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Freelance Sales Director Global Technology Staffing & Remote Workforce

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Experience: 8+ Years

People Prime is a global talent solutions company specializing in helping organizations build high-performing technology teams through Remote hiring, Staff augmentation, and Offshore delivery models.

Headquartered in India, People Prime connects companies worldwide with highly skilled technology professionals across emerging and advanced digital domains. We enable organizations to scale faster by providing access to a curated network of experienced engineers, AI specialists, data professionals, and technology consultants who can work remotely or as part of distributed global teams.

People Prime focuses on enabling companies to hire high-quality remote technology talent from India, one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing technology talent markets. Through our strong recruitment ecosystem and technical screening process, we provide organizations with access to professionals across a wide range of digital and enterprise technologies.

1. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Machine Learning Engineers: Generative AI Engineers: Prompt Engineers: Natural Language Processing (NLP) Specialists: Computer Vision Engineers: AI Model Training & Fine-Tuning Experts
2. Data Engineering & Analytics: Data Engineers, Data Architects: Data Scientists: Big Data Specialists, Data Platform Engineers: Analytics & BI Professionals
3. Cloud & DevOps: Cloud Architects (AWS, Azure, GCP): DevOps Engineers: Platform Engineers, Kubernetes Specialists: Infrastructure Automation Experts
4. Software Engineering: Full Stack Developers: Backend Engineers: Frontend Engineers: Mobile Application Developers: Microservices & API Developers
5. Enterprise Platforms: SAP Consultants: Salesforce Experts: ServiceNow Professionals: ERP & Digital Transformation Specialists

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and acquire new clients seeking technology staffing or remote engineering teams

• Generate opportunities for contract staffing, staff augmentation, and distributed engineering teams

• Develop relationships with technology companies, startups, and enterprise clients

• Present People Prime’s global talent and offshore delivery capabilities

• Build and manage a strong pipeline of staffing opportunities

• Collaborate with delivery and recruitment teams in India to fulfill client requirements

• Negotiate client contracts, rate cards, and service agreements

• Track hiring trends in AI, data engineering, cloud, and software development

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years’ experience in IT staffing business development or recruitment sales

• Proven track record of generating staffing opportunities and closing new clients

• Strong network within technology companies, startups, or enterprise organizations

• Experience selling staff augmentation or contract staffing services

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills

Preferred Experience:

• Experience selling offshore technology talent or remote engineering teams

• Exposure to hiring in AI, data engineering, cloud, or software development domains

• Understanding of distributed workforce and remote hiring models

Success Metrics:

Success in this role will be measured by:

• New client acquisitions

• Remote staffing requirements generated

• Revenue from staffing engagements

• Successful onboarding of consultants

• Client retention and satisfaction

Performance expectation:

Minimum 4 Contract placements per month

Compensation:

USD 1500 Payable on Every AI/ Technology Contractor Successful onboarding ( Minimum 5 Onboards Expected Every Month )

6% of gross margin for the first 6 months of each engagement

Why Join People Prime:

• Sell high-demand global technology talent solutions

• Work with a scalable offshore delivery model with great cost advantage to clients

• High earning potential with strong commission structure

• Exposure to fast-growing sectors such as AI, cloud, and data engineering

• Opportunity to build long-term partnerships with global technology companies.

SkillStorm is actively seeking full-time Entry Level Software Developers for one our Fortune 100 clients. An ideal candidate is one with a strong technical mindset, exceptional problem-solving skills, and logical reasoning abilities. This is an on-site position.

You will spend 12 weeks collaborating in team-based settings, undertaking diverse, real-world projects to prepare for seamless integration into our clients' operations. Once training is complete, you will be deployed to our enterprise or government clients, ready to have an immediate impact on day one.

Entry Level Software Developer Requirements:

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• Must possess a Bachelor's degree
  
• Must have 9 months+ of TECHNICAL experience
  
• Must be relocatable to multiple different locations and in office
  
• Ability to earn a government security clearance
  
• Possess a strong understanding of programming principles, data structures, algorithms, databases, and SQL, enabling the development of software solutions.
  
• Experience with software development and programming using Java, C#, or similar object-oriented programming language.
  
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. under SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills along with a logical mindset to tackle complex challenges to develop effective and innovative solutions.
  
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, facilitating clear and effective interactions with team members, stakeholders, and clients.
  

Entry Level Software Developer Responsibilities

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• Develop new applications and modify existing applications using programming languages, platforms, frameworks, and tools used by our clients.
  
• Develop well-structured, readable, and efficient code to solve specific tasks or improve existing applications. Adhere to coding standards and best practices to maintain high-quality software.
  
• Identify, diagnose, and fix bugs in software applications, ensuring that the applications run smoothly and efficiently. Provide technical support and problem resolution related to software issues.
  
• Engage in code review sessions with peers to ensure code quality, share knowledge, and learn from others. Provide constructive feedback and suggest improvements to optimize performance.
  
• Assist in the deployment and testing of applications to production environments, ensuring that they meet performance benchmarks and are compatible with other system components.
  
• Work closely with other departments, such as quality assurance, project management, and product management, to ensure that projects are delivered on time and meet predefined objectives. Communicate ongoing activities and results to business sponsors, stakeholders, and management.
  

Where SkillStorm stands out:

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• Competitive salary
  
• Enterprise level technology training and certification
  
• Opportunity to work for enterprise companies and government agencies
  
• Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance with 401K
  
• Continuous mentorship and support
  

About SkillStorm

Founded in 2002, SkillStorm was built on the mission of accelerating careers in high-demand technologies. We design, build, and deploy Stormers from all backgrounds and experience levels in today's in-demand technologies such as AWS, Salesforce, PEGA, ServiceNow, and Appian.

We are committed to hiring and training college graduates and veterans for high-growth technology careers with our enterprise and government clients. Through these dedicated efforts, we are able to build a reliable, exclusive pipeline of high-quality, U.S.-based tech talent with the skills and clearance levels required to support our client's critical technology initiatives.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Company Description

PG Forsta is the leading experience measurement, data analytics, and insights provider for complex industries-a status we earned over decades of deep partnership with clients to help them understand and meet the needs of their key stakeholders. Our earliest roots are in U.S. healthcare -perhaps the most complex of all industries. Today we serve clients around the globe in every industry to help them improve the Human Experiences at the heart of their business. We serve our clients through an unparalleled offering that combines technology, data, and expertise to enable them to pinpoint and prioritize opportunities, accelerate improvement efforts and build lifetime loyalty among their customers and employees.

Like all great companies, our success is a function of our people and our culture. Our employees have world-class talent, a collaborative work ethic, and a passion for the work that have earned us trusted advisor status among the world's most recognized brands. As a member of the team, you will help us create value for our clients, you will make us better through your contribution to the work and your voice in the process. Ours is a path of learning and continuous improvement; team efforts chart the course for corporate success.

Our Mission:

We empower organizations to deliver the best experiences. With industry expertise and technology, we turn data into insights that drive innovation and action.

Our Values:

To put Human Experience at the heart of organizations so every person can be seen and understood.

• Energize the customer relationship:Our clients are our partners. We make their goals our own, working side by side to turn challenges into solutions.
• Success starts with me:Personal ownership fuels collective success. We each play our part and empower our teammates to do the same.
• Commit to learning:Every win is a springboard. Every hurdle is a lesson. We use each experience as an opportunity to grow.
• Dare to innovate:We challenge the status quo with creativity and innovation as our true north.
• Better together:We check our egos at the door. We work together, so we win together.

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The expected base salary for this position ranges from $100,000 to $140,000. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus or commission tied to achieved results.

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Director of AI

Location: Chicago, IL (Remote Eligible – must be US based)

Salary: $250,000 – 280,000 base + bonus

We’re partnering with a global education technology company undergoing a major transformation from a traditional publisher into a data and AI driven digital learning platform. The organization is investing heavily in AI and advanced data capabilities to deliver personalized learning experiences at global scale.

They are hiring a Director of AI to lead a team of AI researchers and data scientists responsible for developing and deploying advanced machine learning and Generative AI solutions across the enterprise.

