Lead Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & DevOps Lead

Northern Trust; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and delivery of digital solutions for Client Onboarding & Lifecycle Management (CLM) within Global Engineering. You will provide hands-on technical leadership, mentor teams, and partner with stakeholders to build scalable, secure products.

The role emphasizes engineering excellence, CI/CD, cloud practices, and proactive risk management across enterprise-grade applications in a financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack Java/JEE development experience.
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and web application development.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL, Elasticsearch, MQ/Solace, and enterprise integration technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines/DevOps practices.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, and Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Linux, cloud platforms, VMware, networking, and security technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise digital solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams while promoting engineering best practices.
• Drive application, data, and event-store optimization, including logging, monitoring, reporting, dashboarding, and security administration.
• Ensure code quality through architecture reviews, testing, and adherence to development standards.
• Champion Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud engineering practices to improve delivery speed and reliability.
• Collaborate with product, business, and technology stakeholders to define solutions and strategic priorities.
• Monitor system health, resolve stability and scalability issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technology, operational, and security risks by implementing effective controls, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and proactively addressing vulnerabilities to maintain application reliability, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards, security policies, and governance requirements.

Skills

Java/JEE

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Agile methodologies

Linux

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Oracle

SQL

Elasticsearch

MQ/Solace

Enterprise integration technologies

VMware

Networking

Security technologies

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and delivery of digital solutions for Client Onboarding & Lifecycle Management (CLM) within Global Engineering. You will provide hands-on technical leadership, mentor teams, and partner with stakeholders to build scalable, secure products.

The role emphasizes engineering excellence, CI/CD, cloud practices, and proactive risk management across enterprise-grade applications in a financial services environment.