Built In Staff, With AI

Updated on May 21, 2026

From global e-commerce giants to high-frequency trading firms, these companies are recruiting developers to build the next generation of enterprise software and industrial technology.

Mia Goulart

Updated on September 23, 2025

The acquisition marks an expansion of the financial services firm’s presence in the index space.

Conlan Carter

Updated on April 08, 2025

With a long history of iconic businesses, Chicago’s tech scene is continuing to carve new pathways into the future. Here are 14 companies celebrating new products, partnerships and open positions.

Mia Goulart

Updated on November 19, 2025

Summer is heating up — and so is the city’s tech scene. Here are the companies to watch.

Conlan Carter

Updated on April 08, 2025

These nine organizations are redefining business and technology to make their goals a reality.

Built In Staff

Updated on April 08, 2025

Built In Chicago sat down with three UI/UX designers to learn more about the unexpected places they find inspiration.

Jenny Lyons-Cunha

Updated on April 08, 2025

Intentional learning, online resources and tempered expectations: These are a few of the strategies uncovered in discussions with three leading software engineers about their self-improvement practices in the fast-paced engineering world.

Cathleen Draper

Updated on April 08, 2025

Designers and developers are unified in one goal, but to realize it, they need to work together as a team. Built In Chicago spoke to user experience leaders at Morningstar, The Options Clearing Corporation, SRAM and FourKites to find out the secret sauce.

Brigid Hogan

Updated on April 08, 2025

Two pizzas might help keep your engineers happy — but not by ordering in. Built In Chicago heard about the structures and strategies helping local managers retain great talent.

Olivia Arnold

Updated on April 08, 2025

No challenge is someone else's problem for these firms’ engineers, who are empowered to own all parts of development.

Anderson Chen

Updated on April 08, 2025

Independent contributors aren’t managers, but they possess the skills and perspective necessary to guide others.

Here's how Morningstar is navigating its office reopening this fall.