Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, we are a technology solutions consultancy that partners with organizations from early-stage startups to the world's largest companies. We take on hard software challenges and turn them into durable results. We build agentic products, the platforms they run on, and the engineering and design at every layer.

Our commitment to quality means we deliver solutions we’re truly proud of, while our curiosity sparks innovation and breakthrough thinking. 8th Lights thrive in an environment that champions continuous education, fueling our growth through mentorship and hands-on work. You’ve shown long-term repeated success on a variety of projects, typically over the course of 10+ years. You bring a blend of deep consulting acumen, technical expertise, and product thinking that drives measurable and impactful outcomes.

Built and shipped production-grade platforms: the reusable foundations, tools, infrastructure, and workflows that help other teams shift faster and more reliably Taken AI and agentic systems from prototype to production, with a strong understanding of infrastructure, authentication, and observability Delivered on high-stakes consulting engagements across multiple language paradigms, stacks, ecosystems, and client industries Built high-quality, maintainable software collaboratively, incrementally, and through an approach tailored towards the unique needs of the clients you’ve served Actively experimented with AI development tools and translated that experimentation into faster, higher-quality delivery for your teams A track record of understanding, assessing, and embracing recent tooling and trends within the software industry Built or integrated AI/ML features into products and systems, including recommendation engines, NLP, computer vision, predictive analytics, RAG pipelines, and agents Successfully led modernization and replatforming efforts to align legacy systems with short and long-term business needs Led and delivered solutions to architecture-level problems including scalability, security, reliability, performance, maintainability, and observability Facilitated alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders to move initiatives forward through ambiguity and complexity Collaboratively led stakeholders to balance technical considerations with product and user needs Rapidly building trust with clients,



demonstrating technical expertise and understanding of their domain and objectives Driving platform engineering work at the client level, connecting long-term technical vision to what ships Leading platform strategy and delivery across diverse platform types, connecting long-term vision to what ships Working pragmatically to balance technology choices while delivering high-quality work within deadlines Advising clients on architecture, scalability and platform evolution, connecting technical decisions to product and business outcomes Collaborating on systems that involve the full ML lifecycle from data ingestion and preprocessing, to model deployment, integration, and performance monitoring Driving innovation by proactively surfacing new technical approaches and product solutions Designing and managing high-level technical roadmaps for large engagements Building your network and maintaining relationships with clients and other industry leaders within your domain Coaching client engineering teams, transferring knowledge and leveling up practices Planning and execute technical work that involves stakeholders outside of project boundaries such as across a client's technical organization Partner with account teams on planning, opportunity identification, stakeholder relationships, and pre-sales scope shaping Facilitating retrospectives, strategy sessions, and technical deep-dives to improve team and project outcomes Contributing to 8th Light by serving as a mentor, leading or designing workshops internally or for clients, representing 8th Light in the tech community, or supporting our hiring processes Bringing depth in testing strategies, observability, fault tolerance, and secure engineering practices Applying architectural patterns to evaluate tradeoffs and drive clear, documented design rationale Platform engineering: building reusable software foundations, internal developer platforms, and infrastructure that other teams build on Data Engineering: including platforms like Databricks for data processing and analytics Delivering production agentic systems, including RAG pipelines, vector search, and agentic frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen,



and n8n DevSecOps & DevOps Building a truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is an ongoing journey, and we’re excited to keep learning and growing together. At 8th Light, we believe our people are our greatest asset. A robust L&D; program featuring unlimited access to thousands of books, courses, and expert-led training on the O'Reilly learning platform. ~ Flexible PTO ~12 weeks of new parent leave available for eligible employees At 8th Light, we are committed to a compensation philosophy that is transparent, fair, and helps us attract and retain top talent in alignment with our company’s strategic growth goals and clients’ needs.

We benchmark our salaries using Geographic Structures to establish competitive pay ranges within the regions where 8th Lights live. com for more relevant information pertaining to your local market. 8th Light Hubs and Geographies As a remote-first company, 8th Light's culture is rooted in strong connections that extend across our teams, regions, and beyond client work. We are a distributed team across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with hubs in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle. If you are hired into a hub, you will be a part of a team with regular rituals around co-working and community building.

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