Senior Associate Software Engineer, AI Security

Northern Trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$88,900–$151,100 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $120k
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This role pays less than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $148,875–$217,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $120k versus about $183k 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 46 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 42 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Associate Software Engineer, AI Security

The Sr Associate Software Engineer, AI Security joins the team to support the technical development of an AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform. This role involves the ongoing development, architectural evolution, and long-term enhancement of a system that utilizes frontier AI models and advanced security automation to identify, validate, and report software vulnerabilities across enterprise codebases. Daily responsibilities include building user-facing applications, improving reporting dashboards, managing orchestration and scanning services, and integrating LLM-based security analysis capabilities. The candidate must possess expert-level Python development skills, mid-level React experience for modern SPA architecture, and proficiency in REST APIs, authentication integrations, and automation frameworks. Key technical competencies include agent-based workflows, test automation, quality engineering, and application security. This role specifically addresses the challenge of automating vulnerability analysis and securing cloud-native solutions within a complex software environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Illinois?

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What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain the AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform to identify and report software vulnerabilities.
  • Implement modernization, scalability initiatives, and architectural enhancements for the security platform.
  • Build and improve user-facing dashboards, reporting tools, and workflow management features using React.
  • Integrate and manage Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities for automated security analysis.
  • Develop backend orchestration services and automate vulnerability verification workflows.
  • Implement secure authentication and authorization patterns for cloud-native solutions.
  • Design and integrate REST APIs to connect various internal and external services.
  • Create and maintain test automation and quality engineering frameworks for the platform.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Experience is required in expert-level Python development and API design/integration.
  • Proficiency in mid-level React development and modern SPA architecture is required.
  • Experience with REST APIs, authentication integrations, and automation/orchestration frameworks is required.
  • Experience in test automation and quality engineering is required.
  • Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) and agent-based workflows is required.
  • Knowledge of application security and vulnerability management is required.
  • Work Authorization.

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