Lead, SW Full Stack Eng

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of digital solutions supporting the Client Onboarding & Lifecycle Management (CLM) portfolio within Global Engineering. This role provides hands-on technical leadership, drives engineering excellence, and partners with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing digital products.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-stack Java/JEE development experience.
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and web application development.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL, Elasticsearch.
• MQ/Solace, and enterprise integration technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines / DevOps practices.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, and Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Linux, cloud platforms, VMware, networking, and security technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with digital product, workflow automation, and transaction services within financial services environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise digital solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams while promoting engineering best practices.
• Drive application, data, and event-store optimization, including logging, monitoring, reporting, dashboarding, and security administration.
• Ensure code quality through architecture reviews, testing, and adherence to development standards.
• Champion Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud engineering practices to improve delivery speed and reliability.
• Collaborate with product, business, and technology stakeholders to define solutions and strategic priorities.
• Monitor system health, resolve stability and scalability issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technology, operational, and security risks by implementing effective controls, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and proactively addressing vulnerabilities to maintain application reliability, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards, security policies, and governance requirements.

Benefits

• retirement benefits (401k and pension)
• health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability)
• paid time off
• parental and caregiver leave
• life & accident insurance
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior