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The Top Tech Recruiting Agency Serving Chicago: Finding Fintech, Insurtech, and Enterprise Software Talent.
Edison & Black is a technical staffing and recruiting firm serving Chicago companies nationwide. Focused on fintech, insurtech, and enterprise software staffing, we source and place top talent for Chicago teams and beyond.
Tech Recruiting for the Chicago Market
Chicago's tech economy runs on the pairing of the city's deep financial and insurance industry roots with a growing enterprise software and logistics technology scene. That combination means the strongest technical candidates in this market often come from backgrounds in trading systems, risk platforms, or large-scale B2B software, not the consumer-facing startups that dominate coastal tech hubs.
Edison & Black works with Chicago companies to find that talent. We focus on fintech, insurtech, and enterprise software staffing, sourcing and placing candidates who understand the compliance and reliability standards this market demands.
Why Chicago Companies Need a Specialized Tech Recruiter
Hiring for a low-latency trading systems role or an insurance risk platform position requires a different evaluation process than a typical software engineering search. Companies need recruiters who understand regulatory and compliance requirements, can evaluate candidates against real performance and reliability standards, and know where to find engineers with financial services experience.
Our recruiters bring that context to every Chicago search, whether it's a backend engineer for a trading firm or a platform architect for an insurtech company.
Hiring for Fintech, Insurtech, and Logistics Technology
Chicago's tech economy is anchored by categories that require deep domain knowledge. Fintech and trading technology companies need engineers who understand latency, risk, and market data systems. Insurtech companies need engineers comfortable with the compliance and data requirements of the insurance industry. Logistics and supply chain technology companies, a growing category in Chicago, need engineers who can build for scale across complex, real-world operational systems.
We recruit across all of these categories: software engineering, data engineering, IT infrastructure, and the specialized fintech and insurtech roles that set Chicago's hiring needs apart from other markets.
A Local Presence in River North
Edison & Black is headquartered in New York City, with a co-working presence in River North giving us a real, local footprint in the Chicago market. Our recruiters work directly with Chicago hiring managers, understand the local financial services and enterprise tech ecosystem, and source candidates who are already embedded in the Chicago technical community.
Whether you're a trading firm scaling your engineering team or an insurtech company building your first platform team, we work as an extension of your hiring process, from initial sourcing through offer negotiation.
What Makes Us Different
We have over 10 years of experience placing highly qualified technical professionals, and we bring that same rigor to every Chicago search. That means real technical screening, not just resume matching, and a recruiting process built around understanding your team's culture and technical stack before we ever send a candidate your way.
If you're hiring for tech roles in Chicago and want a recruiting partner who understands the market, reach out to our team, and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.