Jobs
I pull these straight from each employer’s own careers feed, read each posting to say what the role actually is, and link out to the authoritative listing — no aggregators, no reposts.
22 active postings · 0 AI required · 2 AI mentioned · 20 no AI mention.
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A technical support specialist at a brokerage troubleshooting trading-platform access, login, two-factor authentication, and connectivity across Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and Linux, and serving as the bridge between customers and engineering. Chicago.
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A help desk specialist at an automotive-software company resolving daily tickets, with required front-end web skills (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, translating mockups to HTML) and PHP/MySQL/Git as pluses. A hybrid help-desk and junior-web role. Chicago.
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A senior MySQL database administrator on the DevOps team at a cybersecurity (password-management) company, improving database reliability, performance, scalability, and operational readiness on AWS/RDS. 100% remote, with a hybrid option for Chicago or El Dorado Hills candidates. Chicago.
AI-keyword evidence: ai
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A network engineer at a proprietary trading firm designing and maintaining a high-availability, low-latency network for automated trading infrastructure (multicast/unicast routing, TCP/IP, PIM, BGP, OSPF), with on-call and mentoring; CCIE ideal. Chicago.
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A hands-on desktop support engineer at a global trading firm, supporting Windows and Linux endpoints (Microsoft Intune, Active Directory and Entra ID, Microsoft 365) and handling hardware setup and desk moves. An early-career role in a fast-paced financial-services environment. Chicago.
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A database administrator at a financial-services firm designing and administering Microsoft SQL Server and Postgres, building highly available systems, managing backup/recovery, and performance tuning across Linux and Windows. 2-plus years. Chicago.
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A senior (III) network engineer at a proprietary trading firm focused on low-latency IP networking for global trading infrastructure, often serving as the sole network resource during core hours. Requires an active CCNP with a path toward CCIE. Chicago.
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An entry-level network engineer on a proprietary trading firm's IT Infrastructure team, configuring and troubleshooting network and application environments (port configuration, cabling) in an electronic-trading setting, with evening/weekend support and data-center travel. Chicago.
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A network engineer at a market-making/trading firm building and operating cutting-edge, high-performance networks (low-latency networking, unicast/multicast routing, BGP, PIM-SM, automation with Bash/Python/Ansible) that power the trading business. Chicago.
AI-keyword evidence: ai
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Roughly monthly · in-person · Chicago
Local chapter of the AI Tinkerers network for hands-on AI builders. Three-hour sessions of live demos from people shipping AI agents, RAG systems, voice interfaces, and production AI infra — working prototypes and lessons, not sales talks.
free
Monthly · in-person · Chicago
User-run AWS community holding free monthly evening events in the Loop with rotating host offices and two to three non-sales technical talks. Also runs the annual ChiBrrCon cloud conference each winter.
free
Weekly, Tuesdays 6 PM · hybrid · 750 N Orleans (Braintree office), Chicago
Chicago's weekly civic-technology night: a 45-minute talk from someone working with open data or civic tech, then self-organizing breakout groups that build apps and dig into local data. One of the country's most established civic-tech communities; welcoming to newcomers.
free
Periodic · in-person · Chicago
Developer-oriented AI/ML community running tech talks, workshops, and code labs, frequently featuring engineering leads from Chicago companies and startups working on LLMs and applied machine learning.
free
Periodic · in-person · Chicago
CNCF cloud-native community group for Chicago engineers working with containers, Kubernetes, and the surrounding cloud-native tooling. Talk-and-networking format at local tech offices.
free
Monthly · in-person · Chicago
Downtown Chicago user group for .NET and open-source developers, covering web, cloud, desktop, and application architecture. A separate Chicago .NET Mobile Developers group covers cross-platform mobile.
free
2nd Wednesday monthly · in-person · Hashrocket (West Loop), Chicago
Elixir, Phoenix, and Erlang meetup that gathers monthly at the Hashrocket office in the West Loop, with food provided by sponsors. Functional-programming-focused talks and discussion.
free
Organizers: Hashrocket
Monthly · in-person · Chicago
Face-to-face user group for the R statistical programming language, supported by the R Consortium's RUGs program. Shares slides and code on GitHub; welcoming to analysts and statisticians at any level.
free
Periodic · in-person · Chicago
Chicago's Go programming language meetup. Has a standing Meetup.com presence but a recent-event cadence I couldn't confirm this pass, so flagged uncertain pending re-verification.
free
may be inactive
Monthly + hack nights · in-person · Chicago
Ruby and Rails community running talks and hands-on hack nights across Chicago and the suburbs, with long-standing ties to the 8th Light consultancy. Friendly to people new to Ruby.
