Principal SW Quality Engineer

Northern Trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$114,700–$194,900 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
7 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 · Principal SW Quality Engineer

The Principal, SW Quality Eng provides technical and quality leadership for Capital Markets Securities Finance. This role involves defining end-to-end test strategies, establishing quality governance, and driving scalable, risk-based quality engineering across complex Securities Finance platforms. You will build reusable automation frameworks, manage CI/CD-integrated quality checks, and lead complex integration testing for front-to-back workflows. Key responsibilities include performing data validation across ETL/ELT pipelines, executing API and microservices testing, and conducting performance, scalability, and resiliency testing. Required skills include deep Securities Finance domain knowledge, proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, and SQL, and experience with tools like Cucumber, Selenium, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps. You will solve complex business logic problems and ensure release-readiness for interconnected financial applications and global technology teams.

What you'll do

  • Define and drive the Securities Finance quality engineering strategy across functional, integration, and non-functional testing.
  • Develop technical roadmaps and implementation plans for program-level test strategies and automation capabilities.
  • Lead complex end-to-end test cycles across interconnected applications, including defect triage and risk assessment.
  • Optimize and maintain automation frameworks and regression suites to expand coverage for high-risk business workflows.
  • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and early feedback.
  • Lead data validation across databases, ETL/ELT pipelines, and downstream reporting flows.
  • Design and execute API, microservices, integration, and performance testing at the program level.
  • Define quality metrics and provide execution, defect, and release-readiness reporting to stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 14 years of relevant software quality engineering, testing, or technology delivery experience.
  • Must have substantial experience delivering quality engineering for capital markets or other complex financial platforms.
  • Must possess strong Securities Finance domain knowledge, including securities lending, borrowing, and financing workflows.
  • Must have demonstrated experience designing and governing end-to-end test strategies for large, integrated financial systems.
  • Must have expertise building scalable automation frameworks using Java, Python, JavaScript, and SQL.
  • Must have experience with BDD/TDD approaches and tools such as Cucumber and Selenium.
  • Must have experience integrating automated quality checks with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or comparable delivery pipelines.
  • Work Authorization.

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