Software Engineer jobs in Illinois
18 open roles classified as Software Engineer and placed in Illinois, read from employers’ own careers sites.
Senior Software Engineer, Inference
AssemblyAI
4 locations · $190,000 – $225,000
AssemblyAI seeks a backend engineer to productionize voice AI models and build the APIs and infrastructure that power their platform at scale. This role suits engineers who thrive in fast-moving, research-forward environments and want ownership over systems that directly serve millions of users.
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Application Development Senior Advisor- Hybrid
Cigna
Full-time · 5 locations · $122,200 – $203,600
This role develops and supports conversational AI systems and IVR applications for a large healthcare organization's customer service channels. It suits experienced software engineers with expertise in voice technologies, microservices architecture, and Java development who want to work on enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
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Senior AI Engineer - Java
CNA Financial
Chicago, IL · $72,000 – $141,000
This role leads AI engineering transformation across enterprise platforms, mentoring teams to adopt AI-assisted development practices while architecting scalable, cloud-native solutions. It suits experienced engineers who want to combine hands-on technical work with leadership responsibility and influence engineering culture at scale.
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Software Development Consultant (Azure)
Country Financial
Full-time · Bloomington, IL · $113,200 – $155,650
COUNTRY Financial seeks an experienced Integration Developer to design and build cloud-native integration solutions on Azure, working with Logic Apps, Functions, API Management, and related services while collaborating with an established enterprise integration team. This hands-on role suits someone with deep enterprise middleware experience who wants to modernize legacy integration platforms and influence cloud architecture strategy.
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GoLang Software Engineer, Identity Service- Freewheel
Comcast
Chicago, IL · $109,759 – $164,639
This role builds and maintains high-performance identity and audience-targeting microservices in Go within AWS, serving FreeWheel's advertising platform. It suits backend engineers with cloud-native experience who want to work on low-latency systems that power real-time ad decisions at scale.
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R&D Engineer Software 3
Broadcom Inc.
3 locations · $91,100 – $146,000
Broadcom's Mainframe Software Division seeks a Software Engineer to design and develop security solutions on the mainframe platform using Assembler. This role suits self-motivated engineers with deep mainframe expertise who want to modernize enterprise software in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
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Senior Software Development Engineer - Content Platform
Expedia Group
Full-time · Chicago, IL · $171,500 – $240,000
This role designs and builds backend services and APIs for Expedia's content and product catalog platform, serving hundreds of millions of assets across travel brands. It suits experienced backend engineers who enjoy system design, microservices architecture, and mentoring others in a large-scale distributed systems environment.
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Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial
Palantir
Internship · 2 locations · $5,900 – $10,500 / month
Join Palantir as a Forward Deployed Software Engineer intern and work on real, high-impact projects alongside experienced engineers, delivering solutions that help customers deploy AI-powered systems and transform their operations. This is a full-year opportunity for undergraduates to contribute meaningfully to critical work in data-driven decision-making, with career progression based purely on merit and impact.
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Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
Full-time · 5 locations · $190,800 – $267,100
This role leads technical initiatives on Reddit's core API platform, which handles hundreds of millions of daily requests. It suits experienced backend engineers who can mentor others while building and scaling high-availability distributed systems.
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Software Engineer
Honeycomb Insurance
Chicago, IL · $140,000 – $170,000
Honeycomb is seeking a full-stack engineer to own feature development from concept to deployment across their commercial real estate insurance platform. This role suits someone with 2+ years of Node.js and modern front-end experience who thrives on independent decision-making and wants to see technical work translate directly to business outcomes.
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Director AI Engineering
Geneva
Full-time · Chicago, IL · $250,000 – $350,000
This director-level role leads AI and machine learning engineering efforts at a trading firm, building intelligent systems and autonomous workflows that directly impact trading operations. It suits experienced engineers who want technical leadership responsibility in a fast-paced environment where AI is core to competitive advantage.
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Principal AI Engineer
CNA Financial
2 locations · $97,000 – $189,000
A senior technical leadership role building AI-native development infrastructure and platforms that enable engineering teams to integrate AI tools like Claude and Copilot into their software delivery workflows. This suits experienced engineers who want to shape AI engineering practices across a large organization while mentoring others and operating at the intersection of AI systems, developer experience, and enterprise security.
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Senior API Integration Developer
Country Financial
Full-time · Bloomington, IL · $113,200 – $155,650
This role develops and maintains enterprise API and integration solutions primarily using MuleSoft and Azure API Management platforms. It's for experienced integration engineers who want to work across the full development lifecycle in a large financial services company.
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C++ Software Engineer- 2 Days Onsite- Chicago- FreeWheel
Comcast
Full-time · Chicago, IL · $109,759 – $164,639
FreeWheel is seeking a C++ engineer to build and optimize the ad-serving backbone of their Buyercloud platform, which processes billions of auctions daily. The role suits someone with systems experience who enjoys working on high-scale distributed infrastructure and can handle on-call responsibilities.
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Senior Software Development Engineer - GenAI Platform
Expedia Group
Full-time · Chicago, IL · $171,500 – $240,000
This Senior Software Engineer role focuses on building and operating generative AI platform services at Expedia Group, including backend APIs, RAG systems, and multi-agent infrastructure. The position suits experienced backend engineers interested in AI/ML infrastructure who want to shape how a large travel company safely scales GenAI capabilities across product teams.
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Front-End Platform Developer
Geneva
Chicago, IL · $120,000 – $180,000
This role develops internal trading platforms and dashboards that visualization and manage trades, risk limits, and algorithmic logic for Geneva Trading's global operations. It suits experienced desktop application developers comfortable with high-performance, real-time systems and collaboration with trading teams.
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial
Palantir
Internship · 2 locations · $10,000 / month
Palantir seeks interns to work as Forward Deployed Engineers, embedding directly with enterprise clients to solve high-impact operational challenges using custom software and AI solutions. This role offers hands-on ownership from day one, working on real problems across industries like healthcare, supply chain, and energy.
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Lead Software Engineer (C++) - Ad Tech & Distributed Systems - FreeWheel
Comcast
Chicago, IL · $152,829 – $229,243
A senior C++ engineer role building real-time ad-serving systems that handle millions of concurrent requests across distributed cloud infrastructure. This suits experienced backend engineers comfortable with high-throughput systems, low-latency optimization, and operating at scale in the advertising technology space.
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Software Engineer jobs in other states
Other roles hiring in Illinois
Reports on Software Engineer hiring
- Texas Postings Doubled This Week: 585 New Roles vs 285, Second Only to CaliforniaSep 16, 2026
- New York Added 386 New Roles This Week, Up 11.6% While the National Week Rose 22.6%Sep 13, 2026
- California Opened 798 Roles This Week, Up 30% — But 10 of 12 States Grew FasterSep 12, 2026
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