free
Organizers: 8th Light
2nd Thursday monthly · hybrid · Chicago
Chicago's long-running official Python user group, with monthly talks hosted at rotating downtown company offices plus a structured mentorship program. Draws a broad crowd from data, web, and scientific-Python backgrounds.
free
Monthly · hybrid · Chicago
One of the oldest Java user groups in the country, running monthly evening talks (now organized on Luma after leaving Meetup.com in 2025) and co-hosting the regional Great Lakes Software Symposium. Often collaborates with the Chicago Kotlin and virtual Java groups.
free
Periodic · in-person · Chicago
Group for developers, operators, engineers, and managers sharing DevOps practices around CI/CD, infrastructure, and reliability. Talk-and-discussion format.
free
Monthly (talks) · in-person · Aon Center, 200 E Randolph St, Chicago
The rebranded Chicago JavaScript group, now a broader software-delivery meetup spanning front-end, back-end, UX, QA, and product. Organized with help from the Bitovi consultancy; talks are hosted downtown at the Aon Center.
free
Organizers: Bitovi
Monthly · in-person · Chicago
Google Developer Group covering Android, Google Cloud, web, and AI tooling, with a companion GDG Cloud Chicago chapter running cloud-focused meetups and hands-on study jams. Beginner-friendly format.
free
CocoaHeads 2nd Tue, NSCoder last Tue (monthly) · in-person · Chicago
Chicago's Apple-platform developer community, splitting the month between formal CocoaHeads talks and informal NSCoder lightning-talk nights at local company offices. Open to designers, testers, and anyone building iOS/Mac apps.
free
Several times a year · in-person · Chicago
Local OWASP chapter focused on application security, running its 'AppSec & Craft Beer' talk nights at Chicagoland breweries in partnership with the regional cybersecurity community. Vendor-neutral, community-driven content.
free
Last Thursday monthly · hybrid · Chicago
The Chicago PyData chapter, a monthly hybrid meetup on Python (and R, Julia, etc.) for data analysis and machine learning. Talks are recorded and posted to the PyData YouTube channel.
free
Monthly (10+ events/yr) · in-person · Chicago
Chicago chapter of the global Startup Grind founder community, hosting monthly fireside chats with local founders and investors plus pitch nights and vertical showcases (food-tech, edtech). Geared toward founders and people moving into startups.
varies
Periodic (several per year) · in-person · Chicago
Chicago arm of the national Tech in Motion series (run by Motion Recruitment), hosting free curated panels, demos, and mixers for developers, designers, and product people. Recent themes center on AI in the product lifecycle.
free
Organizers: Motion Recruitment
Jul 20, 2026 · in-person · Chicago
A citywide tech-ecosystem week (July 20-26, 2026) powered by the P33 nonprofit, stringing together dozens of partner events across startups, AI, quantum, and advanced computing, anchored by the P33 summit and 1871 programming.
varies
Organizers: P33
Sep 10, 2026 · hybrid · Chicago
The premier U.S. Elixir and Phoenix conference, whose 2026 edition (Sept 10-11) is hosted in Chicago and online. Sessions cover production Elixir, LiveView/Phoenix, performance, and AI agents.
paid
Annual, spring · in-person · Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Ave, Chicago
A one-day, non-profit Security BSides hacker/infosec conference for Chicago, held in spring at the Irish American Heritage Center. Stepped in as the city's 2026 BSides while the older BSidesChicago took a year off.
paid
Annual, early February · in-person · Hermann Hall, IIT, 3241 S Federal St, Chicago
The AWS Chicago User Group's annual full-day winter cloud conference, held at IIT's Hermann Hall. A community-run alternative to vendor conferences, with multiple speaker tracks on AWS and cloud engineering.
paid
Organizers: AWS Chicago User Group
Biennial, late May · in-person · Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago
Chicago's long-running, low-key hacking conference (THOTCON 0xD ran May 2025). Now appears to operate on a roughly biennial cadence; the next edition (0xE) is expected around 2027, so the near-term date is unconfirmed.
paid
may be inactive — last met May 31, 2025
Last verified 2026-06-11.
founded 2017 · 20-50 people · Chicago, IL
Health-tech company whose Sepsis ImmunoScore was the first FDA-authorized AI diagnostic for sepsis (De Novo, 2024); building a precision-medicine data platform for critical care. Combines a clinical dataset with ML; based in Chicago.
Latest round: $20M Series A (Jan 2026) · led by PACE Healthcare Capital, Labcorp Venture Fund · $40M total raised
Founders: Bobby Reddy
founded 2023 · 20-50 people · Chicago, IL
Building a CFTC-regulated, direct-access exchange and clearinghouse for electricity (power) derivatives to support clean-energy investment. Granted DCM and DCO status by the CFTC; a markets-infrastructure engineering team with offices in Chicago and New York.
