Sr Lead, SW Full Stack Eng

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

1d • $114,500 - $194,700

About The Position

Northern Trust is a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services. Since 1889, the company has been guided by its principles of Service, Expertise, and Integrity. With over 135 years of financial experience and more than 24,000 partners, Northern Trust serves sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Strong expertise in database design, performance tuning, and data modeling.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Azure, Data Warehousing, ETL/ELT, and cloud data platforms.
• Experience with Oracle-to-Snowflake migration and data modernization initiatives
• Experience with Astronomer Airflow
• Experience with Kafka, MQ, CDC, or similar event-driven technologies.
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON, and integration patterns.
• Unix Shell Scripting and Control-M (or equivalent scheduling tools).
• Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD, and Agile delivery practices.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Financial Services or Wealth Management experience.
• Experience leading large-scale enterprise data platforms.
• Experience with reporting and analytics solutions.
• Exposure to modern data architectures and real-time data processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of data engineering solutions leveraging Oracle, Snowflake, and Azure.
• Drive Oracle modernization and migration initiatives, including data movement, ETL/ELT, CDC, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish engineering best practices.
• Design and optimize complex Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, Snowflake, and data integration solutions.
• Build and support scalable data pipelines, APIs, and near real-time data synchronization solutions.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Drive performance tuning, operational excellence, production support, and reliability improvements.

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed