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Staff Engineer Jobs in Chicago.

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Total jobs
93
positions indexed
New today
3
last 24 hours
Companies
42
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

How many Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago are there right now?

There are 93 open Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago on JobsRadar right now, from 42 companies hiring directly. 69 of them disclose pay, with a median of $185,000 a year and most offers between $161,800 and $229,500. 3 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 27, 2026 at 13:07 UTC.

Staff Engineer salary range in Chicago

$161.8k 25th
$185k Median
$229.5k 75th
$135.9k
$275.2k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $105k – $373k · outliers off-axis
Based on 69 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 27, 2026 from live listings
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JLL
Staff Software Engineer
JLL
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Braze
Staff Software Engineer, User Targeting
Braze
⚡ Apply early Chicago Onsite $184,000–$314,079
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 22h ago
Braze
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform
Braze
⚡ Apply early Chicago Onsite $184,000–$314,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 22h ago
MongoDB
Site Reliability Engineer (Senior or Staff), Atlas
MongoDB
⚡ Apply early Austin; Boston; Chicago; Miami... Onsite $127,000–$249,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Clear Street
Senior / Staff Software Engineer — Algorithmic Execution Platform
Clear Street
⚡ Apply early Chicago, New York City Onsite $200,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Ripple
Senior Staff Security Engineer, Product Security
Ripple
⚡ Apply early Chicago, Illinois, United Stat... Onsite $220,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Invenergy
Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering (Battery Storage)
Invenergy
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Hybrid $105,000–$125,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Upside
Staff Application Security Engineer
Upside
⚡ Apply early DC · location restricted $214,000–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Tempus
Staff Software Engineer, Security
Tempus
⚡ Apply early Chicago Onsite $240,000–$310,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
WEX
Staff Software Engineer – Data Acquisition
WEX
⚡ Apply early US - Remote · location restricted $140,600–$173,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
CA
Staff Engineer
Carefeed
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Okta
Staff Software Engineer - Federal
Okta
⚡ Apply early Chicago, Illinois; New York, N... Onsite $161,000–$221,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Capital One
Senior Staff Full-stack Engineer – Customer Resiliency (Senior Director, IC) (Remote-Eligible)
Capital One
⚡ Apply early McLean, VA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Ashby
Staff Platform Engineer - Americas
Ashby
⚡ Apply early Remote - US · location restricted $232,000–$323,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Ashby
Staff Product Engineer - Americas
Ashby
⚡ Apply early Remote - US · location restricted $232,000–$323,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Ashby
Staff Design Engineer - Americas
Ashby
⚡ Apply early Remote - US · location restricted $232,000–$323,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Equinix
Software Development Engineer Staff
Equinix
⚡ Apply early New York City Office NYO1 Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Invenergy
Senior Staff Engineer, Renewable Engineering (Solar)
Invenergy
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Hybrid $90,000–$110,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Abbott
Staff AI/Agentic Engineer
Abbott
⚡ Apply early United States - Illinois - Abb... Onsite $113,300–$226,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Capital One
Staff Software Engineer - Card Technology
Capital One
⚡ Apply early McLean, VA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Attain
Sr/Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Consumer Apps
Attain
⚡ Apply early Remote Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Attain
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Platform, Consumer Apps - Klover
Attain
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Capital One
Staff Full-Stack Engineer
Capital One
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
PA
Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure and Devops
PayPal
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Hybrid $152,500–$226,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
JLL
Staff Software Engineer
JLL
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago are open right now?
93 Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago are open across 42 companies, as of October 27, 2026.
What do Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago pay?
Across the 69 Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago that disclose pay, the median is $185,000 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $161,800 and $229,500.
Which companies are hiring Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago?
JLL, Braze, MongoDB, Clear Street and Ripple are among the 42 companies currently hiring Staff Engineer jobs in Chicago.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 27, 2026 at 13:07 UTC.

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