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Senior Principal Software Engineer, AI Security Platform

Northern Trust is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer in Chicago to lead the technical architecture and development of an AI-powered code security platform. The role involves integrating large language models (LLMs) for vulnerability analysis and mentoring the development team.

Tasks

  • Technical leadership and oversight in the deployment of code review scanners in production, both within the AI development team and the Security/DevSecOps team.
  • Responsible for the rapid development of the platform to ensure that it meets standards for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring the team's engineers.
  • Serve as a lead technical developer for the AI code scanner platform.
  • Implementation of modernization, improvement, and scalability initiatives.
  • Mentoring junior team members.
  • Improved user experience, reporting dashboards, workflow management, and administrative features.
  • Implementation of secure authentication and authorization patterns.
  • Maintenance and expansion of orchestration and scanning services.
  • Extending and managing integrations with LLM-based security analysis capabilities.
  • Improving automated vulnerability analysis, reporting, and notification workflows.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of professional experience in software development.
  • 5+ years in a lead, principal, or senior engineering role.
  • Experience supporting enterprise applications in regulated environments.
  • Expert-level proficiency in React development.
  • Modern spa architecture.
  • REST APIs and authentication integrations.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python development.
  • API Design and Integration.
  • Experience integrating large language models (LLMs).
  • Agent-based workflows and automation frameworks.
  • Application Security and Vulnerability Management.

We offer

  • Salary range: $164,600–$288,000.
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including retirement benefits (401(k) and pension plan).
  • Health and social benefits (medical, dental, vision, and life insurance).

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