Title: Principal Software Engineer

Role Overview

The Principal Software Engineer in NTAM Investments Technology is a senior technical leader with 10+ years’ experience in financial services responsible for architecting and delivering scalable software and data platforms with a strong emphasis on Java-based services, data engineering, and Cloud enablement. This role partners closely with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders in NTAM Investments to build secure, reliable, and high-performance systems, while setting engineering standards and mentoring other engineers.

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience in Java (Springboot, React), strong SQL and data modeling capabilities, experience deploying on Microsoft Azure Cloud, and demonstrated ability to design data-driven performant financial applications.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Technical ownership, clearly communicate trade-offs, risks, and dependencies to senior investment and technology stakeholders.
• 8+ years experience in leading the design, development, and deployment of scalable solutions using Java Spring boot, Azure services, and SQL-based data platforms.
• Define and enforce coding standards, architecture best practices, and development workflows through design and code reviews.
• Drive modern architecture patterns including Azure Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) component orchestration, API-driven microservices and event-driven (pub/sub) systems.
• Design and optimize SQL data models, queries, and stored procedures in Snowflake for performance and scalability.
• Establish strong testing and quality standards, including unit testing and API test automation.
• Champion adoption of GitHub Copilot as an AI-assisted development capability while ensuring SDLC discipline remains intact.

Collaboration, Influence & Mentorship

• Partner cross-functionally with data engineering, architecture, and product teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineers across levels, raising overall technical engineering practices.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and influence architectural decisions.
• Guide best practices for SQL database design, optimization, and data integrity.
• Drive CI/CD pipeline automation and resolve critical production issues.
• Architect AI-driven applications and integrate machine learning models into production systems.

Domain Knowledge (Highly Preferred)

• Experience in Front office Investment Management solutions including but not limited to Portfolio management, Trading and Rebalancing, Account/Client onboarding etc.
• Understanding of Asset Management asset classes, portfolio theory, and investment constraints.
• Experience with Blackrock Aladdin, Bloomberg AIM, or other OMS platforms.
• Experience with financial data providers (Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI) and APIs.

Required Skills:

• Azure PaaS & Cloud Architecture: Expertise in Azure services (App Service, Functions, databases, integration tools) with ability to design scalable, resilient, cloud-native architectures.
• Development, DevOps & Automation: Strong programming skills (e.g., Java Springboot, Container deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (ARM/Terraform) for automated deployments.
• Security, Monitoring & Operations: Proficiency in Azure security (Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault), observability (Monitor, App Insights), and performance optimization of distributed systems.
• Experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOAP/REST APIs) and messaging technologies MQ and JMS.
• Experience in Spring/Spring boot frameworks in developing Java (POJO) based applications.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)