Technical Lead, Full Stack Engineer at Northern Trust in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

WHO WE ARE

Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Today, we are going through a metamorphosis - starting with our Wealth Management business where we are embracing Agile ways of working and exploring new technologies like cloud, analytics, microservices architecture, etc. Last but not least, our advanced Digital design systems enable us to put our valued customers at the heart of our user experience.

The Goals Driven Wealth Management platform is a showcase product for Northern Trust's Wealth Management business and must demonstrate our ability to deliver innovative technology solutions. Goals Driven Wealth Management framework coupled with the innovative technology provides a framework to make decisions, and enables advisors to provide holistic advice to clients.

WHY 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 that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve. Our talented, driven and energetic people are truly changing the face of Northern Trust.

The speed with which we work, the influence of each partner and the focus to positively change the client experience is our common passion.

People are our greatest Wealth, so if you have a genuine desire to work in a fast-paced, Agile, inclusive environment which values teamwork, well-honed problem-solving skills, deadline management, ongoing and comprehensive communication, constant attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement then seek no more!

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a partner on the Goals Driven Wealth Management Team,

you will be an integral part of one of our nimble and agile cross-functional teams innovating an entire industry. We cherish and nourish our diverse and inclusive culture and welcome you to help us further grow our community.

As a Full Stack Technical Lead,

you will:

• Work closely with other developers to design and develop functional, performing and complete features, systems and APIs

• Constantly looks for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution by not being afraid of challenging the status quo

• Work with architects to select software technology stacks and architecture patterns

• Identify appropriate technical solutions that provide business value while mitigating technical debt

• Participate in R&D and POC's before active development for any key features where solutions need to be created.

• Enable the development organization by creating working examples

• Liaise with the Wealth Lead Architecture Groups

• Solve problems collaboratively

• Work with other developers on the team, specifically with code reviews and pair programming

• Decipher existing software systems and platforms and hook in applications to applicable data sources

• Write both unit and integration tests and develop automation tools for daily tasks

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