Lead SW Full Stack Eng

Northern Trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$99,600–$169,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
103 days ago
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Below market

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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 107 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead SW Full Stack Eng

Lead, SW Full Stack Eng joins the Global Engineering team to lead the design, development, and delivery of digital solutions for the Client Onboarding & Lifecycle Management portfolio. This role provides hands-on technical leadership, mentoring development teams while driving engineering excellence and promoting best practices. Key responsibilities include optimizing applications, data, and event-stores, ensuring code quality through architecture reviews, and managing system health to resolve scalability issues. The position requires expertise in full-stack Java/JEE development, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, Oracle, SQL, Elasticsearch, and MQ/Solace. Candidates must utilize CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, and Agile methodologies within a Linux and cloud environment. The work involves solving technical and security risks to maintain reliability and regulatory compliance for digital products, workflow automation, and transaction services.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise digital solutions for the CLM portfolio.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to development teams while promoting engineering best practices.
  • Optimize application, data, and event-store performance including logging, monitoring, and security administration.
  • Ensure code quality through architecture reviews, rigorous testing, and adherence to development standards.
  • Champion Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud engineering practices to improve delivery speed.
  • Monitor system health and resolve stability and scalability issues to drive continuous improvement.
  • Identify and mitigate technology, operational, and security risks by implementing effective controls.
  • Ensure all solutions comply with organizational standards, security policies, and governance requirements.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of full-stack Java/JEE development experience.
  • 5–7+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Strong expertise in Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and web application development.
  • Experience with Oracle, SQL, Elasticsearch, MQ/Solace, and enterprise integration technologies.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Agile methodologies, and Azure DevOps.
  • Knowledge of Linux, cloud platforms, VMware, networking, and security technologies.
  • Work Authorization.

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