Lead, SW Eng

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.

WHO YOU ARE

As a Mainframe Developer you are responsible for transforming the design and product vision into a seamless and delightful product. You dedicate time to stay on top of the fast changing tech space and invest a lot of energy in learning new tricks. You are caught up on industry trends and have a passion for developing solutions that delight our clients and business partners alike.  Mainframe based systems are still the backbone of our banking processing and while we are transforming the way we are processing in the future, we still have a need to enhance our systems to stay current with regulatory and industry trends. You will be primarily working on mainframe development but expected to work on distributed technology tasks as well.

• You bring 9+ years of experience with COBOL and DB2.
• You are skilled in working with MVS JCL and utilities
• You have an understanding CICS and how to make WEB Service calls from the mainframe using Z/OS connect.
• Knowledge with unit testing and test automation tools is a plus.
• Banking Knowledge is a plus
• You have a desire to expand your current Skill set to newer technologies as we transform the banking platform in the upcoming years.
• Knowledge of distributed technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies.

Our tech stack:    (Z/OS stack)  COBOL/ DB2/ AFP/ PLI / IMS/ CICS/ Z/os Connect/IBM IDz/ Github   -> mandatory

                                Junit / Oracle / DataStage / Pivotal Cloud Foundry / Salesforce / APEX -> good to have

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with Vended applications running on Either Windows Servers, Linux Servers or Mainframe.
• You have an understanding of APIs and how to use them in practice.
• You have experience with continuous integration and collaboration tools like Azure ADO and/or Confluence.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a partner on the Banking Development Team, you will be an integral part of one of our nimble and agile and/or Hybrid Agile cross-functional teams innovating an entire industry.  We cherish and nourish our diverse and inclusive culture and welcome you to help us further grow our community.  We are actively exploring emerging technologies in AI, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Blockchain and Decentralized Finance to elevate dozens of products and services which millions of customers use.  As a Full Stack Developer, you will:

• Work Closely with other developers to design and develop functional, performing and complete features, systems and APIs
• Constantly look for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution by not being afraid of challenging the status quo
• Mentor and coach other developers on the team, specifically with code reviews and pair programming
• Decipher existing software systems and platforms and hook in applications to applicable data sources
• Write both unit and integration tests and develop automation tools for daily tasks

WHY 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 that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve. Our talented, driven and energetic people are truly changing the face of Northern Trust. The speed with which we work, the influence of each partner and the focus to positively change the client experience is our common passion. People are our greatest Wealth, so if you have a genuine desire to work in a fast-paced, Agile, inclusive environment which values teamwork, well-honed problem-solving skills, deadline management, ongoing and comprehensive communication, constant attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement then

seek no more!

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.