Principal Software Engineer

About this role

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Principal Software Engineer in NTAM (Northern Trust Asset Management) 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 Python-based services, data engineering, and Cloud enablement . Senior Subject Matter Expert (SME) Technical supporting front-office Fixed Income investment platforms. Acts as a strategic liaison between Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Technology teams to drive delivery of scalable, high-performing solutions across portfolio construction, trading, analytics, and risk.

Leads complex initiatives, shapes business requirements, and ensures alignment with investment strategy, regulatory standards, and platform modernization goals.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Serve as SME across Fixed Income products (rates, credit, municipals, derivatives) and investment workflows
• Partner with PMs, Traders, Risk, and Compliance to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions
• Drive domain consistency across portfolio construction, trading, analytics, and reporting platforms
• End-to-end requirements lifecycle (discovery, documentation, validation & delivery)
• Create high-quality artifacts: BRDs, functional specs, user stories, process flows, and data mappings
• Collaborate wi...