Lead, SW Full Stack Eng

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Position Summary:

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.