Software Engineer 198763

Harnham; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flagship AI analytics platform

Exposure to senior stakeholders

High-impact, commercially visible work

Strong career progression

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

Harnham in Chicago offers a hybrid role building an AI-enabled analytics platform used by investment teams and business stakeholders. You will join a growing product and engineering function delivering production-grade software at scale.

Responsibilities include full-stack development, API design, ML/analytics workflows, and collaboration with product, data science, and analytics teams. You will influence technical direction and drive high-impact solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience in full‑stack software engineering.
• Experience building production-ready applications and services.
• Understanding of ML / predictive analytics workflows and data science.
• Experience developing AI-enabled products, or LLM features.
• Excellent API design and backend engineering skills.
• Cloud experience with Azure or AWS.
• Product-focused with ability to work through ambiguity and influence direction.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale full-stack applications combining analytics, AI, and UX.
• Design and maintain application infrastructure, APIs, and shared services.
• Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and business stakeholders.
• Develop software bringing ML and predictive analytics into day-to-day decisions.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering best practices.
• Build AI-enabled workflows and repeatable analytical processes.
• Improve development, deployment, testing, and operations.
• Support a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture through code reviews.

Skills

Strong commercial experience in full‑s

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Production-ready applications

ML / predictive analytics workflows

AI-enabled products / LLM features

API design & backend engineering

Cloud platforms (Azure / AWS)

Stakeholder management & communication

Data-intensive environments experience

Tools

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Job description

Chicago hybrid | $190,000 to $225,000 base + 20% bonus

This is an opportunity to join a highly visible innovation team building AI-enabled software that supports major commercial decisions at scale. You'll work at the intersection of software engineering, machine learning, product development, and analytics, helping create technology that directly influences investment and operational strategies across a large enterprise.

The Company

They are a well-established organisation operating within a large-scale, asset-backed industry, with a significant focus on data, analytics, and technology transformation. Their innovation team is bringing modern AI and predictive analytics capabilities into a traditionally underserved sector, creating products that deliver measurable business impact.

With strong executive sponsorship and engagement from senior stakeholders, the team is building next-generation tools that combine advanced analytics, machine learning, and intuitive product experiences. This is an environment where engineers can shape both the technology and the product roadmap.

The Role

You will join a growing product and engineering function responsible for developing a production-grade analytics platform used by investment and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

• Building and scaling full-stack applications that combine advanced analytics, AI capabilities, and intuitive user experiences
• Designing and maintaining application infrastructure, APIs, and shared services
• Working closely with product, design, analytics, and business stakeholders to define and deliver solutions
• Developing software that brings machine learning and predictive analytics insights into day-to-day decision making
• Contributing to architectural decisions and helping establish engineering best practices
• Building AI-enabled workflows and tools that support repeatable, high-quality analytical processes
• Improving development, deployment, testing, and operational processes
• Supporting a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture through code reviews and knowledge sharing

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience in full-stack software engineering
• Commercial experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, or comparable modern web technologies
• Experience building and deploying production-ready applications
• Understanding of machine learning, predictive analytics, or data science workflows
• Experience developing AI-enabled products, LLM-powered features, or intelligent automation solutions
• Strong API design and backend engineering capabilities
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS
• Product-focused mindset with the ability to work through ambiguity and influence technical direction
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working with analytics, financial, real estate, or other data-intensive environments is advantageous

What They Offer

• Opportunity to work on a flagship AI and predictive analytics platform
• Exposure to senior business and executive stakeholders
• High-impact work with significant commercial visibility
• Strong career progression within a growing innovation function
• Collaborative environment combining product, data science, and engineering expertise