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Chicago
Software Engineer salary in Chicago
Average Base Salary in Chicago
$101,799
$13,500
Additional Cash Compensation
$115,299
Total Compensation
Median: $102K
Min: $60K
Max: $150K
How Much Does a Software Engineer Make in Chicago?
The average salary for a Software Engineer in Chicago is $101,799. The average additional cash compensation for a Software Engineer in Chicago is $13,500. The average total compensation for a Software Engineer in Chicago is $115,299. 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 Salary ranges
Average Software Engineer Salary by Company Size
People with the job title Software Engineer make the most at companies with 201-500 employees, earning $110,736 on average.
Software Engineer Salary by gender
The average Software Engineer salary for women is $78,000 and the average Software Engineer salary for men is $99,254.
Software Engineer Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience is $118,740. The average salary for <1 year of experience is $93,250.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Chicago
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| QA Analyst | $71,068 | Min: $42K Max: $93K |
| QA Engineer | $75,800 | Min: $50K Max: $106K |
| Automation Engineer | $87,867 | Min: $59K Max: $141K |
| Software Test Engineer | $90,700 | Min: $72K Max: $120K |
| Front End Developer | $93,996 | Min: $70K Max: $133K |
| Android Developer | $98,250 | Min: $85K Max: $110K |
| DevOps Engineer | $98,609 | Min: $75K Max: $130K |
| iOS Developer | $100,750 | Min: $52K Max: $160K |
| Salesforce Developer | $100,833 | Min: $66K Max: $131K |
| Software Engineer | $101,915 | Min: $60K Max: $150K |
| Security Engineer | $103,750 | Min: $71K Max: $130K |
| Data Engineer | $107,839 | Min: $70K Max: $145K |
| Sales Engineer | $110,909 | Min: $55K Max: $145K |
| Senior Software Engineer | $119,187 | Min: $75K Max: $180K |
| QA Manager | $122,000 | Min: $86K Max: $170K |
| Data Architect | $129,524 | Min: $103K Max: $165K |
| Principal Software Engineer | $141,000 | Min: $120K Max: $150K |
| Engineering Manager | $145,609 | Min: $125K Max: $165K |
| Director of Software Engineering | $163,000 | Min: $105K Max: $221K |
| Vice President of Engineering | $203,933 | Min: $125K Max: $325K |
| CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $204,700 | Min: $110K Max: $310K |
Software Engineer jobs in Chicago249
Treasury - Our platform which drives financial disbursements to merchants around the world.
Merchant Reporting - Delivering scalable data solutions to our partners: transaction records, payment methods, currencies, & features.
Onboarding - Building out a seamless on-boarding flow for Braintree merchants across our global markets.
Below are the sorts of things you’d expect to see under the covers: Back-end: Ruby 2.4+, Go 1.9+, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch. Front-end: Rails 5.x, Vue 2.x, Webpack. Testing: RSpec, Capybara, Selenium, Mocha, Jest. Mobile: Highly rated, native iOS and Android apps. Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, HAProxy.
iManage is seeking a Software Engineer with at least 2+ years of experience in software development and a Bachelor's and/or a Master’s Degree in Computer Science. We are currently not considering any candidates that are still attending school for this role. Ideal candidates have completed their education and have at least 2 years of programming experience.
Cloud Senior Software Engineer
+21
The Senior Software Engineer at Relativity architects, designs, implements and tests cloud native software and is consistently applying best practice software engineering. They are accountable for delivering results by producing high-quality code, contributing to an agile team, solving complex challenges, and being a highly dependable skilled development resource for peers.
This role will join our cloud monitoring and reporting team building solutions for our cloud-based platform, RelativityOne to support ingestion of over 200 million metrics a day.
Cloud Advanced Software Engineer
+21
As an Advanced Software Engineer at Relativity you will leverage knowledge of Microsoft.NET, SQL, JavaScript, and CSS, to design and build full stack monitoring and reporting solutions for our cloud-based SaaS platform, RelativityOne.