Latest round: $30M Series A (Nov 2025) · led by DCVC, XTX Markets, Five Rings · $55M total raised
founded 2019 · 50-100 people · Chicago, IL
Builds foundation-model infrastructure for medical imaging so health systems and developers can train and deploy imaging AI across modalities. Led by radiologist-founder Khan Siddiqui; an AI/ML and compliance-engineering team based in Chicago.
Latest round: $31.5M Series A (Jun 2025) · led by Kivu, Greycroft, Health2047
Founders: Khan Siddiqui
founded 2024 · 20-50 people · Chicago, IL
Invite-only load board and software marketplace focused specifically on Mexico–U.S. cross-border trucking, vetting carriers and connecting them with brokers. Founded by freight veterans; headquartered at 2045 W Grand Ave in Chicago.
Latest round: $12M Series A (Apr 2025) · led by LGVP, Conversion Capital, Primary Venture Partners · $22M total raised
Founders: Matt Silver, Rylan Hawkins
founded 2020 · 20-50 people · Chicago, IL
AI-assisted platform for building and delivering professional certification exams online, cutting the cost and time of standing up new credentials. Backed by Chicago's Hyde Park Venture Partners; a small software team in the city.
Latest round: $11M Series A (Mar 2025) · led by Cherryrock Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Chingona Ventures
Founders: Ruben Garcia
founded 2020 · 100-150 people · Chicago, IL
Deploys factory-floor automation to U.S. manufacturers on a pay-by-the-hour robotics-as-a-service model, handling installation, monitoring, and maintenance. Combines hardware integration with fleet software; headquartered in Chicago.
Latest round: $27.4M Series A (Jun 2024) · led by Blackhorn Ventures, Lux Capital · $59.1M total raised
Founders: Saman Farid
founded 2017 · 200-300 people · Chicago, IL
B2B infrastructure provider that lets banks and fintechs embed crypto, stablecoin, and tokenization features via API. A 2025 $104M round led by Interactive Brokers pushed it to unicorn status; headquartered in the Fulton/West Town area of Chicago.
Latest round: $104M Series D (Sep 2025) · led by Interactive Brokers, Morgan Stanley, SoFi, +1 more · $275M total raised
Founders: Edward Woodford
founded 2016 · 500-1000 people · Chicago, IL
Direct-to-consumer home insurer that uses property data and risk modeling to price coverage in disaster-exposed markets like Florida. Raised a $50M Series E at a $2B valuation in 2025 and reports profitability since 2023; a data- and software-heavy org headquartered in Chicago.
Latest round: $50M Series E (Sep 2025) · led by QED Investors, Activate Capital · $286M total raised
Founders: Sean Harper, Lucas Ward
founded 2010 · 100-200 people · Chicago, IL
Turnkey asset-management platform for registered investment advisors, bundling model-portfolio access with mid- and back-office technology. Took strategic Series C investment from Apollo (2025) and Goldman Sachs (2026); a fintech engineering org headquartered in Chicago.
Latest round: $38M Series C (Aug 2025) · led by Apollo Global Management, BlackRock, J.P. Morgan Asset Management · $80.5M total raised
founded 2016 · 300-400 people · Chicago, IL
Software that helps IT teams and managed-service providers deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, and Microsoft 365 at scale. A $500M 2025 Series C made it a unicorn; crossed $100M ARR; headquartered in Chicago.
Latest round: $500M Series C (Mar 2025) · led by General Atlantic, Lead Edge Capital, StepStone
Founders: Vadim Vladimirskiy
founded 2016 · 150-200 people · Chicago, IL
Builds a data-analytics warehouse engineered for compute-intensive analysis of very large datasets, targeting telecom, ad-tech, and government workloads. Founded by Cleversafe's Chris Gladwin; the engineering team works out of the Loop (20 N Wacker).
Latest round: $42.1M Series B (Sep 2024) · led by Allstate Strategic Ventures, Blue Bear Capital, Northwestern Mutual · $132M total raised
Founders: Chris Gladwin
founded 2015 · 200-400 people · Chicago, IL
Sells an internet-connected countertop steam oven paired with a weekly meal-delivery subscription; scanning a meal's code runs the cook program automatically. A hardware-plus-app-plus-logistics business with its product and software teams in Chicago.
Latest round: $30M Series C (Feb 2021) · led by Left Lane Capital · $68.6M total raised
Founders: David Rabie
founded 2017 · 200-400 people · Chicago, IL
Marketplace where fans buy personalized video shout-outs from celebrities and creators. Smaller and lower-valued than at its 2021 peak but still operating, with a Chicago HQ opened in 2024 and a return-to-office product/engineering core.
