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Software Engineer salary in Chicago
Average Base Salary in Chicago
$108,484
$16,524
Additional Cash Compensation
$125,008
Total Compensation
Median: $108K
Min: $72K
Max: $165K
How Much Does a Software Engineer Make in Chicago?
The average salary for a Software Engineer in Chicago is $108,484. The average additional cash compensation for a Software Engineer in Chicago is $16,524. The average total compensation for a Software Engineer in Chicago is $125,008. Software Engineer salaries are based on responses gathered by Built In Chicago from anonymous Software Engineer employees in Chicago.
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Software Engineer jobs in Chicago
Sr. Software Engineer
+18
The Senior Software Engineer is a high-impact role where you will work your team to provide both design and implementation. Your desire and ability to collaborate, mentor, and learn are more important than the specific technologies and tools you have used in the past. You must have a demonstrable passion for good software development practices and an irresistible urge to share it with others. You are someone who identifies issues early and brings them to the table along with multiple solutions. You believe that continuous improvement is key to the difference between good and great and can inspire others to follow your example. You love learning and teaching and find satisfaction in multiplying the effectiveness of those around you.
Build high quality software for large scale and highly available systems.
Break down complex requirements into workable technical solutions.
Ability to develop in a fast-paced, quality-driven environment.
Willingness to vocalize your ideas and pick yourself up if you get knocked down.
Comfortable with TDD best practices.
Review the work done by other team members to make sure it adheres to the standards.
Comfortable with Agile methodologies.
Outstanding programming and problem-solving skills.
Fearless about learning new technologies and technical approaches to application development.
Strong desire to build products that will have a daily impact on one of the World’s largest industries.
Play an influential role in growing project44 to the industry leader in technology.
What you’ll be doing: As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be designing and implementing technical solutions to business problems. You’ll collaborate with other engineers to build the best systems for the problem at hand, learning from Lead Engineers and Architects, while mentoring junior developers. Most problems have multiple solutions and we need your expertise to figure out which one is best, influence technical teams of your solution, and drive to completion.
Software Engineer
+47
DialogTech is looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about building highly reliable, flexible, and scalable systems. We are looking for smart, fast, driven, and curious developers who can help push our products forward in new directions and into new markets. You will have experience and familiarity with researching, experimenting with, and using data from different sources to build new products and services. You'll be expected to keep up with current trends in technologies we use and help us find new technologies that can improve our products.
Design, develop, support, and maintain trading systems, tools, and infrastructure.
Collaborate deeply with traders, risk analysts, researchers, and other engineers.
Gain and develop an in-depth understanding of trading theory and practice.
Slalom Chicago is seeking a Software Engineer with proven experience building enterprise-level applications. The individual in this role will work in project teams on various Cloud/DevOps projects, ranging from weeks to months in duration, delivering quality solutions to our clients.
Software Engineer
+33
We are looking for talented developers who are excited to help build our team! We believe that building software is a craft, one that always presents opportunities to improve and learn from teammates. We need Web Developers who have a strong understanding of building products across a range of technology stacks. Every client and project is different. You may spend 2 months building a web-based Ruby/Rails app and then rotate onto a native iOS app with a Java/Spring GraphQL backend.
Software Security Engineer
We are looking for talented, collaborative people who are driven to solve problems and serious about making a difference in the world. Enduvo is the world’s only immersive training marketplace. World-renowned healthcare providers, global industrial firms and government organizations use our software every day to improve the education of their employees and constituents.
Our employees tackle compelling and
As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for the architecture of our workflow and engagement platform that is changing the way clinicians engage with patients. This role requires a strong competency in both backend and frontend designs and implementations using custom and native API’s as well as Javascript and related technologies on the Salesforce platform. Principal Engineers provide technical leadership, have a passion for learning and tinkering with new tech, and a strong desire to coach others.
Built and implemented a windows agent that synchronizes data over a distributed network.
Built an event sourcing engine using Kafka that triggers automated workflows and user alerts.
Built an event processing pipeline that creates micro batches to load into our data platform.
Sr. Software Engineer
+24
Contribute in all aspects of software engineering including design, testing, implementation, deployment, and support.
Collaborate with your product owner, AI scientists, designers, and other engineers to deliver world-class AI-powered solutions.
Problem solve across multiple disciplines including API development, data engineering, machine learning, and cloud.