The Role:

This is a highly strategic role that combines technical leadership, team management, and hands-on architectural oversight. The Director of AI will help define the long-term AI roadmap while working closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to bring production AI systems to life.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and grow a team of AI researchers and data scientists, providing technical mentorship and career development
• Define and execute the AI strategy and roadmap, with a strong focus on Generative AI capabilities
• Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to identify high-impact AI opportunities
• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of production-grade AI and ML systems
• Translate complex technical work into clear insights for both technical and executive stakeholders
• Manage project timelines, priorities, and team resources to ensure successful delivery of AI initiatives

What They’re Looking For

• PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of experience in AI, machine learning, or data science
• Proven experience leading teams of AI researchers or data scientists
• Deep expertise in machine learning, AI systems, and Generative AI technologies
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to senior leadership
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business teams

Nice to Have

• Experience deploying Generative AI solutions in production environments
• Experience working in large-scale technology or digital product organizations
• Exposure to education technology or learning platforms

This role offers the opportunity to shape the AI strategy for a global platform impacting millions of learners worldwide, while leading a highly technical team working on cutting-edge machine learning systems.

Be a part of our success story. Launch offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to do the best work of their lives in a dynamic and growing company. Through competitive salaries, outstanding benefits, internal advancement opportunities, and recognized community involvement, you will have the chance to create a career you can be proud of. Your new trajectory starts here at Launch!

The Role:

Launch is actively seeking a visionary Solutions Architect / Principal Software Engineering Lead (AI) to design and deliver modern engineering and applied AI solutions across client engagements. This role blends deep hands‑on engineering, architectural leadership, AI system design, and client advisory. You will operate across system design, production‑grade engineering, multi‑agent architectures, cloud platform strategy, and the development of Launch’s AI practice.

Responsibilities Include:

Architecture & Technical Strategy

• Define the technical direction for client engagements end-to-end: discovery, design, build, and production hardening.
• Assess client technology ecosystems and identify high-impact opportunities for AI/ML integration.
• Lead architecture reviews, design sessions, and technology selection across cross-functional stakeholder groups.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into concrete engineering plans with clear scope, milestones, and risk callouts.

AI Engineering & Delivery

• Architect production agentic systems including multi-agent orchestration, agent harnesses, skill/tool composition, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, and inter-agent communication protocols (e.g., A2A, MCP).
• Build and govern MCP server ecosystems: design, deploy, and secure Model Context Protocol integrations connecting AI agents to enterprise data sources, internal APIs, and third-party platforms.
• Define agent skill and capability frameworks including reusable skill libraries, prompt engineering standards, and evaluation harnesses for consistent agent behavior across engagements.
• Architect RAG pipelines, fine-tuning workflows, and model lifecycle infrastructure (training, serving, experiment tracking) as foundational components of agentic systems.
• Integrate AI platforms and APIs (Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Vertex AI) into production systems with enterprise-grade reliability, cost governance, and observability.
• Establish AI-native development practices: embed tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot into team workflows with standards for AI-assisted code review, test generation, and documentation.
• Design evaluation and observability infrastructure including LLM eval frameworks, red-teaming, behavioral drift detection, and production monitoring across tool call chains, latency, and failure modes.
• Apply responsible AI governance: define guardrails, access controls, and audit patterns for agentic workflows in enterprise environments including scope containment and escalation paths.

Hands-On Engineering

• Write production code and lead by example — this role requires someone who is still close to the code.
• Design cloud-native architectures across multiple hyperscalers (AWS and Azure primarily) microservices, event-driven systems, serverless, and containerized workloads.
• Define and implement infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Establish observability and reliability practices using tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or Azure Monitor.
• Drive security-by-design across the delivery lifecycle including IAM, network architecture, secrets management, and compliance automation.

Leadership & Client Advisory

• Lead engineering teams ranging from small squads to 10+ person delivery teams, scaling leadership approach to the needs of each engagement.
• Mentor and develop engineers at all levels through code reviews, pairing, and design coaching.
• Operate as a trusted advisor to client technical leadership and executive stakeholders. Communicate trade-offs clearly and build confidence.
• Influence without direct authority — driving alignment across cross-functional teams through technical credibility and stakeholder management.
• Lead discovery and requirements elicitation, surfacing the underlying business need beyond the stated request.
• Produce clear written artifacts: technical proposals, architecture decision records, SOWs, and executive-level status communication.
• Grow client relationships and identify follow-on opportunities through proposal contributions and delivery-driven account expansion.
• Contribute to Launch's growth — practice development, thought leadership, and hiring.