Latest round: $28M Venture (Mar 2024) · led by Valor Equity Partners
Founders: Steven Galanis
founded 2011 · 200-300 people · Chicago, IL
Provides carriers a cloud claims-management and virtual-appraisal platform that digitizes the process from first notice of loss through payment. Serves 100+ insurance clients; a Chicago-based insurtech engineering org.
Latest round: $30M Series E2 (Jul 2023) · led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund, Pivot Investment Partners · $107M total raised
Founders: Brad Weisberg
founded 2016 · 300-500 people · Chicago, IL
B2B marketplace connecting bars, restaurants, and retailers with alcohol distributors for ordering, payments, and merchandising; reports over $5B in cumulative GMV. The engineering org is in Chicago.
Latest round: $75M Series C (Sep 2021) · led by Tiger Global · $140M total raised
Founders: Taylor Katzman
founded 2015 · 300-500 people · Chicago, IL
Consumer 'finance super app' combining automated investing, borrowing, and banking; surpassed $12B in assets under management in 2025. Engineering, product, and design are based in Chicago.
Latest round: $150M Series E (Jul 2021) · led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 · $333M total raised
Founders: Brian Barnes
founded 2012 · 1000-1500 people · Chicago, IL
Operates the largest peer-review marketplace for business software, where buyers compare products via user reviews. Acquired Gartner's Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp in early 2026. Engineering and data science are centered at the Chicago HQ.
Latest round: $157M Series D (Jun 2021) · led by IVP · $265M total raised
Founders: Godard Abel, Tim Handorf
founded 2003 · 800-1000 people · Chicago, IL
Marketing-automation and CRM platform aimed at small and mid-size businesses, increasingly built around AI-driven campaign tooling. Headquartered at 1 N Dearborn with engineering split between Chicago and international offices.
Founders: Jason VandeBoom
founded 2013 · 50-100 people · Chicago, IL
Data-science software and consultancy spun out of the Obama 2012 analytics team, offering a platform for identity resolution, modeling, and audience analytics used by government, nonprofits, and brands. Achieved FedRAMP Moderate authorization in 2025; headquartered in the Loop.
Latest round: $77.8M total raised
Founders: Dan Wagner
founded 2009 · 300-500 people · Chicago, IL
Zero-knowledge cybersecurity company selling password, secrets, and privileged-access management to consumers and enterprises; surpassed four million paid users in 2025. Headquartered in Chicago with product development distributed across U.S. and international offices.
Founders: Darren Guccione, Craig Lurey
founded 2014 · 700-800 people · Chicago, IL
Cloud platform giving shippers and logistics providers real-time, multi-modal visibility into freight in transit, now layered with an AI-driven transportation management system. One of Chicago's largest venture-scale software companies, with a sizable in-town engineering and data org.
Latest round: $912M total raised
Founders: Jett McCandless
founded 2001 · 1000+ people · Chicago, IL
Maker of RelativityOne, the e-discovery and legal-data-intelligence platform used by law firms, corporations, and government to review large document sets. Originally kCura; a long-standing Chicago software employer with a deep engineering bench.
Founders: Andrew Sieja
founded 2014 · 1000+ people · Chicago, IL
Outsourced fulfillment network for small and mid-size online retailers, pairing a distributed warehouse footprint with software that handles inventory, order routing, and shipping. The product/engineering org sits at the West Loop HQ; warehouses are nationwide.
Founders: Dhruv Saxena, Divey Gulati
founded 2010 · 1000-1500 people · Chicago, IL
Social-media management and analytics platform for brands, covering publishing, engagement, customer care, and AI-driven insights. Headquartered in the Loop and public on Nasdaq (SPT); one of the anchor SaaS engineering shops in the city.
Founders: Justyn Howard
founded 2015 · 2000+ people · Chicago, IL
Health-tech company that sequences tumors and builds AI models on clinical and molecular data to support oncology, cardiology, and radiology decisions. Founded by Groupon's Eric Lefkofsky, headquartered in River North, and public on Nasdaq (TEM); a major Chicago employer of data and ML engineers.
Founders: Eric Lefkofsky
founded 2017 · 300-500 people · Chicago, IL
Self-directed brokerage and trading platform for options, futures, and stocks, built by the creators of thinkorswim and paired with the tastylive financial-media studios. Acquired by IG Group in 2021 for $1B; the platform-engineering team remains in Chicago's Fulton Market.
Founders: Tom Sosnoff, Kristi Ross
Last verified 2026-06-11.
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