Senior Lead Software Engineer, AI Security Platform

Northern Trust

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$114,500–$194,700 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $204k
This role $155k
$101k most similar roles pay here $238k

This role pays less than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $185,000–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $155k versus about $204k 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 48 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 43 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead Software Engineer, AI Security Platform

Sr Lead Software Engineer - AI Security Platform As a Sr Lead Software Engineer, you will join the team to drive the technical development of an AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform designed to identify and report software vulnerabilities across enterprise codebases. You will be responsible for the architectural evolution of the system, including managing React-based web applications, Python-based orchestration frameworks, and Azure AI Foundry integrations. Your daily work involves building automated vulnerability analysis workflows, designing GitHub Actions pipelines, and maintaining cloud-native services like Azure Functions and Azure SQL. The role requires expert-level proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python, alongside experience with LLM integration, container technologies, and secure software development lifecycles. You will solve complex security automation problems by integrating advanced AI capabilities into the platform to enhance reporting, scalability, and overall system reliability within a regulated environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead the technical development and architectural evolution of the AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform.
  • Develop and maintain a React-based web application including dashboards and reporting tools.
  • Build and extend Python-based orchestration services for automated vulnerability analysis.
  • Integrate Azure AI Foundry and LLM-based capabilities into security workflows.
  • Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ephemeral runner infrastructure.
  • Architect and support cloud-native services across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
  • Implement secure authentication, authorization patterns, and secrets management for enterprise applications.
  • Drive modernization initiatives to improve platform scalability, reliability, and automated detection capabilities.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 12+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience supporting enterprise-scale applications in regulated environments is required.
  • Expert-level proficiency in React, JavaScript, and TypeScript for front-end development.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python for backend development, API design, and automation.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Azure services including Functions, SQL, Storage, Entra ID, and AI Foundry.
  • Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) and agent-based automation frameworks.
  • Expertise in DevOps practices including GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, and container technologies.
  • Work Authorization.

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