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Global Head of Platform Engineering

Northern Trust · Chicago, IL · 3 wk ago
Engineering$240k–$375k/yrFull-time

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services. Founded in 1889, the company is known for its commitment to integrity, expertise, and service. With over 24,000 partners and a rich history spanning more than 135 years, Northern Trust serves the world's most sophisticated clients with leading technology and exceptional service.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end developer experience across build, test, deployment, and runtime by partnering with application engineering leaders across Engineering and BU CIO to understand needs, identify opportunities, and reduce friction across the software development lifecycle.
  • Design, build, and maintain DevSecOps integrations and pipelines to enable efficient, reliable, and predictable software delivery across the firm while ensuring platform stability and resilience.
  • Deliver developer productivity and flow metrics by collecting, integrating, and maintaining data and analytics across disparate systems.
  • Design, build, and maintain AI agents that support the end-to-end SDLC and contribute to more predictable, efficient software delivery.
  • Maintain common shared services and tools, including API gateways, Confluence, and other core engineering platforms.
  • Maintain current and approved open-source libraries and dependencies.
  • Lead the product management function for Platform Engineering by defining the vision, roadmap, and priorities for shared engineering platforms and services in partnership with engineering leaders and key stakeholders.
  • Drive adoption of common standards, tools, and practices across Global Engineering and BU CIO, including:
    • Establish standards for tooling, platform usage, and service reliability.
    • Modernize legacy engineering tools and workflows.
    • Implement and standardize agile delivery practices in partnership with Scaled Agile coaches, including:
      • Establish tools, technologies, standards, and best practices to accelerate agile delivery.
      • Own execution of the agile operating model in partnership with Scaled Agile coaches, and continuously adapt processes to improve performance, efficiency, and outcomes.
  • Enhance software engineering productivity through continuous integration and delivery, automation, and innovation.
  • Drive adoption of agile practices and outcomes through tooling, enablement, and measurement.
  • Partner closely with Security, SRE, Risk, Control, and Architecture teams to embed best practices into shared tooling and platforms.
  • Measure and improve engineering productivity using qualitative feedback and quantitative metrics such as DORA and cycle time.
  • Improve the stability of tools and platforms to increase developer productivity and enhance the overall developer experience.
  • Partner with the business and key technology stakeholders to transform the software delivery platform by infusing modern methods and tools, including AI, to drive efficiency and improve speed to market for the Engineering and BU CIO teams.
  • Be accountable for platform delivery metrics, including stability, velocity, and other measures that demonstrate the success of the platform.

    • Skills/Qualifications

    • Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
    • Experience: 20+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in a technical leadership role.
    • Competencies: Influence without authority, drive efficiency and results, strong problem-solving skills, strong business acumen, demonstrated experience applying product management disciplines to internal engineering platforms, emerging technology trends, modern CI/CD practices, cloud-native architectures, automation tools, agile engineering and delivery practices, security frameworks, SDLC governance and technical debt management, SaaS ecosystems, application portfolio rationalization and modernization, financial services domain knowledge, awareness of risk, control, and regulatory requirements relevant to financial services technology.
    • Experience: Experience leading teams through change at scale.

    Benefits

    Northern Trust offers a comprehensive benefits package including retirement 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, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. The company also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

    Working with Us

    As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

    Reasonable Accommodation

    Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com, or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.

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