Qualifications:

Must-Haves:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years in software engineering with demonstrated experience in architecture and technical leadership roles.
• 3+ years hands-on with AI/ML in production. Broad fluency across generative AI (LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning, agents), MLOps (model serving, pipelines, experiment tracking), and AI-integrated product development.
• Consulting or client-facing delivery experience with a proven ability to integrate into client organizations and establish credibility with technical and executive stakeholders.
• Full-stack engineering capability across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and data layers. Proficiency in multiple modern languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript/Node.js, C#/.NET, Java, or Go) with the ability to move between them as engagements require.
• Multi-hyperscaler depth across AWS and Azure, including their respective AI/ML service ecosystems (Bedrock, SageMaker, Azure OpenAI, Azure ML). GCP experience is a plus.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, event-driven architecture, API design, and DevOps/platform engineering.
• Experience leading engineering teams in agile delivery environments.
• Business acumen with the ability to connect architecture decisions to cost, timeline, and organizational impact.
• Executive presence and communication skills effective with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguous environments and adapt to diverse client cultures.

Strong Differentiators

• Experience contributing to the development of AI engineering practices, reusable frameworks, or internal accelerators within a consulting or enterprise environment.
• Experience advising C-suite or VP-level stakeholders on AI strategy, investment prioritization, and organizational readiness.
• Depth with agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI) and emerging standards like MCP (Model Context Protocol).
• Experience with enterprise data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery) in the context of AI/ML workloads.
• Cloud architecture certifications across AWS and Azure (AWS SA Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
• Published writing, open-source contributions, or conference speaking that demonstrates thought leadership in AI or software architecture.
• Domain depth in industries such as healthcare, financial services, retail, or public sector.

Compensation & Benefits:

As an employee at Launch, you will grow your skills and experience through a variety of exciting project work (across industries and technologies) with some of the top companies in the world! Our employees receive full benefits—medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and matched 401k. We also have an uncapped, take-what-you-need PTO policy. The anticipated base wage range for this role is $190,000 to $230,000. Education and experience will be highly considered, and we are happy to discuss your wage expectations in more detail throughout our internal interview process.

Sr. IT Executive Search Consultant (full desk Recruiter)

About the job

The Chicago (loop) Judge Group office is looking to add an experienced, competitive, and self-motivated Sr. IT Executive Search Consultant (full desk) to join our dynamic team.

Our Sr. IT (full desk) Recruiters specialize in matching top tech talent with great leaders across all industries. They address the hiring needs and business initiatives of executives across Chicago and the United States. Our successful model, comprehensive training program and customized delivery platform empowers our associates to achieve maximum results, allowing them to focus on building net new relationships and driving sales.

Business Development & Sales Responsibilities:

• Market Research: Conduct thorough research to identify potential prospective clients and contacts to target through a variety of different sales and marketing campaigns.
• New Business Development: Proactively create new business development opportunities through persistent prospecting that includes phone calls, video and in-person meetings, networking events and presentations with key stake holders and hiring managers.
• Client Expansion: Successfully expand and maintain new and existing client base, ensuring consistent pipeline of permanent direct hire job orders and other consulting and staff augmentation opportunities.
• Relationship Management: Build strong trustworthy relationships and maintain those client relationships with honesty, integrity and ethical practices.
• Discovery: Define client needs by documenting their business initiatives, core objectives and pain points through requirements gathering, validation and ongoing communication to help optimize search success.

