Senior Lead AI Security Platform Engineer

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

Job summary

Northern Trust seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive the AI Code Scanner platform across frontend, backend, and security domains. You will mentor engineers, design scalable solutions, and integrate advanced AI security capabilities in a regulated enterprise environment.

The role emphasizes modern SPA development, secure REST APIs, and robust automation/orchestration to support enterprise vulnerability analysis and reporting workflows.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in a lead, principal, or senior engineering role.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale applications in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead technical developer for the AI Code Scanner platform.
• Implement modernization, enhancements, and scalability initiatives.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Improve user experience, reporting dashboards, workflow management, and administrative capabilities.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization patterns.
• Maintain and extend orchestration and scanning services.
• Expand and manage integrations with LLM-based security analysis capabilities.
• Enhance automated vulnerability analysis, reporting, and verification workflows.

Skills

React development

SPA architecture

REST APIs

Authentication integrations

Python development

API design

API integration

Automation frameworks

Orchestration frameworks

Test automation

Quality engineering

LLM integration

Agent workflows

App security

Vulnerability management

Job description

Northern Trust seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive the AI Code Scanner platform across frontend, backend, and security domains. You will mentor engineers, design scalable solutions, and integrate advanced AI security capabilities in a regulated enterprise environment.

The role emphasizes modern SPA development, secure REST APIs, and robust automation/orchestration to support enterprise vulnerability analysis and reporting workflows.