Senior Lead Software Engineer - Cloud, AI & Platforms

ntrs; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership across the design, development, modernization, and delivery of digital solutions within the Client Onboarding & Enrollments portfolio.

The role blends deep software engineering with architecture influence, cloud engineering, DevOps, AI-assisted development, and team enablement, partnering with Product, Architecture, Engineering, QA, SRE, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading design and delivery of complex enterprise digital solutions.
• Strong background in Java/JEE, Spring Boot and REST APIs.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and set engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and modernization of complex enterprise digital solutions.
• Provide technical direction across multiple applications and teams.
• Conduct architecture reviews ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Promote clean-code practices, TDD, and contract-first development.
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, and automation across the lifecycle.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Architecture influence

Hands-on software engineering

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Java/JEE

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-driven architectures

Azure

SQL/Oracle

Observability tooling

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership across the design, development, modernization, and delivery of digital solutions within the Client Onboarding & Enrollments portfolio.

The role blends deep software engineering with architecture influence, cloud engineering, DevOps, AI-assisted development, and team enablement, partnering with Product, Architecture, Engineering, QA, SRE, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and