This is your opportunity to work on a scalable and dynamic web system which supports integration with multiple search engines, clustering technologies, and client component interaction through web services. Additionally, you will learn how to build highly distributable systems composed of multiple database, processing, and web servers.
If you have the desire to be continually challenged and work where boredom is an anomaly, then join our team and be part of a successful company experiencing rapid growth.
Senior Software Engineer
+30
You will build products in a cloud native platform that enables engineers to deliver value to our customers. You will create a new foundation that will enable new digital capabilities and reduce our time to market.At your current job, how do you react when you hear someone say, “That’s the way we’ve always done it”? If you cringe, wince, or even bang your head on the table, then we want you on our team! You will deliver great solutions with other passionate engineers. You will repeatedly experiment, fail, and learn. You will experience rapid feedback by pairing, testing, and releasing into production – think hours and days, not weeks or months.
Software Engineer - Productions
+21
As a Software Engineer at Relativity, based in Chicago IL, you will leverage your knowledge of Microsoft .NET, SQL, JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX to design and build our web-based litigation support platform, Relativity.
This is your opportunity to work on a scalable and dynamic web system which supports integration with multiple search engines, clustering technologies, and client component interaction through web services.
Additionally, you will learn how to build highly distributable systems composed of multiple database, processing, and web servers. If you have the desire to be continually challenged and work where boredom is an anomaly, then join our team and be part of a successful company experiencing rapid growth in the massive data field.
Shiftgig is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join its growing development team. The right candidate is an engineer with a proven track record of success, who will be comfortable in a fast paced startup environment. You should cherish experimentation and exploration with new technologies, while at the same time keeping your mind on the task currently at hand.
Data Engineer II - Software
+16
As a Data Engineer, you will build applications and tooling in support of Vivid Seats Data domain. You will help design and build data-oriented applications and services for both internal use and by our productions systems. You will be responsible for extracting data from multiple disparate sources, data cleansing/wrangling, batch processing and streaming of data feeds, and support the data...
Senior Software Engineer - Processing
+21
The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for delivering results for the Product Development department by; contributing to an Agile team that solves complex challenges and builds working software, rapidly producing high quality code, and being a dependable and highly skilled development resource for peers.
The Senior Software Engineer architects, designs, implements and tests cloud native software consistently applying best practice software engineering.
Director, Software Engineering
+16
As the Director of Software Engineering, you will be responsible for hiring, allocating resources, motivating, and driving teams to deliver high-quality software on schedule to meet the needs of the business. You are a seasoned Engineering Leader who can grow teams of software engineers, building agile and scalable technology solutions. You will work closely with other leaders and teams...
Manager, Software Engineering - Review
+21
The Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for building and leading a highly effective team of software engineers, and working with departmental contacts to support the demands of the department and meet the objectives of the product development process. The engineering manager is responsible for the professional development of their reports and is the subject matter expert for the product features they are involved in.
Skills that affect Software Engineer salaries in Chicago
1
Javascript
17% have this skill
2
HTML/CSS
13% have this skill
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Front-end
13% have this skill
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Java
12% have this skill
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DevOps
10% have this skill
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Python
10% have this skill
Recent Software Engineer salaries in Chicago
$96,300
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $96,300 with +$12,000 in additional cash compensation
3-5 Years of Experience
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11-50 Employees
Chicago
$100,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $100,000 with +$20,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
$71,750
Yearly Salary
A Associate Developer reported a yearly salary of $71,750 with +$4,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
$72,400
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $72,400
3-5 Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Chicago
$77,000
Yearly Salary
A software engineer reported a yearly salary of $77,000
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
51-200 Employees
Chicago
1-5 Reports
$95,000
Yearly Salary
A Technical Consultant reported a yearly salary of $95,000 with +$5,000 in additional cash compensation
3-5 Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Chicago
$125,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $125,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Chicago
$116,699
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $116,699 with +$6,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Chicago
$99,000
Yearly Salary
A Associate Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $99,000 with +$17,000 in additional cash compensation
< 1 Year of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
$120,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $120,000 with +$25,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
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