Lead Full-Stack Engineer — Java/Spring, Cloud & Microservices

Stryker Corporation; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k and pension

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life and accident insurance

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to spearhead design, development, and delivery of digital CLM solutions within Global Engineering. You will provide hands‑on technical leadership, drive engineering excellence, and partner with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing digital products.

The role requires 5+ years of full‑stack Java/JEE experience, expertise in Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and cloud engineering, with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5-7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Experience with digital product, workflow automation, and transaction services within financial services environments is a plus.

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.

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to spearhead design, development, and delivery of digital CLM solutions within Global Engineering. You will provide hands‑on technical leadership, drive engineering excellence, and partner with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing digital products.

The role requires 5+ years of full‑stack Java/JEE experience, expertise in Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and cloud engineering, with strong