AI Jobs in Chicago
The Midwest's AI capital. Chicago offers strong AI opportunities in finance, healthcare, and enterprise tech, with a lower cost of living than coastal cities.
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AI/ML Engineer- Illinois Applicants Only
Scaled Services Strategy and Operations Manager III, AI Transformation, Google Cloud
IT Solutions Development Specialist & AI Technical SME - Federal Acquisition Service
Relocate to SF: Software Engineer (AI Infra)
AI Architect - Enterprise AI & Generative AI Platforms - Multiple locations; Remote
Infra/Software Engineer
Product Owner, Customer AI
ML Engineer
Why Chicago for AI?
Diverse Industries
- Major financial and trading firms
- Healthcare and insurance AI
- Enterprise tech companies
- Growing startup ecosystem
- University of Chicago research
Career Advantages
- Lower cost of living than coasts
- Strong job market stability
- Less competition than Bay Area
- Good work-life balance
- Central location and travel hub
Chicago AI Compensation
Chicago AI salaries offer great value with Midwest cost of living. ML engineers earn $140k-$260k+ base at top companies and trading firms.
Upcoming AI Events in Chicago
Curated list of AI meetups, hackathons, and conferences coming up in the metro. Auto-refreshed from organizer calendars.
- Jun242026
AI Builder Lab - Build AI Voice Agents
Wed, Jun 24, 2026 · 10:30 PM UTCChicago AI Developers GroupChicago AI Developers Group Important: RSVP on the [external event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026062415) is required for admission. Join SignalWire for a hands-on session to learn building AI Voice Agents Every voice AI demo works. Most production deployments don't. In one evening, build a working agent on infrastructure where state lives in the call, logic lives in your code, and you can see what happened on every turn. By the end of the workshop you'll have a working voice agent in your own GitHub, built on patterns you can take to production. **What You’ll Build:** * Learn AI Voice Agents basics. * Omnichannel flows with programmable voice and messaging * AI Agents with memory and context * Deployment patterns that work at 10 calls and 10,000 in production **Who Should Attend:** * Developers building telephony, AI, or automation tools * Product managers designing customer experience workflows * Contact center engineers looking to modernize infrastructure * Anyone curious about real-time voice AI **Who Should NOT Attend:** * Students, Job seekers, as this event is NOT for job/hiring/career * Non-technical individual, as this event is NOT for networking, but hands-on building. **Raffle Prize:** Every attendee is automatically entered for a chance to win an **iPad** 🎁 at the end of the workshop! **Agenda:** * 5:30pm\~6:00pm: Check-in, networking, refreshments * 6:00pm\~6:35pm: Tech Talk & QA * 6:35pm\~8:00pm: Hands-on build of an AI agent through the five production patterns. * 8:00pm\~8:30pm: Q&A, raffle (iPad!), wrap-up
- Jun302026
AI Agent Security Documentary Premiere
Tue, Jun 30, 2026 · 10:30 PM UTCChicago AI Developers GroupChicago AI Developers Group This is exclusively invited event, please apply to attend on the [event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026063016) REQUIRED for admission. The event is designed for Senior AI Developers and Tech Leaders, such as CTOs, CIOs, AI architects, and senior leaders making decisions about AI adoption and security. **THE DOCUMENTARY** Before this documentary is released to the world, we are bringing together a select group of senior AI leaders for an exclusive premiere screening. AI agents are being deployed faster than they are being secured. 88% of organisations have already experienced a confirmed or suspected AI agent security incident — yet only 14% have full security approval for their agent fleet. This documentary confronts that gap head on. Hosted by Alex Kantrowitz — founder of Big Technology, the film brings together four of the most important voices on AI agent security working today. * Ramesh Raskar , MIT Associate Professor — what makes AI agents uniquely dangerous and what the speed of deployment actually means for security. * Theresa Payton , former White House Chief Information Officer — why this is not just an enterprise risk problem and what the broader stakes are. * Sharon Gai , ex Alibaba - what innovation is happening in enterprises and scale ups. * Rory Blundell , CEO of Gravitee — what organisations can actually do about it right now. All captured by an Emmy award winning director. **The EVENT** This is an invite-only evening. A red carpet champagne reception, a private screening of the documentary, a Q&A, and a conversation worth having. The decisions being made about AI agent security right now will matter for years. **WHO SHOULD ATTEND:** CTOs, CIOs, AI architects, and senior leaders making decisions about AI adoption and security. **AGENDA:** * 6:00 Red carpet champagne reception * 7:00 Screening (25 minutes) * 7:25 Q&A (30 minutes) * 7:55 Networking * 9:00 Closing **Q&A SPEAKERS:** Lessons Fr
Chicago AI Community & Resources
Chicago's AI ecosystem spans precision medicine, enterprise AI, and academic research — with citywide tech weeks and Fulton Market hardtech hubs.
Community Groups & Meetups
- AI Tinkerers Chicago
Monthly builder-only meetup with live code demos (no slides) for AI engineers shipping real products.
- Chicago ML
Long-running community of ML researchers and engineers in greater Chicago — welcomes beginners and veterans.
- Chicago AI Developers Group (AITTG)
Practical GenAI/LLM tech talks, workshops, and code labs with tech leads from Chicago startups.
- Chicago Artificial Intelligence Meetup
Monthly downtown gathering with a speaker series and networking focused on AI's future.
Conferences & Events
- TechChicago Week
Citywide tech festival organized by P33 with AI-heavy programming across venues every July.
University AI Programs
- UChicago Data Science Institute
UChicago's interdisciplinary AI/data science hub running research, speaker series, and summer programs.
- AI at Northwestern
University-wide AI initiative spanning Northwestern Engineering, Kellogg, and NNCI.
- Discovery Partners Institute (DPI)
University of Illinois' Chicago research hub advancing AI, quantum, and applied computing.
Incubators & Industry
- 1871
Chicago's flagship digital tech incubator in the Merchandise Mart — ~450 startups including many AI teams.
- mHUB Chicago
Hardtech innovation center in Fulton Market with 11 prototyping labs for physical AI/robotics startups.
- MATTER
Healthtech incubator home to 200+ startups applying AI to clinical workflows, diagnostics, and care.
- P33 Chicago
Civic org building Chicago into a tier-one tech hub via AI, quantum, talent, and startup initiatives.
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