Principal QA Engineer, Securities Finance & Automation Lead

Northern Trust Corp; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k and pension

Health benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal, Software Quality Engineering for Capital Markets Securities Finance. You will lead end-to-end testing strategy, automation, data/API validation, and performance testing across global teams.

Collaborate with Product Owners, Analysts, Architects and Developers to drive quality governance and release-readiness. Strong domain expertise and leadership are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Securities Finance domain knowledge and lifecycle familiarity.
• Experience designing end-to-end test strategies for large financial systems.
• Experience building scalable automation frameworks and data validation across platforms.
• Ability to communicate quality risk and delivery status to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the Securities Finance quality engineering strategy across functional, integration, regression, data, API and non-functional testing.
• Lead complex end-to-end test cycles across interconnected applications and global teams.
• Design testable solutions with Product Owners and Developers early in the SDLC.
• Develop roadmaps and plans for program-level test strategies and automation capabilities.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines for early feedback and continuous delivery.

Skills

Securities Finance

Quality strategy

Test automation

CI/CD integration

Data testing

API testing

Performance testing

Leadership

Communication

Financial services

Tools

Selenium

Cucumber

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

SQL

Java

Python

JavaScript

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal, Software Quality Engineering for Capital Markets Securities Finance. You will lead end-to-end testing strategy, automation, data/API validation, and performance testing across global teams.

Collaborate with Product Owners, Analysts, Architects and Developers to drive quality governance and release-readiness. Strong domain expertise and leadership are essential for success in this role.