# Software Engineer jobs in Chicago

50 open Software Engineer jobs in Chicago right now, 10 of them posted in the last 30 days, at 23 companies. Numbers updated November 2026.

Updated 6 Nov 2026. From the job boards and company careers pages GoJob.now reads. Page: https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/chicago

## Key numbers

- Open jobs: 50
- Median posted pay: 197,000 USD a year
- Ads that show pay: 30%
- Remote: 12%

## Pay

Half of the 15 ads that posted pay offer between **158,000 USD** and **218,000 USD** a year (the middle of each posted range, as the ad states it: gross pay for employment, before VAT for B2B). The median is 197,000 USD.

30% of the open ads show pay at all. Ads without pay are counted in the totals, not in the range.

## How the jobs are set up

- Remote: 6, hybrid: 0, on site: 0, not stated: 44.
- Contracts the ads offer: B2B in 1, employer of record in 1.
- 100% come straight from company careers pages, the rest from job boards.

## Companies hiring most

1. DRW: 10 open
2. Chime Financial, Inc: 4 open
3. Braze: 4 open
4. IMC: 4 open
5. Jump Trading: 3 open
6. Moonlite: 3 open
7. Uber Freight: 3 open
8. Adyen: 2 open
9. Flow Traders: 2 open
10. project44: 2 open

## Skills the ads ask for

AWS, Python, CI/CD, Observability, TypeScript, Kubernetes, System design, AI coding assistants, Docker, Terraform, React, PostgreSQL

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## Software Engineer jobs elsewhere

- [the USA](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/usa): 3,806 open
- [New York](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/new-york): 452 open
- [the UK](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/uk): 383 open
- [Poland](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/poland): 319 open
- [London](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/london): 258 open
- [Warsaw](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/warsaw): 94 open
- [Austin](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/austin): 88 open
- [Los Angeles](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/los-angeles): 67 open
- [San Jose](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/san-jose): 59 open
- [Ukraine](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/ukraine): 42 open
- [Kyiv](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/kyiv): 19 open
- [San Diego](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/san-diego): 11 open
- [Dallas](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/dallas): 10 open

## Other roles in Chicago

- [Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/manager/chicago): 158 open
- [Director](https://gojob.now/roles/director/chicago): 105 open
- [Account Executive](https://gojob.now/roles/account-executive/chicago): 81 open
- [Supervisor](https://gojob.now/roles/supervisor/chicago): 41 open
- [Customer Success Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/customer-success-manager/chicago): 26 open
- [Enterprise Account Executive](https://gojob.now/roles/enterprise-account-executive/chicago): 25 open
- [Sales Development Representative](https://gojob.now/roles/sales-development-representative/chicago): 24 open
- [Account Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/account-manager/chicago): 21 open
- [Product Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/product-manager/chicago): 19 open
- [Project Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/project-manager/chicago): 19 open
- [Associate](https://gojob.now/roles/associate/chicago): 16 open
- [Sr. Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/sr-manager/chicago): 15 open
