delivery teams while aligning technical initiatives with business goals. Oversees scalable systems across web, mobile, APIs, and data, ensuring quality, security, timely delivery, and effective resource allocation. Partners with product, program, sales, and business teams in a fast-growing startup environment.

Leads day-to-day operations across order fulfillment, scheduling, inventory, service coordination, returns, vendors, and customer issue resolution. Establishes KPIs and operating cadences, improves workflows, documents SOPs, manages vendor performance, supports forecasting and capacity planning, and coaches team members. The role also prepares operations for business growth through process improvements, automation, documentation, and cross-functional coordination.

Develop and deliver a new product within an existing Web3 and AI platform. Responsibilities include full-stack Craft CMS development with Twig, front-end JavaScript and UI implementation, Node.js development, smart contract and Web3 integration, and decentralized storage solutions. The role requires independent execution from design and briefs through completion in a remote environment. This begins as a temporary contract with potential for long-term employment.

Lead AWS architecture across multiple projects, owning cloud solution design, infrastructure, security boundaries, data platforms, and AI integrations. Establish Infrastructure as Code and engineering standards, conduct code reviews, mentor developers, estimate work, and guide agile teams. Translate technical trade-offs into business value, document designs, assess deliverables before deployment, and support production-grade delivery using serverless, data, and machine learning technologies.

Leads Tea’s engineering organization and strategy, overseeing technical direction, architecture, delivery, hiring, mentoring, and team growth. The role partners with executive and cross-functional leaders to build scalable, reliable, secure systems and customer-facing products. Responsibilities include engineering planning, resource allocation, development standards, system design, code reviews, and occasional hands-on development. The leader will balance rapid product delivery with long-term scalability and operational excellence in a high-growth startup environment.