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Best Places to Work in Chicago in 2025

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Chicago's diverse and robust tech ecosystem nurtures innovation and entrepreneurship, making it one of the top startup cities in the nation.

The Windy City plays host to a large variety of industries, from its roots in manufacturing and finance to its new badge as a major hub for innovation, with a focus on AI, fintech, and cybersecurity.

See the best places to work in Chicago.

12 Best Places to Work in Chicago

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GeoWealth

GeoWealthstrives to redefine the historically stuffy aspects of wealthtech — it is the advisor-driven, tech-enabled Turnkey Asset Management Platform (TAMP) built specifically to serve Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs). Chicago-based GeoWealth delivers integrated technology portals, turnkey investment solutions, and outsourced back-office support to wealth management firms.

GeoWealth’s culture is rooted in teamwork, collaboration, and respect. GeoWealth values work/life balance and empowers employees to manage their own time, offering flexible work schedules and unlimited PTO. To help employees get to its office in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, which has a free on-site gym, the company provides commuter benefits. Their office kitchen is fully stocked and lunch is catered every Thursday. To further collaboration amongst team members, the company hosts happy hours, volunteer events, and sports leagues.

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Basis Technologies

Basis Technologies is a global automation software provider for enterprise marketers. Basis is the only digital media platform to bring programmatic, site-direct, advanced TV, search, and social together through a single interface.

The culture is rooted in flexibility, support, and prioritizing people — the company firmly believes that the well-being of its employees is key to its success. Basis offers programs designed to promote work-life balance, such as half-day Fridays, flexible workweeks, remote work options, and a Lifestyle Spending Account to accommodate individual personal and professional needs. By fostering an environment where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered, Basis has created a motivated, balanced, and highly productive team.

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TopBloc

TopBloc provides fixed-time, fixed-price Workday deployment services and on-demand Workday support so its customers can improve and sustain their businesses with Workday.

As an employer, TopBloc values innovation, creative problem solving, and teamwork — the company looks for individuals with both experience and potential and values collaborative mindsets. At its Chicago office, employees enjoy daily catered lunches, regular team outings, and an annual all-company celebration.

In addition, TopBloc’s Employee Resource Groups bring employees together over causes that matter to them. For example, the ERGs organize events throughout the year for the team to get involved in the community. The TopBloc team is growing — join a company that prioritizes innovation and teamwork.

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Fusion92

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Chicago, with additional hubs in Detroit, Austin, and Denver, Fusion92 is a marketing transformation partner. The company delivers consulting services, data science, and marketing solutions that empower brands to achieve exponential growth.

Fusion92 is a place for those with an insatiable curiosity to create and innovate, combining bold strategic thinking with data-driven precision. This approach not only inspires the team but also ensures clients consistently experience results.

The company is committed to fostering an environment where diverse talents, backgrounds, and experiences unite to collaborate, produce outstanding work and thrive. Curiosity, fearlessness, teamwork, and leadership are core values deeply embedded in the company's culture.

The generous Fusion92 Community champions diverse voices and gives back to their team and the communities around them. They celebrate key cultural moments with special programming, employee highlights, F92 awards, and “Cheers for Peers" all throughout the year.

Interested in joining a smart, innovative, integrated team that celebrates collective achievements? Fusion92 is hiring now.

86 Repairs

86 Repairs is a VC-backed startup transforming how repairs and maintenance happen in the restaurant industry with a tech-enabled solution.

With its close ties to the restaurant industry, 86 Repairs gives team members a quarterly stipend to spend on meals at their customers’ restaurants. In addition, the company offers virtual and in-person team-building events and is remote-friendly. Plus, the culture at 86 Repairs values autonomy, trust, and personal development.

LogicGate

LogicGate built a modern risk management platform to help its customers grow by transforming business risks into opportunities. Over the past 10 years, the company has raised $156M across four funding rounds.

LogicGate believes the strongest teams are made up of diverse talent and encourages employees to show up as themselves. DEIB is a priority for LogicGate — it’s the foundation of its people programs and is incorporated into business practices. The company also has an outcomes-first culture enabling team members to work remotely, enjoy summer and winter Fridays off, paid volunteer hours, and more.

Sprout Social

Sprout Social provides deep social media listening and analytics, social management, customer care, commerce, and advocacy tools in one unified platform.

Sprout Social has offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle but offers remote work for most roles. The company’s culture values employees who are equal parts talented, humble, determined, and kind. Employees lead many of the DEI initiatives, as well as the company’s growing corporate social responsibility program. Personal development is key too, with ongoing education and learning opportunities available through its Grow@Sprout program.

If you’re a highly driven, humble human, they’re currently hiring in locations worldwide!

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Attain

Attain's mission is to empower marketers to drive better outcomes by providing access to first-party permissioned commerce data.

Attain is passionate about ongoing professional and cultural development and offers employees learning and development resources and training and mentorship opportunities. The company fosters an inclusive environment and gives team members the chance to start or join Employee Resource Groups to further establish community. Its distributed team champions hustle and heart — and they’re growing!

Tempus

Tempus is a technology company improving precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

The Tempus team is made up of people who are passionate about solving problems, always keep the patient in mind, and want to work to save lives. Throughout this pursuit, employees get together for company and team outings, enjoy a variety of food options at the office — including an on-site barista — have access to a charitable matching program, and more.

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Provi

Provi's mission is to better connect the processes and people across every tier of the beverage alcohol industry — its best-in-class ordering connects beverage alcohol professionals across 35 states

The team has more than 175 team members based in the company’s Chicago and Austin offices, and remotely distributed across the U.S. With a people-first work culture, employees are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Teams have summer Fridays, wellness perks like access to Headspace and Peloton, and unlimited PTO.

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Logik.io

Logik.io is a high-growth startup focused on simplifying complex sales processes with the industry’s first and only composable AI-powered CPQ (configure-price-quote) solution. In late 2024, the company raised $25 million in a Series B round.

The Logik.io team spans the globe — it’s headquartered just north of Chicago in Deerfield and has an office in Bengaluru, India as well as remote team members across North America and Europe. Most team members have the option of working remotely, hybrid, or from the office — the entire team comes together at least once a year. Logik.io’s culture of collaboration and connection is exemplified through its values of investing in each, innovation, and giving.

Applied Systems

Applied Systems creates innovative technology for the global insurance industry, revolutionizing the way agencies and brokerages succeed.

As an employer, Applied fosters an authentic culture that embraces and promotes volunteerism, idea-sharing, and fun. Employees seem to like working there, too — the average employee tenure is 14 years. Applied wants employees to find work-life balance and offers flexible schedules, the day off on your birthday, volunteer time off, and more. Applied strives to invest in its talent and empower career growth and success. Applied is currently hiring around the world — and in Chicago.