Senior AI Security Engineer — Code Scanner Platform

001 The Northern Trust Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 89,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Health, dental, vision

Paid time off

Job summary

The Northern Trust Company is seeking a Senior Associate Software Engineer to support the AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform. You will contribute to front-end work, backend orchestration, and AI service integrations while ensuring secure, scalable cloud-native solutions.

Ideal candidates have strong Python expertise, React experience, and a background in security and vulnerability management, with 5+ years of professional software development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience designing user-facing applications, building automation, integrating AI services, and securing cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities

• Platform Support: serve as a developer for the AI Code Scanner platform; implement modernization, enhancements, and scalability initiatives.
• Front-End Development: improve user experience, dashboards, workflow management, and admin capabilities; implement secure authentication and authorization patterns.
• Backend & AI Engineering: maintain and extend orchestration and scanning services; expand integrations with LLM-based security analysis; enhance automated vulnerability analysis and reporting workflows.

Skills

React

SPA architecture

REST APIs

Python

API design

Automation

LLM integration

Agent-based workflows

App security

Vulnerability management

Job description

The Northern Trust Company is seeking a Senior Associate Software Engineer to support the AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform. You will contribute to front-end work, backend orchestration, and AI service integrations while ensuring secure, scalable cloud-native solutions.

Ideal candidates have strong Python expertise, React experience, and a background in security and vulnerability management, with 5+ years of professional software development.