Director Software Engineering

Northern Trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
Tempe, AZ
Salary
$156,370–$273,600 / yr
Posted
20 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays more than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $171,750–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $215k versus about $209k for comparable roles.

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About Northern Trust

Northern Trust is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to corporations, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management

Northern Trust currently has 33 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,400–$233,600 across 30 roles with salary data.

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As the Director of Software Engineering for Agentic AI at Northern Trust’s Platform Engineering team, you will lead a senior-level strategic and technical initiative to develop an AI-powered SDLC platform that integrates agentic agents into various software development workflows. Your responsibilities include defining multi-year AI strategies, overseeing the design and delivery of enterprise-grade infrastructure using Azure services like AKS, APIM, Cosmos DB, and Neo4j for knowledge stores, while ensuring compliance with SOX, OCC, and FFIEC regulations. You will hire and develop a high-performing team, manage stakeholder engagement at executive levels, and establish robust governance frameworks to mitigate AI-related risks in a large-scale financial services environment. Essential skills include deep expertise in LLM orchestration, agentic AI patterns, Azure cloud infrastructure, and regulatory compliance knowledge.

Skills

Azure Kubernetes LangGraph LangChain Neo4j pgvector Micrsoft Fabric GitHub Enterprise Azure AD Managed Identities SOX OCC FFIEC ABAC HMAC-SHA256 CI/CD Python JavaScript JSON Web Tokens Attribute-Based Access Control

What you'll do

  • Define and execute multi-year AI strategy for Platform Engineering.
  • Own vision and delivery roadmap for Agentic SDLC Platform integrating AI agents.
  • Lead design, build, and operation of agentic AI infrastructure on Azure.
  • Establish and maintain AI governance frameworks compliant with SOX, OCC, FFIEC.
  • Hire, develop, and retain high-performing team of AI engineers and architects.

What we're looking for

  • Over 10 years of progressive technology leadership experience in complex enterprise environments.
  • Proven track record delivering production AI systems under regulatory constraints in financial services.
  • Deep expertise in LLM orchestration frameworks like LangGraph and agentic AI patterns.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Azure Platform services including AKS, APIM, Cosmos DB.
  • Working knowledge of SOX IT general controls, OCC model risk management guidance, FFIEC standards.

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