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Live tech sales jobs in Illinois

Chicago is legendary for producing elite sales professionals. The city dominates in freight brokerage (highest-volume sales training ground in the US), FinTech, MarTech, and enterprise SaaS. High call volumes, competitive culture, and strong mentorship networks. BDR OTE $70-100k; AE $130-220k.

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Live from employer ATS · Refreshed Jun 18, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC · Updates every 6 hours

73Live openings

27Employers hiring

49Avg Hiring Aggressiveness

0Hypergrowth tier

Chicago Naperville Schaumburg

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The short answer

Aethara tracks 73 verified live tech sales openings in Illinois across 27 employers. Top hirers by Hiring Aggressiveness: OpenAI, Pure Storage and Qualtrics. State average hiring aggressiveness: 49/100. The market skews Solutions Engineer (30% of live reqs).

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All 73 live tech sales jobs in Illinois

Live from employer ATS · Refreshed Jun 18, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC

Every verified ATS posting mapped to Illinois — grouped by sales function. Showing 30 of 73. How aggressively employers are hiring for this role.

SDR / BDR

2 live roles

#38SDR/BDRLiveOn-siteNo degree requiredEntry level

Business Development Representative

Asana · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 57%Moderate

Apply on company site

#40SDR/BDRLiveOn-siteNo degree requiredEntry level

Inbound Sales Development Representative

Asana · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 57%Moderate

Apply on company site

Account Executive

6 live roles

#25AELiveOn-site5+ years

Territory Account Executive - Philadelphia

Pure Storage · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 66%High

Apply on company site

#26AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)5+ years

Account Executive - Corporate - Chicago

Qualtrics · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 66%High

Apply on company site

#27AELiveRemote — US only5+ years

Senior Account Executive - Energy & Utilities

Cohere · Remote

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 64%Moderate

Apply on company site

#31AELiveHybrid5+ years

Senior Account Executive, Start-ups (Austin or Chicago)

Cloudflare · Illinois

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 62%Moderate

Apply on company site

#37AELiveRemote — US only5+ years

Expansion Account Executive

Gusto · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 58%Moderate

Apply on company site

#39AELiveOn-site5+ years

Corporate Account Executive

Asana · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 57%Moderate

Apply on company site

Mid-Market AE

2 live roles

#43Mid-Market AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)5+ years

Mid-Market Account Executive, New Business (API/CPaaS)

Vonage · Remote

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 57%Moderate

Apply on company site

#50Mid-Market AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)5+ years

Senior Mid Market Account Executive

Vonage · Remote

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 54%Moderate

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Solutions Engineer

11 live roles

#24Solutions EngineerLiveRemote — US only3–5 years

Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales

OpenAI · Remote

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 66%High

Apply on company site

#29Solutions EngineerLiveOn-site5+ years

Senior Sales Engineer

Amplitude · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 63%Moderate

Apply on company site

#30Enterprise AELiveHybridDegree required5+ years

Lead Sales Enterprise Account Executive - Strategic Expansion

Uber Freight · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 63%Moderate

Apply on company site

#32Enterprise AELiveOn-siteDegree required5+ years

Enterprise Account Executive, Growth

MongoDB · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 62%Moderate

Apply on company site

#33Solutions EngineerLiveOn-site3–5 years

Sales Engineer, Cloud Product Specialist

Rubrik · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 61%Moderate

Apply on company site

#41Enterprise AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)Degree required5+ years

Senior Account Executive, Strategic Enterprise

Braze · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 57%Moderate

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#44Enterprise AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)Degree required5+ years

Enterprise Account Executive - Light Industrial

Instawork · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 56%Moderate

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#46Solutions EngineerLiveOn-site5+ years

Senior Solutions Engineer, Strategic (Chicago)

Okta · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 54%Moderate

Apply on company site

#47Enterprise AELiveOn-siteDegree required5+ years

Strategic Account Executive

Okta · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 54%Moderate

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#48Enterprise AELiveOn-siteDegree required5+ years

Strategic Account Executive, Auth0

Okta · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 54%Moderate

Apply on company site

#52Solutions EngineerLiveOn-site3–5 years

Solutions Engineer/Auth0

Okta · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 53%Moderate

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Sales Leadership

8 live roles

#28AELiveOn-site3–5 years

Territory Account Manager - Central Region

Pure Storage · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 64%Moderate

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#34AELiveOn-site3–5 years

SMB Account Manager - Food & Beverage

Block · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 60%Moderate

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#35AELiveOn-site5+ years

Senior Client Account Manager, Large Customer Sales (Pharma)

Reddit · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 59%Moderate

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#36Mid-Market AELiveOn-site3–5 years

Mid-Market Account Manager, North America

Block · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 58%Moderate

Apply on company site

#42AELiveRemote — US only3–5 years

Manager, Expansion Account Manager

Gusto · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 57%Moderate

Apply on company site

#45Enterprise AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)Degree required5+ years

Strategic Account Manager – Enterprise Light Industrial

Instawork · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 56%Moderate

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#51Enterprise AELiveOn-siteDegree required5+ years

Strategic Account Manager

Block · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 53%Moderate

Apply on company site

#53Enterprise AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)Degree required5+ years

Senior Account Manager, Enterprise

Braze · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 51%Moderate

Apply on company site

Other Sales

1 live role

#49SalesLiveHybrid0–2 years

Carrier Sales Representative I, Brokerage

Uber Freight · Chicago

Live · seen 3 days ago

HA 54%Moderate

Apply on company site

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Top roles by type

Best open roles in Illinois by sales function

Top picks per category from 96 verified live postings — ranked by Hiring Aggressiveness. How aggressively employers are hiring for this role.

