Northern Trust
Technical Lead, Applications (Finance)
We burnished our reputation as a global leader delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions enabled by sophisticated, leading technology. And through it all, we continually laid a solid, forward-looking foundation on which future generations can continue growing and achieving greater.
As of June 30, 2018, Northern Trust Corporation had:
$135 billion in banking assets
$8.1 trillion in assets under custody
$10.7 trillion in assets under custody/administration
$1.1 trillion in assets under management
Who We Are
Digital Experience Solutions is a multidisciplinary development, design and research team dedicated to delivering innovative, differentiated and exceptional experiences to Northern Trust's clients and employees. Digital Experience Solutions is committed to growing and supporting a diverse team, with a collaborative environment that provides educational and career growth opportunities.
As a Technical Lead Applications on the Online Report Center Technology team, you would drive architecture modernization and UX redesign initiatives for Northern Trust's reporting applications for corporate and institutional clients.
What You Will Do
The Technical Lead Applications is a curious, strategically driven individual who leads with empathy, takes ownership of projects and:
• Contributes to an open culture that enables employees' development through kind and candid feedback, promotes diverse perspectives and fosters a sense of curiosity and optimism
• Leads a global technology team located in Chicago and India, setting short-term and strategic priorities in an agile environment
• Collaborates with business stakeholders across the organization to determine business needs, identify priorities and build a strategic roadmap
• Ensures compliance and identifies and escalates risks, with an eye toward change control procedures and data security
• Participates in capital management and setting team expense budgets
What You have
As a Technical Lead Applications, you must have experience with at least some, but not all, of the following:
• 10+ years of application architect and team lead experience using modern technical frameworks and architecture, including experience leading technology teams
• Lead and delivery of multi-channel applications (web, mobile, API, etc.)
• Understanding of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) and/or other methodologies
• Experience working on projects in an Agile/XP environment
• Experience using at least some of the following technologies: Java, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), Docker Hub (Compose, Containers), APIs, SOAP and RESTful interfaces, GIT, Gradle, Maven, NPM, Spring (Spring Batch and Spring Boot), Bootstrap, CSS3, HTML4, React.js, Node.js/JavaScript, Oracle PL/SQL
The following nice-to-haves represent just a few of the other experiences that may be relevant to this position:
• Bachelor's or Associate's degree in Computer Science or equivalent major
• Experience in financial services
• Experience working effectively with diverse groups around the world, including IT management, technology staff, business partners, consultants, vendors and clients