Associate AI Engineer
Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
Vacancies:
Job Summary
About Northern Trust
As a global leader in innovative wealth management asset servicing asset management and banking services Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the worlds most successful individuals families corporations and institutions.
Since 1889 we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service Expertise and Integrity. Together they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees whom we call partners and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.
With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
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)
AI & Application Development
Build end-to-end AI-powered applications (UI backend services model orchestration)
Design and implement RAG pipelines for enterprise knowledge retrieval and grounding
Develop and deploy LLM-based workflows and agents (multi-step reasoning tool use orchestration)
Integrate models via APIs and hosted platforms (Databricks Azure AI Foundry etc.)
LLM Evaluation & Quality
Develop LLM evaluation frameworks (accuracy hallucination detection relevance safety)
Implement automated testing and benchmarking for prompt chains and agents
Define and monitor LLM performance metrics (precision recall grounding fidelity)
Support experimentation (prompt engineering model comparisons fine-tuning readiness)
Data & Backend Engineering
Build andoptimizedata pipelines leveraging Databricks (Spark Delta)
Design and query structured and semi-structured datasets using Postgres
Enable efficient retrieval layers (vector search embeddings indexing strategies)
Support data modeling for AI use cases (knowledge bases feature stores)
Platform & Agent Development
Develop AI agents within Databricks andAzureecosystems
Integrate orchestration frameworks (LangChainLangGraphAutoGen or similar)
Build reusable services/APIs for agent capabilities (search summarization reasoning)
Full Stack Development
Contribute to lightweight front-end interfaces for AI applications (React or similar)
Build backend APIs/services (Python-based frameworks)
Ensure production readiness (logging monitoring scalability security)
Salary Range:
$80800 - 133400 USDSalary 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. Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.
Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trusts history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.
Reasonable Accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please email our HR Service Center at or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Discover Northern Trust’s trusted financial services for individuals, families, and institutions. Guided by service, expertise, and integrity since 1889, we offer wealth management, asset servicing, and investment solutions tailored to your goals.
