65 software engineering jobs are open in Illinois, on employers' own career pages, from 34 employers. The three employers with the most openings are Chime Financial, Inc, Okta and Capital One, with 17 of the 65. 72 percent of these postings list a pay range. The middle half of listed pay runs from $155,000 to $216,300, with a median of $192,050. The places with the most are Chicago, IL (37); Abbott Park, IL (10); Bellevue, WA (5). 11 percent are fully remote. A typical posting has been open 18 days.
Illinois requires employers to list a pay range in many postings, so the pay figures here come from the employers' own ranges.
Applications here go through Workday (44%), Greenhouse (26%), SmartRecruiters (19%), USAJOBS (7%).
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Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command, Department of the Air Force
Scott AFB, IL · Posted Oct 14
IT SPECIALIST (INFOSEC/APPSW)
$128,967 to $143,236 a year29% below the median listed hereSeen todayNew this weekFederal (USAJOBS)
The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo).
Capital One
Chicago, IL · Posted Oct 14
Full-stack Engineer 4 (Global Payment Network)
$179,400 to $204,700 a yearSeen todayNew this week
We are seeking Full-stack Software Engineers who are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge open source frameworks and emerging technologies.
Office of Personnel Management, Other Agencies and Independent Organizations
Phoenix, AZ and 18 more places · Posted Oct 13
IT Software Engineer (Tech Force)
$125,776 to $197,200 a year16% below the median listed hereSeen todayNew this weekFederal (USAJOBS)
GSA, SSA, OPM, State, Treasury, and HHS are among the participating agencies seeking innovators ready to tackle critical national challenges.
Capital One
Chicago, IL · Posted Oct 13
Data Engineer 5
$209,000 to $238,500 a year17% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
We are seeking Data Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies.
ServiceNow
Chicago, IL · Posted Oct 9
Staff Software Engineer
$149,800 to $262,200 a year7% above the median listed hereSeen today
We are seeking an engineer to build automation and AI capabilities to handle platform administration, platform inventory, release planning, and continuous…
Charles River Associates
Boston, MA and 2 more places · Posted Oct 7
Senior Platform Engineer (IT Services)
$130,000 to $150,000 a year27% below the median listed hereSeen today
Primarily a Microsoft house, CRA is looking to maximize the performance of our on-premise systems and hybrid infrastructure, meaning experience with cloud…
Chime Financial, Inc
Chicago, IL and 1 more place · Posted Oct 7
Senior Staff / Staff Software Engineer, Trust & Safety
$223,000 to $373,000 a year55% above the median listed hereSeen today
Chime is looking for Senior Staff and Staff Engineers to lead our high impact member Trust and Safety group.
Chime Financial, Inc
Chicago, IL and 1 more place · Posted Oct 7
Senior Software Engineer, Trust & Safety
$164,000 to $259,000 a year10% above the median listed hereSeen today
We're looking for driven engineers with strong leadership skills to help evolve our risk architecture, enabling deeper insights and stronger protections for…
Chime Financial, Inc
Chicago, IL and 1 more place · Posted Oct 7
Software Engineer, Trust & Safety
$117,000 to $184,000 a year22% below the median listed hereSeen today
We're looking for driven engineers with strong leadership skills to help evolve our risk architecture, enabling deeper insights and stronger protections for…
Capital One
Chicago, IL · Posted Oct 7
Staff Full-Stack Engineer
$244,700 to $279,200 a year36% above the median listed hereSeen today
As a Staff Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud.
Capital One
Chicago, IL · Posted Oct 7
Full-stack Engineer 5 (Go, TypeScript and Angular)
$209,000 to $238,500 a year17% above the median listed hereSeen today
We are seeking Full-stack Software Engineers who are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge open source frameworks and emerging technologies.
Capital One
Riverwoods, IL · Posted Oct 7
Site Reliability Engineer 4 (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)
$179,400 to $204,700 a yearSeen today
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.
Chime Financial, Inc
Chicago, IL and 1 more place · Posted Oct 2
Software Engineer, Infrastructure Platform
$133,000 to $184,000 a year17% below the median listed hereSeen today
This role is on the Infrastructure Platform team , where we manage the user interaction with the Infrastructure system components such as Terraform, ArgoCD,…
DEPT
Remote · Posted Oct 1
Architect, Software Engineering (Adobe AEP Architect)
$138,000 to $175,000 a year19% below the median listed hereSeen todayRemote
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the…
Honeycomb Insurance
Chicago, IL · Posted Oct 1
Software Engineer
$140,000 to $170,000 a year19% below the median listed hereSeen today
If you’re looking for a place where innovation is celebrated, culture actually means something, and smart people challenge you to be better every day -…
Air Force Civilian Career Training, Department of the Air Force
Salt Lake City, UT and 17 more places · Posted Oct 1
COMPUTER ENGINEER
$50,460 to $76,476 a year67% below the median listed hereSeen todayFederal (USAJOBS)
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DEPT
Remote · Posted Sep 21
Senior, Software Engineering (AEM + Workfront/Fusion)
$108,000 to $140,000 a year35% below the median listed hereSeen todayRemote
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the…
Technology Transformation Service, General Services Administration
San Francisco, CA and 5 more places · Posted Sep 4
Senior AI Software Engineer
$138,595 to $197,200 a year13% below the median listed hereSeen todayFederal (USAJOBS)
As a Senior Al Software Engineer, you will develop secure, ethical, and mission-aligned AI strategies and architectures across the federal government using…
Technology Transformation Service, General Services Administration
San Francisco, CA and 5 more places · Posted Sep 4
Principal Al Software Engineer
$163,023 to $197,200 a year6% below the median listed hereSeen todayFederal (USAJOBS)
As a Principal Al Software Engineer you will devise technical strategies and enterprise architectures to drive secure, ethical AI integration across federal…
Technology Transformation Service, General Services Administration
San Francisco, CA and 5 more places · Posted Sep 4
Al Software Engineer
$117,284 to $172,980 a year24% below the median listed hereSeen todayFederal (USAJOBS)
As an Al Software Engineer you will establish technical strategies, standards, and architectures to drive secure, ethical, and engineering-sound AI adoption…
Okta
Bellevue, WA and 2 more places · Posted Aug 27
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes
$194,000 to $267,000 a year20% above the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 52 days
We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work.