SDR / BDR

11 live in Illinois · showing top 4

#38SDR/BDRLiveOn-site

Business Development Representative

Asana · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness57Moderate

Apply on company site

#40SDR/BDRLiveOn-site

Inbound Sales Development Representative

Asana · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness57Moderate

Apply on company site

#59SDR/BDRLiveOn-site

Sales Development Representative, Central

Okta · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness50Moderate

Apply on company site

#62SDR/BDRLiveOn-site

Sales Development Representative

Gong · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness46Moderate

Apply on company site

Account Executive

14 live in Illinois · showing top 4

#25AELiveOn-site

Territory Account Executive - Philadelphia

Pure Storage · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness66High

Apply on company site

#26AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)

Account Executive - Corporate - Chicago

Qualtrics · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness66High

Apply on company site

#27AELiveRemote — US only

Senior Account Executive - Energy & Utilities

Cohere · Remote

Hiring Aggressiveness64Moderate

Apply on company site

#31AELiveHybrid

Senior Account Executive, Start-ups (Austin or Chicago)

Cloudflare · Illinois

Hiring Aggressiveness62Moderate

Apply on company site

Mid-Market AE

6 live in Illinois · showing top 4

#43Mid-Market AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)

Mid-Market Account Executive, New Business (API/CPaaS)

Vonage · Remote

Hiring Aggressiveness57Moderate

Apply on company site

#50Mid-Market AELiveFully remote (work from anywhere)

Senior Mid Market Account Executive

Vonage · Remote

Hiring Aggressiveness54Moderate

Apply on company site

#60Mid-Market AELiveOn-site

Mid-Market Account Executive

Gong · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness48Moderate

Apply on company site

#61Mid-Market AELiveOn-site

Commercial Account Executive

Gong · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness47Moderate

Apply on company site

Solutions Engineer

22 live in Illinois · showing top 4

#24Solutions EngineerLiveRemote — US only

Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales

OpenAI · Remote

Hiring Aggressiveness66High

Apply on company site

#29Solutions EngineerLiveOn-site

Senior Sales Engineer

Amplitude · Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness63Moderate

Apply on company site

#30Enterprise AELiveHybrid

Lead Sales Enterprise Account Executive - Strategic Expansion

Uber Freight · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness63Moderate

Apply on company site

#32Enterprise AELiveOn-site

Enterprise Account Executive, Growth

MongoDB · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness62Moderate

Apply on company site

Sales Leadership

19 live in Illinois · showing top 4

#28AELiveOn-site

Territory Account Manager - Central Region

Pure Storage · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness64Moderate

Apply on company site

#34AELiveOn-site

SMB Account Manager - Food & Beverage

Block · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness60Moderate

Apply on company site

#35AELiveOn-site

Senior Client Account Manager, Large Customer Sales (Pharma)

Reddit · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness59Moderate

Apply on company site

#36Mid-Market AELiveOn-site

Mid-Market Account Manager, North America

Block · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness58Moderate

Apply on company site

Other Sales

1 live in Illinois · showing top 1

#49SalesLiveHybrid

Carrier Sales Representative I, Brokerage

Uber Freight · Chicago

Hub: Chicago

Hiring Aggressiveness54Moderate

Apply on company site

See the full filterable board above for every live role in Illinois, including lower-scored listings.

Market analysis

Illinois tech sales market at a glance

73Live roles

27Employers

#4Of 51 states

94thPercentile

49Avg Hiring Aggressiveness · Moderate

7%Remote-eligible

Illinois ranks #4 of 51 tracked states (94th percentile) with 73 verified live tech-sales openings across 27 employers. State-average hiring aggressiveness is 49/100 with a steady tier skew (58% of roles).

The market tilts toward Solutions Engineer (30% of reqs) concentrated in Chicago (73%). Chicago: hardworking, resilient, volume-obsessed, social after hours. 'Windy City' work ethic - no shortcuts, results matter. Diverse workforce. Heavy emphasis on in-office culture for training; hybrid emerging.

Salesforce, Morningstar, Echo Global Logistics, Sprout Social, G2, Chime, and hundreds of B2B SaaS.

Role mix (live data)

Share of verified openings by sales role family — from 73 live postings.

