Lead, SW Full Stack Eng

Northern Trust; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development and delivery of digital solutions for the CLM portfolio within Global Engineering. You will provide hands-on technical leadership, mentor teams, and champion engineering excellence and secure, scalable products.

The role requires 5+ years of Java/JEE with Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices, plus strong DevOps and Azure DevOps experience in a financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack Java/JEE development experience.
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL, Elasticsearch and enterprise integration.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Agile, and Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Linux, cloud platforms, VMware, networking and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise digital solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and engineering best practices.
• Drive optimization, logging, monitoring, dashboarding, and security administration.
• Ensure code quality via architecture reviews and testing.
• Promote Agile, DevOps, CI/CD and cloud engineering practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define solutions and priorities.
• Monitor system health and drive continuous improvement.
• Identify and mitigate technology, operational, and security risks.

Skills

Full-stack Java/JEE

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Agile

DevOps

Azure DevOps

Linux

Cloud platforms

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Oracle

SQL

Elasticsearch

MQ/Solace

CI/CD pipelines

VMware

Networking

Job description

The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of digital solutions supporting the Client Onboarding & Lifecycle Management (CLM) portfolio within Global Engineering. This role provides hands-on technical leadership, drives engineering excellence, and partners with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing digit products.

Key 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.

Required 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.

Education & Experience

• 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.

Work Authorization:

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).