Vice President of Engineering
Confidential
Chicago, IL · Posted October 30, 2026
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Where Chicago, IL ranks
Where Chicago, IL placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Midwest1,085 openings · of 55
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Great Lakes1,085 openings · of 44
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Midwest82 / 100 · of 17
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Great Lakes83 / 100 · of 14
- #1Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Midwest89 / 100 · of 17
- #1Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Great Lakes87 / 100 · of 14
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,318 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
... Vice President of Engineering About the Company Cloud-native software platform company serving regulated, data-driven products. Industry Computer Software Type Privately Held About the Role The Company is in search of a Vice President of Engineering...