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3Core Systems; Chicago Heights (IL); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

3Core Systems, Inc. in Chicago Heights, IL, seeks an IT Software Engineer 4 to lead architecture, design, development, and testing of modern software solutions.

Location options include Chicago and other US sites, with up to 100% remote and 2–3 days in the office. Ideal candidate evaluates emerging technologies such as generative AI, translates business goals into scalable software designs, mentors engineers, and collaborates with product managers, data scientists, cybersecurity, UX, and

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology field with 8+ years of experience.
• Progressive professional experience in software engineering across full SDLC.
• Ability to lead technical work across design, coding, testing and deployment.
• Experience with cloud-native services, APIs, and DevOps practices.
• Strong communication with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsabilidades

• Lead architecture, design, development, and testing of software solutions.
• Evaluate and apply emerging technologies like AI and cloud-native services.
• Translate business needs into scalable designs and roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers and facilitate design reviews.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, security, UX.
• Define evaluation methods, testing, monitoring, and production readiness.
• Identify risks and mitigation strategies early.

Conocimientos

Decision Making

Software Development

SDLC

System Integration

Architecture Design

Mentoring Engineers

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Descripción del empleo

Chicago Heights, United States | Posted on 11/05/2026

JobTitle: IT SoftwareEngineer 4
Chicago (Ideal location), Peoria, Irving,TX, and Broomfield, CO, but open to 100% remote
Duration: 12 months
Screeninginterview during the technical interview, then a 2 nd round.

Typicaltask breakdown:

• Leadthe architecture, design, development, and testing of modern softwaresolutions, prototypes, pilots, and reusable platform capabilities.
  
• Evaluate,prototype, and apply emerging technologies such as generative AI, agenticworkflows, retrieval-augmented generation, cloud-native services, APIs,automation, and data-driven application patterns.
  
• Translatebusiness opportunities, product goals, and technical requirements intoscalable software designs, solution patterns, technical roadmaps, andimplementation plans.
  
• Mentorengineers, provide technical direction, facilitate design reviews, andpromote a culture of experimentation, learning, engineering excellence,and responsible technology adoption.
  
• Collaboratewith product managers, architects, data scientists, cybersecurity,infrastructure, UX, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions alignedto organizational goals and risk expectations.
  
• Defineand implement technical evaluation methods, including proof-of-conceptsuccess criteria, model or system performance measures, quality gates,automated testing, monitoring, and production readiness reviews.
  
• Identifytechnical risks, dependencies, integration needs, security considerations,and operational constraints early in the solution lifecycle and recommendpractical mitigation strategies.
  

2-3 days aweek in the office and for the other offices, it is as needed basis. Afull return could happen at any point.

Education& Experience Required:

• Bachelor’sdegree (technology-related field) with 8+ years of experience in thiscapacity
  
• Nodegree than 10_ years in this capacity.
  

RequiredTechnical Skills

(Required)

• DecisionMaking and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process andassociated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situationsand reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
  
• SoftwareDevelopment: Knowledge of software development tools and activities;ability to produce software products or systems in line with productrequirements.
  
• SoftwareDevelopment Life Cycle : Knowledge of software development life cycle;ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new orenhanced software products to the marketplace.
  
• SoftwareIntegration Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes andfunctions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkageto alternative platforms and software packages.
  
• SoftwareProduct Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; abilityto convert market requirements into the software product design.
  
• SoftwareProduct Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a softwareproducts; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects ofsoftware products.
  

SoftwareProduct Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design,plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software productquality and adherence to stated requirements.

ConsiderationsFor Top Candidates:

• Bachelor’sdegree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering,Information Technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalentpractical experience may be considered.
  
• Progressiveprofessional experience in software engineering, including hands-ondevelopment of complex applications, distributed systems, APIs, platforms,or cloud-native services.
  
• Demonstratedability to lead technical work across the full software developmentlifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, design, coding,testing, deployment.
  
• Experiencedesigning scalable, secure, observable, and maintainable software usingmodern architecture patterns, APIs, automated testing, CI/CD, and DevOpspractices.
  
• Workingknowledge of cloud platforms, containerization, infrastructure automation,integration patterns, and production support practices.
  
• Abilityto communicate complex technical topics clearly to engineering, product,architecture, security, and business stakeholders.
  
• Demonstratedanalytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in ambiguous orrapidly evolving technical environments.
  

PreferredQualifications

• Experiencebuilding or integrating AI, machine learning, generative AI, largelanguage model, agentic, retrieval-augmented generation, vector database,or prompt-based solutions.
  
• Experiencetaking emerging technology concepts from proof of concept through pilot,production hardening, governance review, adoption, and operationalsupport.
  
• Familiaritywith responsible AI practices, model evaluation, guardrails, data privacy,cybersecurity, compliance, and enterprise risk management considerations.
  
• Experiencewith modern cloud services, serverless architectures, Kubernetes,microservices, event-driven architecture, API management, observabilityplatforms, and infrastructure-as-code.
  
• Experiencepartnering with product, design, data, security, architecture, andbusiness teams to identify high-impact use cases and deliver measurablebusiness outcomes.
  
• Provenability to mentor engineers, influence technical direction without directauthority, and establish reusable engineering standards, patterns,frameworks, or accelerators.
  
• Advanceddegree, cloud certification, AI/ML certification, software architecturecertification, or demonstrated contribution to technical communities,open-source projects, patents, publications, or internal innovationinitiatives.