Sr Lead Software Engineer - AI Security Platform
Role Overview
Northern Trust is seeking a highly experienced Senior Lead Software Engineer for an AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform.
The platform uses generative AI and security automation to identify, validate, and report software vulnerabilities across enterprise codebases.
The role combines user-facing applications, Python automation, AI integrations, cloud-native services, and security controls.
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About the role
Northern Trust is seeking a highly experienced Senior Lead Software Engineer for an AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform.
The platform uses generative AI and security automation to identify, validate, and report software vulnerabilities across enterprise codebases.
The role combines user-facing applications, Python automation, AI integrations, cloud-native services, and security controls.
Platform ownership
- Serve as lead technical developer for the AI Code Scanner platform.
- Implement modernization, enhancements, scalability initiatives, and long-term architectural evolution.
- Support the platform’s strategic development and ongoing enhancement.
Development and automation
- Enhance the React web application, dashboards, workflows, and administrative capabilities.
- Maintain Python orchestration and scanning services.
- Integrate Azure AI Foundry and LLM-based security analysis.
- Design GitHub Actions workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and ephemeral runner infrastructure.
- Improve reliability, observability, automation, and deployment processes.
Cloud engineering
- Design and support Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, monitoring, logging, and Azure Entra ID services.
- Deliver scanning, reporting, and AI-powered vulnerability detection capabilities.
- Drive modernization of architecture and development practices.
Required qualifications
- At least 12 years of software engineering experience and experience supporting enterprise-scale applications in regulated environments.
- Expert-level React development, JavaScript, TypeScript, modern SPA architecture, REST APIs, and authentication integrations.
- Expert-level Python development, API design, automation and orchestration frameworks, and test automation.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and container technologies.
- Experience with Azure services, managed identities, and Azure RBAC.
- Experience with LLM integration, Azure AI Foundry or equivalent platforms, and agent-based workflows.
- Experience with secure software development, authentication, secrets management, container security, and vulnerability management.
Preferred qualifications
- Security scanning platforms, application security, or DevSecOps experience is preferred.
- SARIF, static analysis tools, Docker, Kubernetes, sandboxed execution, Azure APIM, and enterprise networking experience are preferred.
- AI-assisted developer or security tooling and regulated-industry experience are preferred.
Compensation
- The salary range is $114,500 to $194,700 USD per year.
- The package may include retirement, health and welfare benefits, paid leave, and a discretionary bonus that may include an equity component.
Work authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.
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