at Northern Trust Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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.
Senior Data Engineer
WHO WE ARE
Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Today, we are going through a metamorphosis - starting with our Wealth Management business where we are embracing Agile ways of working and exploring new technologies like cloud, analytics, microservices architecture, etc. Last but not least, our advanced Digital design systems enable us to put our valued customers at the heart of our user experience.
WHO YOU ARE
As a Senior Data Engineer you will play a crucial role in shaping our data infrastructure and strategy. You will be responsible for leading a team of data engineers, designing and implementing robust data solutions, and ensuring the scalability and reliability of our data system. This role is perfect for a dynamic leader passionate about leveraging data to make impactful decisions. 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 in data integration/transformation frameworks, DevSecOps, serverless computing/architecture and cloud technologies along with building skills to anticipate what the near future will bring. You love clean interfaces and have a real passion for extraordinary user experience. Furthermore:
You bring 7 - 12+ years of experience in data engineering designing, implementing and maintaining efficient data platforms
You have experience in leading and mentoring a team of data engineers, promoting a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
You have demonstrated experience in migrating on-premises data to cloud and setting up stable, scalable frameworks
You have strong understanding of data modeling techniques and experience in designing data models for cloud data warehouses and OLTP applications
You have advanced proficiency in Python for data processing and automation
You have strong understanding of relational database concepts and have experience with performance tuning techniques
You have hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services, preferably Azure, as it relates to data integration/migration.
You have experience with Kafka and CDC tools for real-time data synchronization
You have familiarity with BI tools and technologies for creating reports and dashboards
You have understanding of REST APIs and how to use them in practice
You have experience with continuous integration and collaboration tools like Azure ADO, GitHub and Confluence.
You have exposure to writing UNIX/LINUX scripts
Our tech stack:
Oracle Exadata / Snowflake / Azure / Airflow / Python / Kafka / Shell scripting / PowerBI
WHAT YOU'LL DOEqual Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
