Software engineer jobs in Chicago, IL

About the role

This is not a role where requirements get handed down. You'll identify problems, design solutions, and ship — often in the same week. You'll need to be comfortable with ambiguity, confident making judgment calls independently, and energized by the kind of work where there's no established playbook.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of full-stack development experience
• Proven ability to ship end-to-end independently — from scoping a problem to deploying production code — without needing a designer, PM, or architect to unblock you
• Experience shipping LLM-native features or applications in production
• Expert-level React skills: modern patterns (hooks, context, suspense), performance optimization, and component architecture
• Strong backend proficiency in Python or Node.js
• fluent in designing and maintaining scalable APIs
• Sharp product instincts and a track record of making smart scope and architecture tradeoffs under pressure
• Direct, low-ego communicator — comfortable with hard feedback from internal users and fast to incorporate it
• Microsoft Azure experience is preferred.
• Experience building ML-powered application workflows and integrating data science outputs
• Familiarity with MCP or production LLM integrations
• Background at an AI-native company or in a product-focused founding environment

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