Solutions Engineer22 · 30% · avg hiring aggressiveness 51
Sales Leadership19 · 26% · avg hiring aggressiveness 49
Account Executive14 · 19% · avg hiring aggressiveness 52
SDR / BDR11 · 15% · avg hiring aggressiveness 44
Mid-Market AE6 · 8% · avg hiring aggressiveness 48
Other Sales1 · 1% · avg hiring aggressiveness 54

Hub concentration

Where live reqs cluster vs. declared hub markets (7% remote).

Chicago53 roles · 73% · avg hiring aggressiveness 49Pure Storage · Qualtrics · Uber Freight
Other markets16 roles · 22% · avg hiring aggressiveness 48Amplitude · Cloudflare · Gusto
Remote / distributed4 roles · 5% · avg hiring aggressiveness 60OpenAI · Cohere · Vonage

Top employers hiring

Ranked by concurrent open reqs in Illinois.

1
DoorDash12 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 43 · Minimal tier
2
Braze7 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 46 · Moderate tier
3
Intercom6 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 39 · Minimal tier
4
Okta5 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 53 · Moderate tier
5
Pinterest5 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 43 · Minimal tier
6
Block4 open · avg hiring aggressiveness 55 · Moderate tier

Hiring velocity

Tier distribution and posting freshness from live ATS data.

Hypergrowth0 · 0%
High3 · 4%
Moderate42 · 58%
Minimal28 · 38%

61% of reqs posted/refreshed in the last 14 days.

Compensation signals

Editorial compensation context from our Illinois market brief: $70-100k; AE $130-220k. Live ATS postings in Aethara do not include employer salary fields — use these ranges as directional context only.

Aethara state blueprint · Hand-crafted depth

The Illinois Tech Sales Blueprint

📍 Why Illinois for Tech Sales?

Factor	Detail
Tech Hub Status	Gritty, high-volume, high-reward. Chicago is a sales career launchpad.
Economic Impact	Illinois tech sector — 169 verified live Aethara roles this refresh.

Full deep-dive blueprint: compensation tables, 4 career paths, 6-step entry strategy, hub locations, market realities, and company-specific Phase 1–5 strategies — unlock to view.

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Hiring Events

Tech-sales hiring & career events for Illinois

Upcoming events for tech-sales roles (SDR/BDR, AE, account management, sales engineering, RevOps) over the next few months — both virtual events you can join from anywhere and in-person events near Illinois metros. Use these to meet recruiters, find warm intros, and discover teams that are actively hiring.

Virtual events — open to anyone, anywhere

VirtualRecurring

PowerToFly Virtual Job Fairs

PowerToFlyVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — next session ~June 25, 2026; AI & Emerging Tech fair Sept 17, 2026

Free online job fairs with thousands of open roles (including sales) where you network live with recruiters and hiring managers across the country.

VirtualRecurring

RevGenius Demo Days & Revenue Roundtables

RevGeniusVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — monthly (next sessions through summer/fall 2026)

Free virtual sessions for a 50k-member revenue community (SDR/AE/RevOps) — great for warm intros and discovering teams that are hiring.

VirtualRecurring

Tenbound Sales Development Events

TenboundVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — community webinars year-round; Sales Dev Summit (hybrid) annually

SDR/BDR-focused community sessions and the Sales Dev Summit — the tightest practitioner network for breaking into sales development.

VirtualRecurring

Pavilion Functional Peer Groups & Virtual Roundtables

PavilionVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — monthly virtual roundtables (sales, RevOps, CS)

Virtual roundtables for go-to-market operators (sales, RevOps, customer success) — strong for AE/leadership networking and referrals.

VirtualRecurring

Bravado War Room Community Events

BravadoVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — member events & panels throughout 2026

A 200k+ sales-professional community with member-only virtual events, candid hiring/comp talk, and a curated tech-sales job board.

VirtualRecurring

Sales Assembly GTM Programs

Sales AssemblyVirtual · open to any state

Recurring — live virtual programs year-round

Live, role-specific virtual programs (SDR, AE, AM/CS, RevOps) from a national B2B-tech revenue community — skill-building plus employer exposure.

Virtual

Dreamforce on Salesforce+

SalesforceVirtual · open to any state

Sept 15–17, 2026 (free virtual stream)

The free streamed edition of Dreamforce — plug into the Salesforce ecosystem (a top employer of tech-sales talent) from anywhere.

In-person events in Illinois

In-person

Sales Assembly Revenue Leaders Dinner — Chicago

Sales AssemblyChicago, IL

July 15, 2026

Invite-only Chicago dinner for B2B-tech revenue leaders — a high-signal room for sales leadership networking (request an invite via the link).

In-personRecurring

Tech in Motion Chicago

Motion RecruitmentChicago, IL

Recurring — monthly tech networking events

Monthly Chicago tech mixers, panels and demos — a low-pressure way to meet hiring teams and recruiters in person.

Dates and formats are subject to change, and some entries are recurring series rather than a single confirmed date. Always confirm details and register through each event's link.

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