Chicago, IL

Salary
$62,400–$83,200
Posted
Jul 22, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Last confirmed open
Jul 23, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A lead-level engineering role centered on building and tuning high-throughput, distributed Java systems. Day-to-day work spans architecture design, performance analysis, code review, and production support, with an emphasis on concurrency, scalability, and resiliency. Suited to a senior Java engineer comfortable driving technical direction and best practices across multiple teams.

Senior level

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Java

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How this req sits in the market our data

What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (3)

The posting is extremely sparse on concrete named technologies — Core Java is the only specific technology mentioned. All other requirements are expressed as architectural concepts, methodologies, or responsibilities (distributed systems, multi-threading, concurrency, design patterns, scalability) which do not qualify as named tools or technologies under extraction rules.

The title 'Lead Software Engineer' carries a 'Lead' modifier, which typically signals a senior individual contributor rather than a people manager; the responsibilities confirm IC-level technical work with cross-team influence, so this is classified as Senior rather than Staff.

The level advertised in the title is set to Senior based on the 'Lead' framing in the title, which is the closest standard band to 'Lead'.

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