Sr Lead Software Engineer - AI Security Platform
Listed on 2026-09-07
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Software Development
DevOps, Azure, Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer
Senior Lead Software Engineer
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Lead Software Engineer to support technical development of our AI-powered Code Security Scanner platform. This platform leverages Generative AI and advanced security automation to identify, validate, and report software vulnerabilities across enterprise codebases.
The platform consists of:
- React-based web application and user dashboard
- Python-based orchestration and scanning framework
- Azure AI Foundry integrations
- Azure Functions, Azure SQL, and cloud-native services
- Containerized scanning environments and security controls
This role will be responsible for ongoing development, architectural evolution, and long-term enhancement of the platform. The successful candidate must be equally comfortable designing user-facing applications, building automation, integrating AI services, and securing cloud-native solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Platform Ownership
- Serve as a lead technical developer for the AI Code Scanner platform.
- Implement modernization, enhancements, and scalability initiatives.
- Front-End Development
- Enhance and support the React-based web application.
- Improve user experience, reporting dashboards, workflow management, and administrative capabilities.
- Implement secure authentication and authorization patterns.
- Backend & AI Engineering
- Maintain and extend Python-based orchestration and scanning services.
- Build integrations with Azure AI Foundry and LLM-based security analysis capabilities.
- Enhance automated vulnerability analysis, reporting, and verification workflows.
- Dev Ops & Automation
- Design and maintain Git Hub Actions workflows.
- Manage CI/CD pipelines and ephemeral runner infrastructure.
- Improve automation, reliability, observability, and deployment processes.
- Cloud Engineering
- Design and support Azure-based services including:
- Azure AI Foundry
- Azure Functions
- Azure SQL
- Azure Storage
- Azure Monitoring and Logging
- Azure Entra
Required Qualifications
- Experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale applications in regulated environments
- Technical Skills
- Front-End
- Expert-level React development
- JavaScript and Type Script
- Modern SPA architecture
- REST APIs and authentication integrations
- Backend
- Expert-level Python development
- API design and integration
- Automation and orchestration frameworks
- Test automation and quality engineering
- Dev Ops
- Git Hub Actions
- CI/CD pipeline design
- Infrastructure automation
- Container technologies
- Cloud
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure Functions
- Azure SQL
- Azure Storage
- Azure Entra
- Managed Identities
- Azure RBAC
- AI & Automation
- Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Azure AI Foundry or equivalent AI platforms
- Agent-based workflows and automation frameworks
- Security
- Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC)
- Authentication and authorization (OAuth, OIDC, SAML)
- Secrets management
- Container security
- Application security and vulnerability management
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building security scanning platforms
- Background in Application Security or Dev Sec Ops
- Experience with SARIF and static analysis tools
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and sandboxed execution environments
- Familiarity with Azure APIM and enterprise networking
- Experience building AI-assisted developer or security tooling
- Prior experience in financial services or other regulated industries
Success Criteria
- Within the first 12 months, this individual will:
- Successfully support and enhance Code Scanner Platform.
- Deliver new scanning and reporting capabilities.
- Improve platform scalability and reliability.
- Expand AI-powered vulnerability detection capabilities.
- Drive modernization of the architecture and development practices.
- Full-stack development expertise
- Deep Python engineering skills
- Strong Git Hub Actions and Dev Ops experience
- Azure cloud architecture knowledge
- AI/LLM integration experience
- Security engineering mindset
- Ability to independently own and evolve a strategic cybersecurity platform
Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for a senior engineer who combines:
Salary Range:
$114, 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).
Working with 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.…
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