Candidate Recruiting Responsibilities:

• Head Hunting Capabilities: Identify, engage and recruit top tier talent creating a robust candidate community of active and passive information technology professionals.
• Candidate Assessment: Understand candidates’ key skills, strengths, personality, career aspirations, motivations and areas of improvement. Screening candidates against client requirements to ensure a strong match.
• Market Prospecting: Research targeted technical skill-sets and identify candidates through referral gathering, our internal applicant tracking database, LinkedIn Recruiter, ZoomInfo, job boards, social networking and technical user groups/blogs.
• Emerging Tech: Priority and focus should be to cultivate relationships with candidates who have skills within emerging technologies such as data science, advanced analytics, Cyber Security, Cloud, DevOps, Blockchain, IoT and of course AI.

Minimum Requirements:

• A minimum of 3+ years of recruiting agency business development (sales) experience and/or full desk recruiting experience; with a proven track record of success.
• Experience breaking and developing local mid-market and/or national accounts.
• A strong network of qualified client contacts.
• Demonstrated experience with candidate recruitment methodologies.
• Key traits: Energetic, competitive, confident, persistent, commission-oriented/money motivated, strong desire to succeed and grow, hunter.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Information technology industry experience preferred, but not a hard requirement for an energetic agency sales professional, that has the desire and aptitude to learn about the technology space.

What Judge will provide you?:

• The ability to solution sell on a regional/national/international basis - without locking you into a defined territory or service offering.
• A well-formulated career platform with an exceptional opportunity for growth.
• A fast-paced, performance-based organization that publicly and financially rewards its employees for achieving a high level of success.
• Competitive uncapped commissions and bonus opportunities with sizable earning potential; including cell phone reimbursement.
• 50+ years of successful business and streamlined processes based on industry best practices - with a hands-on executive management team dedicated to the overall success of the organization and its employees.
• A superior technology platform and state of the art, custom built Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, giving you the opportunity to work smart, be effective, and stay organized.
• Winning culture with a fun, friendly, and team-oriented environment.

IGT, where innovation meets entertainment on a global scale! We’ve recently leveled up—IGT Gaming and Digital have joined forces with Everi, creating a powerhouse in the world of gaming, digital experiences, and fintech solutions. From the casino floor to your mobile screen, we’re all about delivering thrilling, responsible, and unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether it’s spinning reels, placing bets, or powering secure payments, we bring the fun—backed by serious tech, deep player insights, and a passion for innovation. With a team of over 7,000 and a presence in 100+ countries, we’re not just global—we’re locally legendary. Our teams work closely with regulators, governments, and partners to ensure we play by the rules while pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. If you’re ready to bring your talent to a team that’s shaping the future of entertainment, your next big move starts here. For more information, please visit or is looking for talented candidates to join our Game Development Studio! As a Mathematician, you will be responsible for writing and testing production code, while implementing mathematical logic for gameplay. You will be working with developers to create the best games in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Implement mathematical gameplay logic for prize determination to match the specifications of math design.
• Develop mathematical and statistical models for games; test table math models using Excel, Typescript, and other technologies for functionality and adherence to specifications.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure correct implementation of game math and to answer questions about math implementation.
• Develop and generate theoretical par sheets demonstrating gaming probabilities and mathematical payout of games via calculation and/or simulation.
• Use proprietary tools to generate math files.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or IT.
• Mathematical probability education and/or experience is critical.
• Experience using programming to test mathematical models .
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.

Nice to have's:

• Experience with C#, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, and SQL is a big plus!
• Gaming industry knowledge (Mechanical slots, Class II, Class III, VLT, HHR, etc)
• Experience in game development and working with creative teams.

IGT is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, and to creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected, and engaged. IGT is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, covered veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted.

All IGT employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.

Job title: PhD Quantitative Researcher (Cross-Asset)

Firm: Elite Quantitative Buy-Side Fund – Multidisciplinary team of academic researchers, finance industry experts and STEM subject matter experts.

Salary: Up to $200,000 starting base + exceptional bonus package.

Location: Chicago (Onsite)

This firm is a scientific and data-driven systematic fund who are currently at the forefront of systematic trading.

As a result of their stellar and continued success in the industry, they’re currently aggressively scaling their quantitative strategies business in Chicago. This is an invaluable opportunity to develop and implement systematic strategies alongside genuine experts in the field of quantitative trading.

