Tech Jobs in North Suburbs
North Suburbs of Chicago—neighborhoods like Oak Park, Evanston, and Wilmette—are becoming a tech hub thanks to a dense network of data centers, a robust startup ecosystem, and a steady flow of talent from Northwestern University and the Illinois Institute of Technology. The area offers high-speed fiber connectivity, easy access to downtown via the CTA and commuter rail, and a collaborative environment that attracts both established firms and emerging ventures.
Prominent industries in the region include software development, fintech, health tech, and e‑commerce. Local leaders such as Google’s Chicago office, LinkedIn’s regional operations, FinTech Solutions in Oak Park, MedTech Innovators in Evanston, and DataWave Analytics in Wilmette provide roles ranging from software engineering and product management to data science and cybersecurity.
While housing costs—median home price around $380,000 and average rent near $1,800/month—are higher than the national average, they remain lower than downtown Chicago. With salaries for software engineers typically between $80,000 and $150,000, salary transparency offered by Job Transparency allows candidates to negotiate confidently and align their compensation expectations with living expenses.
Senior Product Manager, Dedicated
Company: GitLab
Location: EMEA,North America
Posted Dec 06, 2025
The Senior Product Manager role involves owning the strategy and roadmap for GitLab Dedicated Commercial, a single-tenant SaaS deployment for highly regulated customers. The role focuses on driving enterprise adoption, shaping pricing and packaging, and ensuring the platform meets strict security, compliance, and performance expectations. Collaboration with various teams is essential to deliver customer results and grow the platform.
Sr. Software Engineer, Workflow (Backend and Full stack - Backend leaning)
Company: Zapier
Location: North America
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Zapier is hiring Sr Backend and Fullstack Engineers to enhance automation platforms, emphasizing AI integration, scalability, and a collaborative remote work culture.
Sr. Software Engineer - Partner Sharing (Backend)
Company: Zapier
Location: North America
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Zapier is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to help shape the future of partner-powered automation through the Powered by Zapier API. The Partner Sharing team develops deep strategic relationships with managed partners by offering integration and automation solutions. The role involves designing and building new partner-facing APIs, expanding and improving the Powered by Zapier platform, enhancing partner developer tools and documentation, and collaborating across teams.
AI Solutions manager
Company: Andela
Location: North America,EMEA
Posted Dec 06, 2025
Andela is a global talent marketplace that connects companies with top remote technical talent from emerging markets. They offer an AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, to manage the global talent lifecycle. The company is focused on two industry transformations: staffing/hiring and software development, both accelerated by generative AI. Andela provides a fully remote work culture, equity, and benefits.
Principal Product Marketing Manager - Application Security
Company: GitLab
Location: North America,Latin America
Posted Dec 06, 2025
This role involves leading GitLabs security product marketing, shaping market-leading security narratives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive revenue growth and customer adoption. The position emphasizes autonomy, strategic influence, and thought leadership in security solutions.
Team Lead, Technical Account Manager - Pressable
Company: Automattic Careers
Location: North America,Latin America,Europe,Africa,APAC
Posted Dec 06, 2025
Pressable is seeking a dynamic Team Lead for their Technical Account Management team. The role involves managing and developing a team of Technical Account Managers, leading by example, acting as a technical sales engineer, and serving as a primary technical escalation point. The ideal candidate is a results-oriented leader with a passion for customer success and team development, and has experience leading technical teams and building processes and training programs.
Sr. Revenue Enablement Specialist
Company: Zapier
Location: North America
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Zapier is seeking an experienced Sr Revenue Enablement Specialist to create effective learning experiences for GTM teams. The role involves designing onboarding, building scalable systems, partnering with cross-functional teams, and using automation and AI to streamline learning. Zapier values diversity, inclusion, and remote work.
Sr. Software Engineer - SDK (Full Stack)
Company: Zapier
Location: North America
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Zapier is building a new SDK to empower developers to create, extend, and scale automations seamlessly. The role is for a strong backend-leaning fullstack engineer to design, build, and scale this platform, balancing the needs of internal engineering teams and external developers. The company values diverse perspectives, collaboration, and empathy for both internal and external customers.
Sr. Software Engineer - Enterprise Zone (Backend & Full Stack)
Company: Zapier
Location: North America
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Zapier is expanding its Enterprise zone and hiring Senior Backend and Full Stack Engineers to empower large companies to implement automation at scale. The company focuses on building new approaches for enterprise account management, maintaining system resilience, creating asset management systems, and developing an Enterprise Observability Platform. These roles offer high visibility, impact, and opportunities to work with AI and drive innovation in workflow management.
Sr. Software Engineer - MCP (Backend)
Company: Zapier
Location: North America
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Zapier is an AI automation company that helps businesses increase productivity and serve customers better. They are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to design and scale systems for their Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for AI agents to reason, act, and orchestrate workflows across Zapier's 8000+ integrations. The role involves designing APIs, building platform primitives, collaborating with cross-functional partners, and prioritizing scalability, performance, security, and clarity for developers and AI systems.
Sr. Software Engineer - Knowledge by Zapier (Full Stack)
Company: Zapier
Location: North America
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Zapier is hiring a backend-leaning Sr Full Stack Engineer to work on AI integration, emphasizing responsible AI use, collaboration with AI teams, and the role's impact on shaping AI products. The position offers opportunities to influence AI development and work on innovative, scalable systems.
Brand & Community Lead - Pressable
Company: Automattic Careers
Location: North America,Latin America,Europe,Africa,APAC
Posted Dec 07, 2025
Pressable, a managed WordPress hosting platform, is seeking a Brand & Community Lead to define and execute their brand strategy, content, community engagement, and events. The role involves shaping the brand voice, visual identity, and storytelling across channels, as well as collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive awareness, engagement, and advocacy.