Data Analytics 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 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.

Data Analytics Engineer

This role requires advanced data analytics skills using ML, AI, and GenAI, with expertise in designing data-driven AI solutions for complex business needs. Investment Management or Asset Management experience is recommended. The ideal candidate will have an expert-level understanding of relational database concepts, dimensional database concepts, database architecture and design, and ontology and taxonomy design. Intellectual curiosity, a drive for independent work, and attention to detail are crucial. Professional experience in driving change, transformation, and process improvement initiatives is also important. The role involves managing relationships with stakeholders and executive leadership to achieve business outcomes, and requires an understanding of data security, cyber-security, and PII management, as well as a deep understanding of relational and NoSQL data stores, methods, and approaches.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring client satisfaction through effective project management and customer service.
• Evangelize data strategy, supporting strategic business and technology goals through design, documentation, and negotiation.
• Display thought leadership in modern architecture principles and technology.
• Lead technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of architecture solutions.
• Provide architecture direction for engineers, supporting technical patterns and minimizing technical debt.
• Drive continuous technology transformation and improve efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology advances by analyzing industry and technology trends.
• Participate in defining target state technology architecture and roadmaps, ensuring IT initiative alignment.
• Contribute to a fast-paced Agile team, involved in planning, documentation, execution, testing, and launch.
• Interface with global teams for collaborative business deliveries.
• Demonstrate a strong grasp of value creation and business capability models for large-scale technology platforms.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
• Seasoned expert with extensive technical and business knowledge, and functional expertise developed over several years.
• Experience in systems analysis and application program development.
• Experience with project feasibility, definition requirements, design, and/or project leadership.
• Experience with various technical programming languages, and phase report studies is required.

Salary Range

$114,500 - 194,700 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.

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.

Key skills/competency

• Data Analytics
• Machine Learning (ML)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Generative AI (GenAI)
• Database Architecture
• Data Security
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Systems Analysis
• Technology Transformation