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Lead, Full-Stack Software Engineer

The Lead Software Engineer at Northern Trust in Chicago is responsible for the technical leadership and development of software solutions for the Client Onboarding & Risk Management platform. The role requires at least 7 years of experience in full-stack development with a focus on .NET, AWS, and the integration of LLMs.

Tasks

  • Responsible for the well-being, development, and delivery of software solutions that support the Customer Onboarding and Risk Management (COLM) platform within Client Development.
  • Played a key role in optimizing onboarding and risk management processes, as well as in providing actionable analytics, data pipelines, and dashboards.
  • Led a project involving multiple teams and stakeholders (both technical and non-technical) to implement a new, end-to-end, cross-functional, high-performance digital analytics platform.
  • Leading the design, development, and implementation of digital software solutions in accordance with business and technical requirements.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams while improving best engineering practices.
  • Promoting automation, data quality, and risk mitigation in onboarding, identity management, and security automation.
  • Ensuring that core entities (customer, transaction, account) and business models are coherent, scalable, and maintainable.
  • Collaborate with product owners, data scientists, and internal stakeholders to define software use cases and integrate web crawlers with real third-party data.
  • Building data pipelines, integrating data with GPT for text analysis, and making forecasts to predict trends.
  • Identifying, assessing, and mitigating technical, operational, and security-related risks by implementing effective controls, automating compliance and governance reviews, and fostering a risk-aware culture.
  • Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, security policies, and governance requirements.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in full-stack, .NET, and AWS development.
  • Extensive experience with Spring Data, REST APIs, microservices, and data integration development.
  • Experience with GitOps, CI/CD, Elasticsearch, MCP/Data, and secure enterprise technologies.
  • Experience working with large language models (LLMs) to understand user input.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in software development.
  • Experience working in agile environments.
  • Experience with digital products, software companies, and interactive services in financial services environments is a plus.
  • Eligibility to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based sponsorship, either now or in the future.
  • Available tools: LINGUISTS, PL/SQL, HIVE/SPARK, and other programming languages.

We offer

  • Salary range: 135,000–185,000 USD (the annual salary is a good estimate of the base salary).
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including retirement benefits (401(k) and pension plan).
  • Health and wellness benefits (medical, dental, vision, ongoing coverage or paid parental leave, spousal coverage, unpaid leave, and parental leave programs (FMLA)).
  • At eligible locations and upon successful completion of the onboarding process: a $60,000 student loan repayment package, which may increase based on the percentage of equity held.
  • A flexible and collaborative work culture with a strong focus on financial health and stability.

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