Sr. Lead SW Full Stack Engineering

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

1d • $114,500 - $194,700

About The Position

The Sr. Full Stack Java and React Developer serves a Scrum team in a domain area, modernizing legacy applications and adding functionality to Northern Trust’s Global Family Office (GFO) SaaS solution. The role independently codes for a particular area or function and designs and develops high-quality, scalable, and efficient solutions and products on schedule. It coordinates with testing teams to validate user stories and address identified bugs, analyzes legacy applications, and produces technical design documents for application rationalization. The position also helps ensure project goals are appropriate and development objectives are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• At least 7 years of development experience in an Agile environment working within a distributed cross-functional team.
• At least 7 years of Java development experience.
• At least 5 years of React development experience.
• Experience with Spring Boot, React, GitHub, RESTful APIs, Kafka, and Solace.
• Exposure to monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, AppMon, and Elastic Search.
• Familiarity with Agile Scrum and/or SAFe methodologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, and mentoring skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively with others in teams.
• Ability to facilitate discussions effectively and suggest alternative approaches.
• Experience developing and executing plans, meeting deadlines, coordinating timelines and efforts, and working under tight time constraints.
• Experience developing, testing, and deploying software using a rapid, iterative delivery method.
• Ability to organize and moderate teams and demonstrate value-added principles and practices.
• Experience mitigating Sonar, Checkmarx, and CAST scans.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, including planning, requirements management, development, quality assurance, change management, and release management.
• Experience with continuous integration, test-driven development, test automation, and related tools.
• Self-starter who can take the lead, manage multiple initiatives, and collaborate across teams and departments.
• Azure Cloud Certified.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and experience with Azure DevOps/Dashboards and Confluence.
• Experience in the financial services industry.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop components in Java and React using Spring Boot.
• Coordinate with SQA teams to test and validate developed components.
• Gather system requirements and analyze user needs.
• Design application architecture, flow charts, and specification documents, and write technical stories when needed.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Test software and implement modernized testing features.
• Debug and troubleshoot programs.
• Support junior developers and help troubleshoot issues.
• Collaborate with developers across the GFO team to create software solutions.
• Analyze legacy applications and create technical design documents for application rationalization.
• Coordinate with testing teams to validate user stories and correct identified bugs.
• Help ensure project goals and development objectives are met.

Benefits

• Retirement benefits, including 401(k) and pension.
• Health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, and disability coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Parental and caregiver leave.
• Life and 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