Additional Information:

• Market leader within computational finance and systematic trading. Arguably one of the best industry performers of the last 3 decades.
• Renowned for developing quantitative strategies in systematic trading across an array of investment strategies and products (Equities, Futures, FI, Macro, Vol).
• Multidisciplinary team of exceptional subject matter STEM experts from finance, academia, and technology.
• Highly collaborative trading environment with data and execution managed centrally.
• Furthermore they're exploring and integrating fundamental/discretionary trading with data-driven quantitative trading.

Role:

• Explore and leverage an array of complex and noisy data (market, tick, options, alt) to identify statistical patterns and unique market opportunities.
• Contribute towards existing and novel strategies by refining methodologies and exchanging research ideas.
• Leverage sophisticated statistical methods to understand and manage risk, profitability and transaction costs in conceptualizing new trading ideas.
• Back-test and implement productionized trading models in a live trading environment.
• Contribute to the full lifecycle research strategy from data ingestion to alpha generation.

Required skills:

• Academic degree in mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, or another highly quantitative discipline.
• Industry-related internship either within computational finance or technology. (Wil consider candidates with internships in other related data-driven fields).
• Knowledge of algorithms, data structures, probability and statistics.
• Experience of dealing with a multitude of noisy data challenges in a data-driven environment.
• Proficient in either C++ or Python.

Desirable skills:

• Experience with translating mathematical models and algorithms into code.
• Proficient in exploring and attaining value from noisy and complex data sets (alt, market, options, tick).

If this opportunity is of interest, please apply direct or email me directly at .

HCLTech is looking for a highly talented and self-motivated Solace Developer to join it in advancing the technological world through innovation and creativity.

Job Title: Solace Developer

Position Type: Full-time

Job ID:81876

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Solace Developer with 5-10 years of hands-on experience in publishing and consuming messages and integrating with partner ecosystems by building and optimizing messaging solutions using Solace technologies.

Experience

• Design, develop, and manage messaging solutions using Solace PubSub+ to enable efficient and reliable event-driven architecture.
• Publish, consume, and manage high-volume messages with experience in both point-to-point and publish-subscribe messaging patterns.
• Integrate Solace messaging platforms with various partner ecosystems, ensuring seamless data exchange between systems.
• Implement and optimize message routing, topic hierarchies, and subscription management to meet business requirements.
• Develop and troubleshoot complex message flows, including setting up queues, VPNs, and durable subscriptions.
• Monitor and tune Solace environments to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability.
• Work on secure messaging solutions, including authentication, encryption, and access controls to protect sensitive data.
• Work on secure messaging solutions, including authentication, encryption, and access controls to protect sensitive data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and support integration projects.
• Conduct performance testing and capacity planning to ensure the messaging infrastructure can handle large-scale environments.
• Provide technical guidance, best practices, and mentoring to junior developers and team members.

Mandatory Skill: Reach ability and Availability are two important factors for this position. Please convey this to resource.

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range Minimum: $69000/Annual

Pay Range Maximum: $177000/ Annual

HCLTech is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to for investigation.

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate s pay within the range will depend on their work location, skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the followi14520ng benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.

AI Strategist

Senior Director, Consulting & Delivery

Level & Department

The honest version of what's happening in enterprise AI in the middle market ($100M - $2B) right now is messy. Most organizations know they need to move. Very few have the leadership that can operate fluently at both ends of the problem… the C-suite conversation about investment rationale and the engineering conversation about whether the architecture can actually support what was just promised.

That gap is expensive and we've seen it in every sector we work in. It shows up the same way every time: smart strategy work that doesn't connect to anything deployable, or capable technical teams building things that never get funded or adopted.

The Principal AI Strategist role exists to close that gap on our most important engagements.

THE ROLE

What this position actually does

You are the senior-most strategy and delivery mind on a client engagement. You hold the intellectual and commercial thread across the entire lifecycle from the first diagnostic conversation through to a working AI system in production and the expansion that follows when the client realizes it's changing something real.

You are not the person who manages the team to do the thinking… you are responsible for the most strategic form of that thinking. You shape the strategy, challenge the architecture, own the executive relationship, and are personally accountable for whether the engagement creates measurable business value.

