28 staff software engineer database jobs at 18 companies in Illinois
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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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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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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
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, Platform
Arkansas or California or Colorado or Connecticut or Florida or Illinois or Louisiana or Massachusetts or Michigan or Minnesota or New Jersey or New York or North Carolina or Ohio or Oregon or Pennsylvania or Tennessee or Texas or Virginia or Washington or Wisconsin
$163k-$185k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience; expert Ruby on Rails and React; deep Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, distributed systems, API design, and production reliability experience.
Ruby on Rails, React, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, Terraform, Helm, RabbitMQ, SQS, NATS, Stripe, SQL
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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 Software Engineer
United States or California or Colorado or Hawaii or Illinois or Maryland or Massachusetts or Minnesota or New Jersey or New York or Vermont or District of Columbia or Washington or San Francisco
$171k-$252k/yr RemoteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years building high-scale, resilient cloud-native distributed systems; expert in Java or Go; AWS and cloud-native infrastructure experience; proficiency with Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, Redis, SQL/NoSQL, CI/CD; experience using LLM/AI tools.
Java, Go, AWS, Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, Kafka, Redis, Spark, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, LLMs, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude, internal LLMs, SQL, NoSQL
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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 Development Engineer
Hartford or Arizona or Texas or Illinois
$118k-$261k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years mainframe development (COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, MQ, Xpeditor, Endevor), systems analysis, software design/architecture, Agile delivery; 5+ years vendor/offshore support; bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, MQ, Xpeditor, Endevor
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Staff Software Engineer (PACS) - Full Time - Remote
Tennessee or Idaho or Wyoming or West Virginia or Wisconsin or Washington or Virginia or Utah or Texas or South Dakota or South Carolina or Pennsylvania or Oregon or Oklahoma or Ohio or New York or Nevada or New Mexico or New Jersey or New Hampshire or Nebraska or North Carolina or Mississippi or Missouri or Minnesota or Michigan or Maine or Maryland or Massachusetts or Louisiana or Kentucky or Kansas or Indiana or Illinois or Iowa or Georgia or Florida or Delaware or District of Columbia or Colorado or California or Arizona or Arkansas or Alabama
$121k-$161k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience, strong Java/JVM skills, medical imaging and interoperability knowledge (DICOM/HL7) preferred, Bachelor's or equivalent, technical leadership and mentoring experience.
Java, JVM, Spring, Hibernate, JPA, Maven, Gradle, SQL, REST, DICOM, HL7, DCM4CHE, .NET, Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS
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IL0220-Staff Software Engineer I
Warrenville, Illinois, United States
$144k-$185k/yr RemoteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's degree plus 3 years related experience (or Master's plus 1 year). Experience with Java, Python, C#, C++, Microsoft technologies, SQL, front-end and back-end web systems required.
Java, Python, C#, C++, Microsoft technologies, SQL
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Staff Software Development Engineer – Agentic Applications and Experiences
Portland or Chicago or Seattle or Dallas
$141k-$173k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOEBachelor's degree and 7+ years software engineering experience; strong backend skills with Java or C#; experience with cloud (AWS), Kafka, Elasticsearch, containerization, RESTful APIs, and scalable systems.
Java, Kafka, Elasticsearch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, OData, SQL
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Senior / Staff Applied Research Software Engineer - Emerging Tech
United States or Colorado or Hawaii or Illinois or Maryland or Massachusetts or Minnesota or Vermont or New York or New Jersey or Washington or California or District of Columbia
$142k-$252k/yr RemoteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent, 3+ years (Senior) or 5+ years (Staff) full-stack software development experience, proficiency in JavaScript/Python/Java, front-end (React/Angular) and/or back-end (Node.js/Springboot), SQL/NoSQL, effective communication, and experience leveraging AI/LLMs.
JavaScript, Python, Java, React, Angular, Node.js, Springboot, SQL, NoSQL, AWS, Azure, Model Context Protocol (MCP), LLMs
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Staff Full Stack Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$152k-$203k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering; expert React front-end; strong backend in Java/Kotlin/Node.js/Python/Go; cloud-native on AWS/GCP; relational and NoSQL databases; staff-level leadership; AI-native mindset.
React, Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Python, Go, AWS, GCP, Relational DB, NoSQL
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Staff Data Engineer
Westmont or Chicago
$160k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years software/data engineering; end-to-end data/AI system design; AI agents; MCP; LangChain/LangGraph; Python; cloud platforms; data pipelines; SQL/NoSQL; strong communication.
LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, MCP, Python, AWS, Azure, GCP, SQL, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, dbt, Airflow
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Staff ServiceNow Developer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$150k-$262k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years enterprise IT experience as a ServiceNow platform engineer/developer with deep platform, architecture, customization, JS/Java, database and troubleshooting skills.
ServiceNow, JavaScript, Java, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AJAX, DOM, CSS, XML, HTML, XHTML, Python, Perl, Unix Shell, Windows Shell, Splunk, Linux, Microsoft Windows Server, Java JDK
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Staff Data Engineer - Federal (Auth0)
Bellevue or Chicago or New York or Washington
$174k-$239k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software development; 5+ years data engineering; cloud data infra (AWS); Snowflake/dbt/Airflow; Python/SQL; strong communication; ability to drive architecture.
Python, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Terraform, Kubernetes
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Staff Software Engineer Data - DC Tech Lead
Toronto or Alabama or Arkansas or California or Colorado or Florida or Georgia or Illinois or Kentucky or Massachusetts or Michigan or Montana or Missouri or Nevada or New Jersey or New York or North Carolina or Oregon or Pennsylvania or Texas or Washington or Utah or Virginia or Wisconsin
$148k-$242k/yr RemoteFull Time
Design and maintain large-scale ETLs using PySpark and DBT; proficiency in Python, SQL, Databricks or Snowflake; 2+ years technical lead experience; strong communication and mentoring skills.
PySpark, DBT, Python, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake
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ML Staff Engineer – LLM & Production Systems
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$141k-$169k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years in software or ML engineering, experience designing and operating production ML/LLM systems, proficiency in Python and SQL, CI/CD and MLOps experience, strong communication and mentoring skills.
Python, SQL, CI/CD
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