Sr Lead, SW Full Stack Eng

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Salary Range:

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including 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, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

Working with 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 committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com, or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.