DEPT
Remote · Posted Aug 21
Principal, Software Engineer
$122,000 to $165,000 a year25% below the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 58 daysRemote
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the…
DEPT
Remote · Posted Aug 21
Senior, Software Engineer
$122,000 to $150,000 a year29% below the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 58 daysRemote
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the…
DEPT
Remote · Posted Aug 21
Senior, Data Engineer
$96,000 to $140,000 a year39% below the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 58 daysRemote
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the…
Stripe
Chicago, IL · Posted Aug 17
Software Engineer
$173,000 to $259,600 a year13% above the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 62 days
This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the…
Veeva
Chicago, IL · Posted Aug 13
Senior Consultant - Life Sciences Events Management Software Implementation
$80,000 to $200,000 a year27% below the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 66 daysRemote
As a Senior Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in driving Implementation Excellence for our life sciences customers.
Okta
Bellevue, WA and 2 more places · Posted Jul 31
Globalization Software Engineer
$148,000 to $203,500 a year8% below the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 79 days
We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work.
Honeycomb Insurance
Chicago, IL · Posted Jul 13
Software Engineering Team Lead
$170,000 to $190,000 a year6% below the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 97 days
If you’re looking for a place where innovation is celebrated, culture actually means something, and smart people challenge you to be better every day -…
Chime Financial, Inc
Chicago, IL and 1 more place · Posted Jul 10
Software Engineer, Infrastructure
$133,000 to $184,000 a year17% below the median listed hereSeen todayOpen 100 days
This role is on the Core Infrastructure team , where we manage the Infrastructure components that power Chime and make sure our members are able to use Chime…
Software engineering jobs by place in Illinois
| Place | Open jobs |
|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 37 |
| Abbott Park, IL | 10 |
| Bellevue, WA | 5 |
| Riverwoods, IL | 5 |
| San Francisco, CA | 3 |
| Boston, MA | 2 |
| Downers Grove, IL | 2 |
| Lincolnshire, IL | 2 |
| Springfield, IL | 2 |
| All, IL | 1 |
| Aurora, IL | 1 |
| Bradley, IL | 1 |
| Chicago Heights, IL | 1 |
| Naperville, IL | 1 |
| North Chicago, IL | 1 |
Who is hiring software engineering in Illinois
| Employer | Open jobs | Typical posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Financial, Inc | 6 | $208,500 |
| Okta | 6 | $230,500 |
| Capital One | 5 | $223,750 |
| DEPT | 5 | $136,000 |
| Abbott | 4 | |
| Enthuse-Marketing | 3 | |
| Technology Transformation Service, General Services Administration | 3 | |
| BlackRock | 2 |
Counts are open postings on each employer's own career page. Staffing firms and job boards are left out.
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How many software engineering jobs are open in Illinois?
65 on Oct 18, 2026, from 34 employers, read from employers' own career pages. The number changes as employers post and close roles.
Where in Illinois are most software engineering jobs?
Chicago, IL (37); Abbott Park, IL (10); Bellevue, WA (5).
Do software engineering jobs in Illinois pay more than the US?
The median listed pay here is $192,050; across the US it is $194,000. Both come from postings that state pay, and a listed range is the employer's budget, not an offer.
Does Illinois require pay ranges in postings?
Yes, for many employers, those with 15 or more employees (in force 2025-01-01). Source: IDOL.
How much do software engineering jobs in Illinois pay?
72 percent of postings list a pay range. The median listed pay is $192,050 and the middle half runs from $155,000 to $216,300. A listed range is the employer's budget for the role, not an offer. Illinois requires employers to list a range in many postings.
Which employers are hiring software engineering in Illinois?
The employers with the most openings are Chime Financial, Inc (6), Okta (6), Capital One (5). The full list is above.
How long do these postings stay open?
A typical posting has been open 18 days, and 29 percent have been open more than 60 days. An old posting is not always a closed one.
How do I apply?
Each job links to the employer's own application page. Open the posting, read the requirements and apply there. If you want a score for how well your resume matches a job, create a free Second Summit account and we score it with the reasons.
Where does this list come from?
We read employers' own career pages and USAJOBS. We do not list jobs from job boards or search services, and we do not estimate pay.
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