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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Latest Chicago AI Positions
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AI DevOps Engineer-must be authorized to work in the US without any sponsorship
Sr Engineer, Cybersecurity – SOC Process and AI Enablement
Senior Design Engineer
AI Engineer / OpenAI / Chicagoland Area
AI Solutions Engineer
BCG Vantage Global Senior Director – AI Cost Advantage
AI & Automation Intern (Summer 2027)
Data & AI Senior Engineer - 90405345 - Remote
Lead Artificial Intelligence Engineer (Development & Infrastructure)
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.
- Sep22026
Google AI Deep Dive (Ep 3) - Multimodal data
Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 5:00 PM UTCChicago AI Developers GroupChicago AI Developers Group **Important**: Register on the [event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026090210) to receive the joining link. (rsvp on meetup will NOT receive anything). This is virtual event for our AI global community, please double-check your local time. Can't make it live? Register anyway to receive the webinar recording. The Google AI Deep Dive Series is a hands-on virtual initiative designed to empower developers to architect the next generation of Agentic AI. Moving beyond basic prompting, this series guides you through the complete engineering lifecycle using Google’s advanced stack. You will master the transition from local Gemini CLI environments to building intelligent agents with the Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Model Context Protocol (MCP), culminating in the deployment of secure, collaborative Agent-to-Agent (A2A) ecosystems on Google Cloud Run. Join us to build AI systems that can truly reason, act, and scale. **Tech Talk: Finding the clues in a sea of multimodal data** **Speaker:** Lucia Subatin (Google) **Abstract:** Combine AlloyDB and BigQuery to scan unstructured and structured data through Conversational Analytics. **Venue:** Virtual, join from anywhere **More virtual events:** * Sep 17th: AI Deep Dive - Taking LangGraph to Production. [RSVP](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026091710)
- Sep92026
AI Assisted Engineering Series - Planning
Wed, Sep 9, 2026 · 11:00 PM UTCChicago MLChicago ML Chicago ML is planning a new series of workshops on AI Assisted Engineering. This is a parallel track to our traditional machine learning meetings. This is a planning meeting for anyone who wants to contribute ideas or help organize. A lot has changed in the field of AI and machine learning over the last couple years! This workshop series is intended to support our community in the use of AI tools for engineering workflow and application development. \- Hands\-on\, in\-person learning and sharing \- Emphasis on theory and evidence rather than folklore \- Explore and develop best practices \- Effective tool use and mastery We're looking for community members who share a vision of effective and skilled AI use in this rapidly evolving ecosystems. Frontier LLMs have opened the world of AI automation to new practitioners - many of whom struggle to make the best use of state-of-the-art tools and methods. We want to develop a strong practice here in Chicago of scientists and engineers who can get into the details, build understanding, measure carefully, and iterate skillfully. If you like the sound of this - join us! This is only a sketch - the plan will emerge as we meet and discuss. Stay tuned for our meeting location. It will be in person in the loop convenient to Metra and CTA.
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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