77 senior staff software engineer jobs at 43 companies in Chicago Loop, IL
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Senior Staff Software Engineer
Westchester, Illinois, United States
$143k-$178k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's in CS/IT or related,10+ years software development experience,2+ years staff-level leadership,proficiency in Java/Go/Python,Spring Framework,cloud platforms,databases,CI/CD and strong communication.
Java, Go, Python, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, React, Angular
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Senior / Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco or Los Angeles or Denver or Austin or Chicago or New York City or Seattle or Toronto
$150k-$210k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOERequires 5+ years of senior or 8+ years of staff engineering experience, deep specialization expertise, measurable production impact, broad adoption experience, technical judgment, cross-functional communication, and practical AI workflow experience.
AI, LLMs, Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$105k-$195k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS/Engineering, 10+ years software engineering (5+ in cloud), leadership/mentoring experience, strong Java/Spring Boot and Python skills, Databricks/Spark, SQL, cloud, IaC, Docker/Kubernetes, and hands-on AI-assisted development (RAG, Agentic AI).
Java, Spring Boot, Python, Scala, Apache Spark, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Workflows, Live Tables, SQL, REST APIs, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro, RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), Agentic AI, Angular, Unix/Linux
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Senior Staff Engineer
Chicago or New York City
$208k-$350k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; strong Rails + TypeScript/React; leadership across multiple teams; design and ship infrastructure; architectural judgment; mentoring; clear communicator; drive ambiguous projects.
Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, React, MongoDB, Event-driven architectures, Distributed Systems, API Design
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Senior Staff Software Enigneer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$180k-$220k/yr RemoteFull Time
13+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent,13+ years software development experience; deep expertise in Java, React, Node.js, Python; AWS, microservices, Docker/Kubernetes experience; mentoring and software architecture skills.
Java, React, Node.js, Python, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Spring Boot, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JavaScript, Typescript
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Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco or Chicago
$180k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering experience, production LLM/agent engineering, enterprise API integrations, RAG experience, deployed services in cloud, strong communication and problem-solving.
LLM APIs, CRM, CMS, DAM, ad platforms, marketing automation, analytics, vector stores, CI/CD
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Staff Engineer Embedded Software
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States
$169k-$254k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor's or Master's in STEM with extensive embedded software experience; US citizenship; ability to obtain Secret clearance (SAP)
C#, Agile, Earned Value, UML, GitHub, Visual Studio Code, Operating EOIR test instruments, Test equipment
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Staff Software Engineer
Chicago or Dallas
$190k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering experience, expert JavaScript/TypeScript and backend languages, cloud and distributed systems experience, hands-on agentic AI/LLM experience, strong database and CI/CD knowledge.
React, Next.js, C#, Node.js, Java, REST, GraphQL, Azure, AWS, GCP, LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, MCP, Kafka, Event Hubs, Kinesis, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, NoSQL, CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer
Charlotte or Chicago or Columbus or Hartford
$116k-$174k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field; 8+ years' software development experience; modern programming, full-stack, cloud, database, API, CI/CD, and AI expertise.
Java, Python, C#, Go, Angular, React, Node.js, RESTful APIs, AWS, GCP, Azure, SQL Server, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex AI, GCP Agent Development Kit (ADK), CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer
Hartford or Charlotte or Columbus or Chicago
$116k-$174k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software development experience; expertise in Java/Python/C#/Go, full-stack frameworks, cloud platforms, databases, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development; BS in CS/Engineering or related required.
Java, Python, C#, Go, Angular, React, Node.js, RESTful APIs, AWS, GCP, Azure, SQL Server, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, CI/CD, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex AI, GCP Agent Development Kit (ADK)
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Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$105k-$195k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience with Java/Spring Boot and Databricks/Spark; hands-on AI-assisted development (Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro), RAG and Agentic AI experience; cloud, IaC, Docker/Kubernetes, mentoring and operational ownership.
Java, Spring Boot, Python, Scala, Apache Spark, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Workflows, Live Tables, SQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro, Unix, Linux, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
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Staff Software Engineer (Android)
Chicago or Royal Oak or United States or New York City
$188k-$230k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years of software engineering experience, extensive Android development, deep Kotlin expertise, large multi-module application architecture, offline-first synchronization, and cross-team technical leadership.
Android, Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, RxJava, MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, Room, SQLite, Jetpack Compose, Grafana, Sentry, Firebase, ELK, CI/CD, Bluetooth, USB
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Staff Software Engineer - GenAI
Oak Brook or California
$134k-$228k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS/EE required,10+ years software engineering experience with 2+ years working with LLMs/agentic AI; experience with Python, LLM tools, distributed systems, and leading cross-functional AI productization.
LangChain, LangGraph, CAMEL, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, FAISS, Weaviate, Pinecone, Python, Node.js, REST, gRPC, GCP, AWS, Azure
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Staff Software Engineer - Investor/Owner
Santa Barbara or San Diego or Dallas or Atlanta or Chicago or San Francisco or Denver or Washington DC
$167k-$209k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years of experience building scalable web apps; proven leadership; architectural design; AI tooling experience preferred.
Ruby on Rails, Golang, React, AWS
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Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Solutions
Los Angeles or Chicago or New York City or United States
$170k-$205k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience across platform, cloud, infrastructure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, and developer tooling; strong OO and scripting (Python/Bash); leadership and communication skills.
Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Helm, GitOps, Python, Bash, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, PostgreSQL, dbt, BigQuery, Snowflake, Airflow, Kafka, Pub/Sub, GCS, Workload Identity Federation, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Artifact Registry
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Staff Software Embedded Engineer
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States
$169k-$254k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOERequires 10+ years engineering experience (Master's+10 or Bachelor's+12 or equivalent), expertise in C++ and embedded Linux/VxWorks, scripting (Python/Bash/Batch), version control systems, software architecture, US citizenship and ability to obtain Secret clearance.
C++, C++11, Python, Bash, Batch, Linux, VxWorks, Git, Gitlabs, Github, Bitbucket, ClearCase, Rally, Jira, DevSecOps, Model-based Engineering, Waterfall Methodology, Agile
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Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$196k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years application development experience, expertise in ASP.NET Core and C#, Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps, Microsoft SQL Server, Angular and TypeScript; Bachelor's in CS or equivalent experience; strong mentoring and systems skills.
ASP.NET Core, C#, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript
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Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$126k-$210k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years Java development with Spring, REST APIs; experience with Python, GCP (GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Dataflow), Kafka/Flink, Postgres/SQL, observability, concurrent systems, and AI tooling.
Java, Spring, REST APIs, Python, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Dataflow, Kafka, Flink, Postgres, SQL, Gemini, CoPilot, Claude
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Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$154k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years backend development experience, AWS cloud-native experience, strong system design, APIs/GraphQL/gRPC, database and messaging expertise, excellent communication and mentorship skills.
AWS, EKS, RDS, MSK, S3, Lambda, Node, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, DataDog, OpenTelemetry, GraphQL, gRPC, OAuth2, JWT
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Staff Platform Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$140k-$233k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent experience,10+ years software development experience in backend/platform,expertise in Python/Java/TypeScript,Terraform,CI/CD,observability,and cloud-native systems; strong communication and incident leadership.
Python, Java, TypeScript, Terraform, CI/CD, Datadog, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Cloud Run
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