Sr Lead Full Stack Engineer

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

WHO WE ARE

Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With 130+ years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Today, we are going through a metamorphosis where we are embracing Agile ways of working and exploring new technologies like cloud, analytics, microservices architecture, etc.. Our advanced Digital design systems enable us to put our valued customers at the heart of our user experience.

Northern Trust Wealth Management is in need of a Sr Lead full stack engineer for the Trust & Investment Platform Technical Implementation. This lead will play a key role in the modernization of the Wealth Management Trust & Investment Advisor Platform to meet business-defined outcomes. The WM Trust & Investment Platform will be a suite of tools and capabilities utilized by WM front office advisors in management of high net worth client portfolios, with ~275 billion in platform AUM that accounts for ~60% of WM revenue.

WHO YOU ARE

As a Sr Lead Full Stack engineer , you are responsible for implementation of the design and product vision into a reality. You dedicate time to stay on top of the fast changing tech space and invest a lot of energy in learning new skills. You are caught up on industry trends in engineering, frameworks, DevSecOps, serverless computing/architecture and cloud technologies along with building skills to anticipate what the near future will bring. You love clean interfaces and have a real passion for extraordinary user experience. You have exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to work independently or within a team. Furthermore you have;

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or higher, Computer Science, or equivalent
• 8+ years development experience using Java, Springboot, SQL and NoSQL databases
• Prior experience with one or more vended portfolio management systems centered around an investment book of record is a plus
• Extensive prior experience with vendor solutions evaluations
• Prior experience with modern messaging platforms
• Extensive experience implementing solutions which leverage data warehouses
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture and development patterns and best practices
• 3+ years of experience designing and building cloud-native applications, microservices preferably using Azure or AWS
• Strong experience deploying and hosting applications in containers and Kubernetes
• Experience in Single Page Applications using React/Redux
• Strong Experience in Software Delivery following Agile practices and Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of the financial services industry, Wealth Management preferred
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and how to use them in practice.
• Strong Experience with continuous integration and collaboration tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, Bitbucket, GitHub and Confluence.
• Strong Experience with unit testing and test automation tools and frameworks like JUnit, Jasmine, Jest etc.
• Familiarity with Native Azure security solutions (Azure Security Center) big plus
• Familiarity with vulnerability management technologies and integration with Azure big plus
• Knowledge of application security and secure software development practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to author and present materials ranging from detailed technical specifications to high-level presentations.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills; able to quickly digest any issue/problem encountered and recommend an appropriate solution

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a partner on the Investment Team, you will be an integral part of one of our nimble and agile cross-functional teams innovating an entire industry. We cherish and nourish our diverse and inclusive culture and welcome you to help us further grow our community. As a Solutions Architect, you will:

• Be a part of a growing team, which is focused heavily on building a modernized Trust & Investment Advisor Platform for the Wealth Management business unit.
• Work closely with other developers to design and develop functional, performing and complete features, systems and APIs
• Constantly looks for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution by not being afraid of challenging the status quo
• Identify appropriate technical solutions that provide business value while mitigating technical debt
• Participate in and assist with perform vendor evaluations and selection processes for the tool sets that will be the heart of the new WM Trust & Investment Platform
• Performing vendor implementation and integration
• Participate in R&D and POC's before active development for any key features where solutions need to be created.
• Enable the development organization by creating working examples
• Liaise with the Wealth Lead Architecture Groups
• Solve problems collaboratively
• Work with other developers on the team, specifically with design and code reviews
• Decipher existing software systems and platforms and hook in applications to applicable data sources
• Write both unit and integration tests and develop automation tools for daily tasks

WHY US

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve. Our talented, driven and energetic people are truly changing the face of Northern Trust. The speed with which we work, the influence of each partner and the focus to positively change the client experience is our common passion. People are our greatest Wealth, so if you have a genuine desire to work in a fast-paced, Agile, inclusive environment which values teamwork, well-honed problem-solving skills, deadline management, ongoing and comprehensive communication, constant attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement then

seek no more

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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We hope you're excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.