2026 New Grad | Software Engineer, Full-Stack (Chicago)

Loop•Chicago, IL

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

Loop is the data platform for the global supply chain, using AI to structure chaotic data from PDFs, emails, and legacy systems to create a source of truth for automating payments and audits for Fortune 100 companies. This role is part of a New Grad Program designed to accelerate learning by immersing engineers in production AI systems from day one. The program involves shipping code to production in the first week, completing entry-level projects, rotating through different high-impact teams (Platform, Core Product, Commercial, Special Projects), and aiming for mid-level performance by the end of the program. The program demands intense investment but aims to equip participants with the skills of a strong entry-level engineer within a year.

Requirements

Graduating with a BS or higher in STEM fields; available to start full-time in 2026.
Working in person in the SF or Chicago office 4 days a week.
Proficiency with modern techstack. You can deliver a modern web app in hours not in days.
Unblocking yourself. You thrive in ambiguity. Despite the chaos, you deliver high quality products and business impact.
AI Literate. You have strong intuition on how LLM works: where they excel and where they generate slop. You live and breathe AI native tools (Cursor, Codex, Claude Code etc.)

Nice To Haves

You go above and beyond. You have a repo, a side hustle, or a project you built just because you are curious. You’re self-directed and don't need an assignment to start coding.
You have a bias towards action. You prefer to ship, break, fix, and apologize rather than wait for a committee decision.
You are drawn to hard problems. You want problems that are more than one prompt away from a solution.
You get absorbed in mastering your craft. Whether it’s climbing the Esports ladder, acing a math competition, winning a hackathon, or debugging a complex issue, you know what it feels like to lose track of time working on something you care about.

Responsibilities

Ship critical infrastructure. Manage real-world logistics and financial data for the largest enterprise in the world.
Own the why. Build deep context through customer calls, and understand the Loop’s value to our customers. You push back on requirements if you see a better, faster way to solve the customer’s problem.
Full-stack proficiency. Work across system boundaries, from frontend UX to LLM agents, database schema and event infrastructures.
Leverage AI tools to handle the 90% boilerplate, so you can focus the highest leverage 10%: quality, architecture, product taste.
Raise the velocity bar. You will constantly optimize our dev loops, refactor legacy patterns, automate your own workflows and fix broken processes.