Sr. Lead, Software Engineering

Northern Trust · Chicago, IL, United States of America

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Company
Northern Trust
Location
Chicago, IL, United States of America
Posted
October 15, 2026

About this job

Role Overview The Senior Lead Software Engineer is responsible for providing hands-on technical leadership across the design, development, modernization, and delivery of digital solutions supporting the Client Onboarding & Enrollments portfolio. This role combines deep software engineering expertise with architecture influence, cloud engineering, DevOps, AI-assisted development, and team enablement. The Senior Lead partners closely with Product, Architecture, Engineering, QA, SRE, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and high-performing digital products. The role serves as a senior technical leader across engineering teams, driving engineering standards, mentoring engineers, addressing complex technical challenges, and ensuring solutions align with enterprise…

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