Senior Principal Software Engineer, AI Security Platform
Northern Trust
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This role pays less than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $166,631–$221,850 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $155k versus about $194k for comparable roles.
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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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As a Sr Lead Software Engineer, AI Security Platform, you will join the team to support the technical development of an AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform. This role involves leading the architectural evolution, modernization, and scalability of the platform while mentoring junior team members. You will build user-facing applications, reporting dashboards, and workflow management tools while integrating LLM-based security analysis capabilities and automated vulnerability verification workflows. The position requires expert-level skills in React for modern SPA architecture and Python for API design, integration, and orchestration. You will also utilize automation frameworks, test automation, and quality engineering to secure cloud-native solutions. The core work involves solving the technical challenge of identifying, validating, and reporting software vulnerabilities across enterprise codebases by leveraging frontier AI models and advanced security automation in a regulated environment.
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