Alyssa Schroer

Updated on May 16, 2024

Downtown Chicago is home to some of the world’s top tech companies. Here are a few.

Some people only pursue their passions outside of work hours. These women decided to take a different path and built careers out of doing what they love.

Check out this list of the top companies making Chicago a vibrant tech hub.

Alyssa Schroer

Updated on May 16, 2024

Downtown Chicago is home to some of the world’s top tech companies. Here are a few.

Some people only pursue their passions outside of work hours. These women decided to take a different path and built careers out of doing what they love.

Encouraging employees to take time off and setting your own strong boundaries between work and life can send a powerful message.

While dedication certainly pays off, burnout is real –– especially as many tech professionals adjust to working from home for the first time.  

Chicago’s tech scene is proving sturdy, but few industries have cemented themselves as close to the center of the ecosystem quite like fintech.

With Chicago's history as a central trading and banking city, the biggest institutions have inspired a generation of talented, tech-minded financial professionals to build startups that use tech to solve the industry's biggest problems.

These 14 Chicago leaders are looking for curious and collaborative engineers, data scientists and product experts.

Brigid Hogan

Updated on June 29, 2022

Seven local professionals share the constellations of reasons they love where they work — and why current job seekers might, too.

Speed is good — unless it begets burnout, errors and other headaches. Local pros share how to move at a brisk pace while remaining intentional about the work.

These companies offer new employees much more than just a change of scenery.

“If our values aren’t maintained, the culture will erode. If the culture erodes, we will not be able to execute our vision.”

All Campus, BrokerX, Enova and DFIN are among Chicago-based companies hiring now.

Businesses still see the benefit of rewarding employees for their loyalty. That reward can take many different forms, ranging from verbal recognition to sweet company swag and extra time off, depending on the place you work.

Built In Chicago checked in with four more techies across the city to get a quick pulse of the autonomy they enjoy in their current role and how it keeps them excited to come to work every day.

Here’s a survey of what the Big Data landscape in Chicago looks like right now. When you’ve got players like these on the field, it might soon be time to crown Chicago as the reigning Big Data champ.

Drawing on the power of machine learning and data, Enova builds software to help lenders identify trustworthy customers and help those customers receive the right line of credit. We spoke with three engineers to learn more. 

Chicago’s tech companies offer all of the perks you’d expect from any good employer, like health benefits, vacations and professional developments. But they also like to think outside the box, offering benefits that uniquely reflect their cultures. We asked a few companies with unique perks how those perks affect company culture. Here's what they've got up their sleeves.

AUGUST 2016: If you haven’t heard by now, Chicago’s tech scene is becoming a veritable force of industry, economy and innovation. Now’s a good a time as ever to get in on the action and start your career at a company rooted in the ways of the future.

Chicago’s startup scene is full of mission-driven tech companies working to make us healthier, improve access to social services and help parents recapture lost time.

The chance to tackle challenging projects and experiment with new technologies is often as important as perks and pay — if not more so.

We stepped inside the workspaces of many Chicago tech companies this year, and, needless to say, we were left with office envy on more than one occasion.

If you're looking to attract the best tech talent out there, it's important to keep your employees healthy and happy. These leading Chicago tech companies offer their employees everything from healthy snacks to yoga classes, paintball outings, wall-sit contests and company bicycles.

We spoke with fintech experts from a range of companies to learn more about the trends shaping their industry.

JANUARY 2019: These six fast-growing Chicago tech companies all offer team members the chance to make a real impact while building their careers.

An early adopter of the Ruby on Rails framework, Enova is one of the city’s biggest Rails shops. But for developers looking to get a job with the online lender, prior Ruby experience is by no means a prerequisite.

MARCH 2018: Chicago tech companies are always on the lookout for top talent, so what are you waiting for?

River North and the West Loop play home to fledgling startups galore. But once tech companies really start revving their engines, many of them turn their sights on the bustling heart of Chicago’s economy: the Loop. Here’s a glance at seven of the Loop’s sexiest tech offices — and they’re all hiring.

If you’re a marketer looking to help define a brand's strategy or take ownership over an existing product, we recommend checking out one of these roles.

The ten-year-old Chicago tech firm Enova is going public. It will trade on the NYSE as “ENVA.”

John Higginson joined Enova as Chief Technology Officer in 2014 — a big year for change for the financial services company.