Sr. Lead, SW Engineering

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

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. Professional Qualification 10+ yrs experience working on projects within Investments and/or Asset Management Investments - with particular exposure with Portfolio Management and/or Trade execution domains. Strong communication with ability to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms to diverse audiences. The Sr. Lead will partner closely with Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Front Office Technology teams to deliver high‑impact solutions across portfolio management, and ETF Technology. This role acts as a critical liaison between investment stakeholders and Agile engineering teams, translating complex investment workflows into clear, actionable business and functional requirements. Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills, collaboration with quants, Portfolio Managers, and business stakeholders. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence strategic decisions. Agile Delivery & Execution Partner with Agile teams to drive delivery through backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives. Author and maintain user stories, UAT scenarios, release notes, and supporting documentation. Coordinate and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business users and technology partners. Act as a single point of contact between business and technology, ensuring alignment on scope, priorities, and outcomes. Clearly communicate trade‑offs, risks, and dependencies to senior investment and technology stakeholders. Partner closely with partners and contractors in offshore to deliver solutions and improve productivity using AI tools like Github Copilot. Data Engineering & Management Design and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and data models for performance and scalability. Integrate data pipelines and ETL processes using Python and Azure Data Factory or similar tools. Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications. Plan and own Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups) and contribute to backlog grooming and story estimation. Domain Knowledge (Preferred) Understanding of Asset Management Investments asset classes (equities, fixed income, alternatives), portfolio theory, and investment constraints. Experience with Aladdin Enterprise/Charles River (CRD), Bloomberg AIM or other Portfolio and Order Management, integrating Aladdin SaaS to develop Investment tools and processes. Experience with solutioning and integrating with Axioma portfolio optimizer Experience with financial data providers (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI) and APIs. Key Skills & Competencies (Preferred) Technical Skills Databases: RDMS OLTP - SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MySQL Cloud: Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Key Vault, Azure SQL, Blob Storage, Azure DevOps) Languages: Python, SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL), C# (.Net) & Bash Data Tools: Azure Data Factory, Pandas, NumPy, PySpark Testing: PyTest, other Python or .Net unit test and integration testing frameworks Monitoring: Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics Salary Range: $114,500 - 194,700 USD 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 [e-mail]. 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Requirements

• 10+ yrs experience working on projects within Investments and/or Asset Management Investments - with particular exposure with Portfolio Management and/or Trade execution domains.
• Strong communication with ability to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms to diverse audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaboration with quants, Portfolio Managers, and business stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence strategic decisions.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of Asset Management Investments asset classes (equities, fixed income, alternatives), portfolio theory, and investment constraints.
• Experience with Aladdin Enterprise/Charles River (CRD), Bloomberg AIM or other Portfolio and Order Management, integrating Aladdin SaaS to develop Investment tools and processes.
• Experience with solutioning and integrating with Axioma portfolio optimizer
• Experience with financial data providers (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI) and APIs.
• Databases: RDMS OLTP - SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Key Vault, Azure SQL, Blob Storage, Azure DevOps)
• Languages: Python, SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL), C# (.Net) & Bash
• Data Tools: Azure Data Factory, Pandas, NumPy, PySpark
• Testing: PyTest, other Python or .Net unit test and integration testing frameworks
• Monitoring: Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics

Responsibilities

• Partner with Agile teams to drive delivery through backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• Author and maintain user stories, UAT scenarios, release notes, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business users and technology partners.
• Act as a single point of contact between business and technology, ensuring alignment on scope, priorities, and outcomes.
• Clearly communicate trade‑offs, risks, and dependencies to senior investment and technology stakeholders.
• Partner closely with partners and contractors in offshore to deliver solutions and improve productivity using AI tools like Github Copilot.
• Design and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and data models for performance and scalability.
• Integrate data pipelines and ETL processes using Python and Azure Data Factory or similar tools.
• Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Plan and own Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups) and contribute to backlog grooming and story estimation.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed