Sr Application Developer at Strategic Employment
Chicago, IL
$176,800–$208,000
Aug 2, 2026
Chicago, IL
Sep 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This hybrid role at a downtown Chicago professional services firm centers on designing and building application integrations and workflows using Boomi, acting as the primary technical bridge between business stakeholders and IT. The engineer will also help establish development standards and mentor teammates on a small team. It suits an experienced integration-focused developer with a strong SQL background and object-oriented programming skills, ideally from a professional services or legal industry context.
Senior level · 7+ years · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,450 people in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,800–4,500
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,335 (middle half $106,829–$171,337).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The role is genuinely ambiguous between Software Developers (15-1252) and Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211): the posting emphasizes integration design and serving as a business-IT liaison, which leans toward systems analysis, but the hands-on Boomi workflow/integration building and coding requirements (SQL, C#) tip it toward software development.
C# is listed as the named example of an object-oriented language; the posting explicitly allows 'or another object-oriented language,' so common OO alternatives (Java, Python, C++) are captured in alternatives.
No base salary range is stated; the posting mentions only an annual bonus/review cycle and a full benefits package.
Professional services or legal industry background is noted as preferred context, not a hard gate — it is not captured as a skill since it names no specific technology or tool.
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