Pair Programming and Test Driven Development (TDD) on a daily basis.
Coach and mentor software engineers on your team and across the company.
Software Engineer II
+24
Contribute in all aspects of software engineering including design, testing, implementation, deployment, and support.
Collaborate with your product owner, AI scientists, designers, and other engineers to deliver world-class AI-powered solutions.
Problem solve across multiple disciplines including API development, data engineering, machine learning, and cloud.
Pair Programming and Test Driven Development (TDD) on a daily basis.
Software Engineer Salary ranges
The most common Software Engineer salary in Chicago is between $90k - $100k.
Average Software Engineer Salary by Company Size
People with the job title Software Engineer make the most at companies with 201-500 employees, earning $114,754 on average.
Software Engineer Salary by gender
The average Software Engineer salary for women is $101,922 and the average Software Engineer salary for men is $108,217.
Software Engineer Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience is $121,189. The average salary for <1 year of experience is $104,455.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Chicago
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| QA Analyst | $69,317 | Min: $42K Max: $93K |
| QA Engineer | $81,336 | Min: $0K Max: $120K |
| Junior Software Engineer | $86,878 | Min: $65K Max: $112K |
| Software Test Engineer | $90,423 | Min: $55K Max: $120K |
| Front End Developer | $96,394 | Min: $55K Max: $165K |
| Android Developer | $100,000 | Min: $65K Max: $152K |
| iOS Developer | $101,465 | Min: $52K Max: $160K |
| Automation Engineer | $104,316 | Min: $65K Max: $240K |
| Salesforce Developer | $108,143 | Min: $66K Max: $135K |
| Software Engineer | $108,484 | Min: $72K Max: $165K |
| Sales Engineer | $109,126 | Min: $55K Max: $160K |
| Security Engineer | $109,214 | Min: $80K Max: $135K |
| DevOps Engineer | $117,092 | Min: $75K Max: $170K |
| Hardware Engineer | $117,333 | Min: $85K Max: $150K |
| Data Engineer | $117,966 | Min: $65K Max: $165K |
| Game Developer | $118,250 | Min: $85K Max: $136K |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $120,000 | Min: $108K Max: $132K |
| QA Manager | $121,381 | Min: $78K Max: $170K |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $130,000 | Min: $125K Max: $135K |
| Lead Software Engineer | $134,000 | Min: $102K Max: $161K |
| Senior Software Engineer | $134,215 | Min: $90K Max: $185K |
| Data Architect | $140,182 | Min: $68K Max: $190K |
| Database Administrator | $142,800 | Min: $130K Max: $166K |
| Engineering Manager | $145,036 | Min: $77K Max: $206K |
| Systems Engineer | $147,000 | Min: $143K Max: $151K |
| Principal Software Engineer | $153,473 | Min: $120K Max: $225K |
| Director of Software Engineering | $177,675 | Min: $133K Max: $250K |
| Data Engineering Manager | $196,000 | Min: $182K Max: $210K |
| CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $198,561 | Min: $110K Max: $310K |
| Vice President of Engineering | $208,202 | Min: $125K Max: $500K |
Skills that affect Software Engineer salaries in Chicago
1
Javascript
12% have this skill
2
SQL
10% have this skill
3
Java
8% have this skill
4
Front-end
7% have this skill
5
Python
6% have this skill
6
Amazon Web Services
6% have this skill
Recent Software Engineer salaries in Chicago
$85,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $85,000 with +$9,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
$84,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $84,000 with +$6,300 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
$95,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $95,000 with +$5,000 in additional cash compensation
< 1 Year of Experience
Male
51-200 Employees
Chicago
$78,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $78,000 with +$5,360 in additional cash compensation
< 1 Year of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
$103,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $103,000 with +$27,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
>10 Reports
$103,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $103,000 with +$27,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
>10 Reports
$77,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $77,000 with +$7,000 in additional cash compensation
5-7 Years of Experience
Male
1-10 Employees
Chicago
$120,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $120,000
1-3 Years of Experience
Prefer not to say
51-200 Employees
Chicago
$95,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $95,000 with +$14,300 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Prefer not to say
500+ Employees
Chicago
$95,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer II reported a yearly salary of $95,000 with +$14,300 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Prefer not to say
500+ Employees
Chicago
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