Principal, SW Quality Engineer

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 worlds 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 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Northern Trust is looking for a Principal Quality Engineering to join its payments messaging and liquidity testing team. The role demands leadership skills along with technical knowledge of subject matter. The ideal candidate will drive testing of multiple projects within the portfolio leveraging next gen automation solutions AI driven technologies and smart quality strategies.

Location : Chicago IL USA

Experience : 14 -18 Years ( Minimum 8 years in Quality Engineering and 5 years in leadership role)

Business Domain: Custody Banking Payments Liquidity and Trades

Banking Products: Flex cube / Bancs/ LME/ GPP/MTS/ Polaris LMS

Payment System: CHAPS SEPA CREST RITS AustraClear FEDwire Chips

Tools: Azure Devops Selenium with Java DevOps concepts CI- CD implementation

Good to have : Exposure to AI based QE solutioning

Job Description AND Principal Responsibilities

• Thought leadership consultation mentoring & guidance for test automation
• Advance product quality via testing innovations and process improvement
• Collaborate with BAs Architects & Developers in designing testable applications
• Technical roadmaps & plans for implementing enterprise/program test strategies
• Design & manage technical proof-of-concept and feasibility studies
• Resolve technical issues anticipate risks and ensure timely management escalation
• Utilize analytical skills in determining the root cause of defects & issues
• Influence and communicate effectively with both technical & non-technical audiences
• Analysis optimization improvement & maintenance of current test automation suites
• Master enterprise/program high-level business workflows
• Mentor junior SDETs to improve technical ability and effectiveness
• Promote and support implementation of automated CI/CT/CD pipeline
• Develop & extend test automation frameworks for UI Micro services & API
• Guarantee compliance to automation framework standards & best practices
• Facilitate automated on-demand test automation metrics
• Ensure automated tests are run early & often providing quick feedback to the team
• Seek stakeholder feedback via test automation demos
• Accelerate test development process by leveraging existing assets standards & best practices; Add new functions/methods to the libraries for continuous improvement

Experience

• BS in Computer Science Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent
• 14-18 years of overall experience with at least 8 years in quality engineering
• 5-8 years of experience implementing test automation
• 5-8 years of Experience in leading team of employee/contractors
• Experience in multi-tiered complex system design & architecture

Required Skills:

• Excellent knowledge of SDLC and Agile development practices
• Lead level exposure to Java Selenium/LeanFT BDD (Cucumber/JBehave) TestNG Eclipse/IntelliJ
• Experience with Devops/CICD toolset - Bamboo/Jenkins/Concourse Maven Git BitBucket
• Expert in QA process techniques & méthodologies
• Forecasting estimation & ROI analysis
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
• Both attention to detail & ability to rise above details to see broader implications & recommend strategic solutions
• Self-starter; Positive & adaptable; Multi-task in a continually changing environment
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills with technical & business partners

Preferred/ Recommended Skills:

• Proven ability to lead and collaborate in global cross functional teams
• Familiarity with Banking/Financial domain
• Experience in leading large programs

Salary Range:

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.

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.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us andapply 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 .

We hope youre 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.