Global Engineering is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (.NET Technical Lead) to provide technical leadership for the design, development, and delivery of modern cloud-native applications and platforms. This role serves as a senior technical leader and principal designer, working closely with business, product, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performing solutions.
The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on expertise in .NET development, cloud technologies, microservices architecture, and AI-assisted software engineering with strong leadership, communication, and project delivery skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and engineering excellence.
- Serve as the principal designer for major systems and applications, defining architectures, technical standards, and implementation strategies.
- Partner with business stakeholders, product teams, and architects to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Design, develop, and support applications using C#, .NET Core/.NET, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, SQL Server, and modern API frameworks.
- Architect and implement microservices and event-driven solutions leveraging Kafka and related messaging technologies.
- Design and deploy cloud-native solutions utilizing Azure and/or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Drive adoption of CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps, and secure software development practices.
- Lead technical project planning, solution design, implementation, and status reporting for strategic initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise standards, audit requirements, change management controls, and data security policies.
- Collaborate with vendors, consultants, and technology partners as needed.
- Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and architectural patterns to improve business outcomes and operational efficiency.
- Champion the use of AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, and AI-assisted engineering platforms to enhance developer productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with enterprise-scale systems.
- 5+ years of experience in technical leadership, solution design, systems analysis, or project leadership roles.
- Strong expertise in:
- C#
- .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
- Entity Framework Core
- SQL Server
- REST APIs
- Microservices Architecture
- Experience with:
- Kafka or equivalent messaging platforms
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Azure and/or AWS
- Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), design patterns, distributed systems, Agile, and DevOps practices.
- Hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted software engineering tools to accelerate software development and improve engineering effectiveness.
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence technical direction across multiple teams.
- Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Financial Services experience.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
- Familiarity with modern security frameworks including OAuth, JWT, SAML, SSO, and Identity Management solutions.
Salary Range:
$137,400 - 233,600 USD
Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides 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. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).
