At 8th Light, we bring life to the best ideas.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, we are a technology solutions provider that partners with organizations to solve meaningful challenges and drive sustainable growth. From early-stage startups to global enterprises, we work across industries to optimize our clients’ digital products through product strategy innovation, experiential design, AI solutions, and deep engineering expertise.
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. We foster an open, collaborative culture grounded in honesty that builds trust, and believe true success is measured by the outcomes we create for our clients.
If this kind of work and our kind of people energizes you, you’ve found the right place.

STRONGLY PREFERRED SKILLS

We work across many areas, and encourage anyone with the experience listed above to apply. We would particularly like to encourage applicants with experience in:

• Owning the delivery charter and outcomes end-to-end by translating business and user needs into a multi-horizon roadmap and an executable, sequenced plan with clear success metrics.
• Hands-on coding.
• AI-tooling and agentic workflows.
• Delivery oversight of AI-engineering engagements.

Building a truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is an ongoing journey, and we’re excited to keep learning and growing together. We have a proud tradition of hiring talented colleagues with real-world career experiences.

As the go-to engagement leader, you’ll work across several clients on a variety of different engagements. You’ll take ownership of team health, delivery planning and oversight, and client relationships in partnership with account and practice leaders.

You’ll also:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients fostering strong relationships with their key engagement stakeholders.
• Drive delivery/engagement charter.
• Generate new potential solutions to challenges (technical and non-technical) in partnership with team members and clients.
• Develop and maintain multi-horizon roadmaps and delivery backlogs in collaboration with clients and internal teams.
• Define release strategies and delivery sequencing to create an executable, milestone-driven plan.
• Design change management and communication plans in collaboration with the engagement and client team.
• Articulate and document project outcomes with clarity, delivering on key engagement outcomes.
• Lead or initiate formal feedback conversations with teams and clients via retrospectives.
• Regularly sync with the account team and clients to provide status updates, identify and evaluate risks, and present potential solutions.
• Identify, mitigate, and resolve blockers to team progress.
• Contribute to the health of your team and 8th Light’s culture by modeling our Values.
• Manage and coach direct reports; sustain team health and capability growth, meeting with them 1:1 on a regular basis to support their career journey at 8th Light.
• Contribute 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.