Principal Software Engineer

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable solutions using Python, Azure services, and SQL-based data platforms. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in Python, Azure, and SQL, with a strong emphasis on data engineering and AI/ML enablement.

Requirements

• Technical ownership
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable solutions
• Define and enforce coding standards, architecture best practices, and development workflows
• Drive modern architecture patterns including 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
• Champion adoption of GitHub Copilot as an AI-assisted development capability
• Establish and maintain Copilot instruction files and reusable agent skills
• Define and scale an 'agentic SDLC' approach where AI agents assist across the lifecycle

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
• other voluntary and well-being benefits