Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Backend Developer
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-10-22
Listing for:
Clayco
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-22
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Full Stack Developer, Backend Developer, Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Company:
Clayco Posted:
Thursday, October 8, 2026
About UsClayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $8.1 billion in revenue for 2025, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for mission critical, industrial, life sciences, power & energy, aviation, commercial, institutional, residential and sports & entertainment related building projects.
The Role We Want You For We are looking for a highly adaptable Software Engineer to join our Application Development team. This role is ideal for a full-stack developer who enjoys working directly with business users, rapidly turning ideas into solutions, and using modern AI development tools to accelerate software delivery.
A key part of this role will be partnering with business users who are building prototype applications and helping transform those prototypes into secure, scalable, production-ready applications. The Software Engineer will be responsible for applying sound software engineering practices, implementing appropriate architecture and security controls, integrating enterprise data and systems, and ensuring applications can be hosted, supported, and operated appropriately within the many cases, the business will continue to own the application's features, functionality, and product direction after the prototype is converted.
Application Development will partner closely with those business owners while maintaining responsibility for key technical areas such as security, hosting, vulnerability management, and performance within the application and hosting layers under our control.
We are embracing an AI-first development approach, and the successful candidate must be comfortable using AI-powered development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and similar technologies as a significant part of their day-to-day development workflow.
This position requires strong technical skills, excellent communication, flexibility, and the ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities. This is a full-time, on-site position.
The Specifics of the Role Design, develop, test, deploy, and support modern full-stack applications.
Build front-end applications using React and modern JavaScript/Type Script frameworks.
Develop APIs, services, and application back ends using .NET / C#.Design and work with relational databases such as SQL Server and PostgreSQL.Develop and maintain integrations with internal and external enterprise systems.
Deploy and support applications and services within Microsoft Azure.
Partner directly with business users to understand workflows, requirements, and opportunities for automation.
Work closely with business users who create prototype applications and transform those prototypes into secure, reliable, production-ready solutions.
Evaluate prototype applications and determine what should be retained, redesigned, or replaced before production deployment.
Apply enterprise standards for security, authentication, authorization, hosting, data access, and application architecture.
Help ensure applications meet organizational expectations for security, vulnerability management, hosting, reliability, and performance within the application and hosting layers under our control.
Partner with business owners who may continue to manage feature priorities, functionality, and application direction after production deployment.
Use AI development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and other coding assistants extensively throughout the software development lifecycle.
Participate in architecture and design discussions and contribute to the continued evolution of development standards and reusable application patterns.
Troubleshoot application, integration, performance, and production issues.
Manage multiple applications, priorities, and development efforts in a fast-moving environment.
Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Collaborate closely with other technology teams including Infrastructure, Security, Data, and Enterprise Architecture.
Requirements
Required Qualifications Professional experience in full-stack software development.
Experience with C# and .NET development.
Experience designing, querying, and developing against relational databases…
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