The title is Principal AI Strategist because that's the actual job. The level is Senior Director because that reflects the scope, accountability, and authority this role carries inside Quantum Rise and in front of clients.

OUR OPERATING PRINCIPLES

The intellectual framework you'll work inside

Quantum Rise operates from a set of principles we call Consulting 2.0. They define how engagements are structured, how we challenge client assumptions, and what we hold ourselves accountable to.

Think like an investor, not a technologist

AI value is relative to each client’s own goals / circumstances and capital is precious. We anchor every engagement to strategy → value streams → enterprise value. We don't start with use cases. We start with where the business makes and loses money, and work backward to where AI creates leverage.

• Map to where the work actually happens: We go to L4–L5 process depth where the task-level execution that explains KPI performance and reveals where AI readiness actually exists.
• Diagnose before prescribing: We use structured diagnostic lenses (process, data, systems) to move from visible symptoms to root causes.
• Data reality bounds AI ambition: What AI can reliably do is determined by the strength of the data foundation (architecture, integration, quality, consumption) not by model choice.
• Not all AI systems are created equal: Machine learning, LLMs, and agents introduce different capabilities, constraints, and operational trade-offs. Enterprise-ready agents specifically require probabilistic reasoning balanced with deterministic rules, structure, guardrails, and human oversight.
• Risk is predictable: Enterprise AI risk falls into defined categories: data privacy, bias, explainability, and governance. Principles define what good looks like; governance establishes ownership, decision rights, and escalation.
• Execution credibility matters as much as technical ambition: “Crawl”and MVP solutions that are in production beat “Run” enterprise-wide solutions that aren't.

RESPONSIBILITIES

What you own

Client strategy and delivery

• Lead end-to-end engagement execution from strategy and diagnostic through deployment and commercial expansion
• Run executive discovery sessions translating ambiguous business problems into structured AI investment rationales
• Build the business case with the rigor of an investor, not the optimism of a vendor: quantified value, honest constraints, sequenced roadmap
• Own the relationship with C-suite and senior client stakeholders as a peer, not a service provider

Technical leadership

• Apply working fluency in LLMs, agentic workflows, RAG architecture, and data infrastructure to make real design decisions ensuring the original business value is obtained
• Collaborate with engineering to challenge, refine, and pressure-test solutions against production realities
• Define AI product roadmaps that are incrementally value generating, governed, measured, and adopted

Firm development

• Identify capability and offering gaps where Quantum Rise can build durable competitive advantage
• Build reusable delivery IP (frameworks, playbooks, diagnostic tools) that improve every engagement that follows
• Develop and mentor the next generation of AI consultants on what it means to operate at the intersection of AI strategy and delivery
• Contribute to business development through the quality of your work and the depth of your client relationships

THE PROFILE

Who fits here

person who thrives in this role has a particular combination that's genuinely rare and we'd rather name it honestly than let both sides waste time discovering the mismatch.

Dimension: What this looks like in practice

Role identity: You think of yourself as a strategist who builds things, not a consultant who advises on them.

Technical depth: Hands-on with LLMs and agentic coding. You've debugged a pipeline at some point and don't need to be reminded why hallucination is an enterprise risk.

Business fluency: You can translate AI capability into a CFO-ready investment case without losing the technical precision that makes it credible.

Delivery record: 12+ years in management consulting or technical advisory with real end-to-end accountability from scoping through go-live. You are hyper customer service oriented.

Sector context: You have meaningfully operated across 3 discrete sectors learning to how effectively understand how money is actually made, customer and demand dynamics, how work gets done, regulatory constraints, etc.

Education: Engineering, CS, or MIS undergraduate foundation. MBA preferred. The combination matters and what makes the translation instinct natural. What matters is the ability to translate value creation into technology and vice versa.

Working style: You reach for the AI tool first because it's genuinely how you think and not just because we’re an AI consultancy.

BENEFITS

What we offer

• Competitive base salary + variable compensation tied to individual and company performance
• Equity options
• BCBS health, vision, and dental
• 401(k) with discretionary annual match
• FSA, DCA, commuter, and L&D stipends
• Unlimited PTO + paid holidays + paid sick time