Senior Lead Full Stack Developer

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.

Role Overview

The Senior Lead Full Stack Developer will provide hands‑on technical guidance, owning the design, build, and operational stability of critical services and integrations. This role is accountable for delivering high‑quality, scalable, and resilient solutions while setting engineering standards and guiding development teams.

The role combines deep technical execution with leadership responsibilities, acting as the primary technical authority for Java‑based services, event‑driven processing, and cloud‑native deployments on Azure.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery & Ownership

• Lead the design and development of full stack services using event driven architecture.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of features and technical capabilities, from design through production support.
• Ensure services are reliable, observable, and operationally ready prior to release.

Backend & Integration Development

• Design and implement backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain REST APIs that integrate with vended application and upstream and downstream systems.
• Design and operate event‑driven workflows using Kafka, including producers, consumers, retries, and error handling.

Data & Persistence

• Design and manage data models and access patterns using Azure Cosmos DB.
• Ensure data consistency, performance, and scalability aligned integration patterns...