Platform Software Engineering Lead

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.

Job Description:

Northern Trust is seeking a highly experienced and visionary Platform Software Engineering SVP Leader to join our team. This role will be pivotal in driving the strategic direction and execution of our platform engineering initiatives, ensuring the delivery of innovative and scalable solutions that enhance our developer experience and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

- Leadership and Strategy: Provide strategic leadership and direction for the Platform Software Engineering team, aligning with the company's overall goals and objectives. Develop and execute a comprehensive platform engineering strategy that supports the organization's growth and innovation.

- Developer Experience: Champion the developer experience by implementing AI assistive technologies, common shared frameworks, and tools that streamline development processes and enhance productivity. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the engineering team.

- AI Assistive Technology: Lead the integration and adoption of AI assistive technologies to support developers in their day-to-day tasks, improving code quality, reducing development time, and enhancing overall efficiency.

- Common Shared Frameworks: Oversee the development and maintenance of common shared frameworks that promote consistency, reusability, and best practices across the organization. Ensure these frameworks are scalable, secure, and aligned with industry standards.

- Integration as a Service: Build and run integration as a service capabilities, enabling seamless connectivity between various systems and applications. Ensure robust and scalable integration solutions that support the organization's business needs.

- Enterprise DevSecOps Practices: Implement and promote enterprise DevSecOps practices, ensuring that security is integrated into every stage of the software development lifecycle. Drive the adoption of automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous delivery pipelines.

- Data Pipeline Engineering: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of data pipelines that support the organization's data-driven initiatives. Ensure data pipelines are scalable, reliable, and optimized for performance.

- Collaboration and Communication: Foster strong collaboration and communication across cross-functional teams, including product management, IT, and business stakeholders. Ensure alignment and transparency in project goals, timelines, and deliverables.

- Talent Development: Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent. Provide mentorship, guidance, and career development opportunities to team members, fostering a high-performance and inclusive culture.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- Proven experience in a senior leadership role within platform engineering or software development.

- Strong understanding of AI assistive technologies, common shared frameworks, integration as a service, DevSecOps practices, and data pipeline engineering.

- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

- Demonstrated ability to drive strategic initiatives and deliver results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

- Experience with cloud platforms, microservices architecture, and modern software development methodologies

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.

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

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected].

 
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.