Principal, AI Engineer

Northern Trust
Chicago
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 137,400 - 233,600 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Communication","Data governance","Risk management","Mentoring"]

Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable generative AI platform capabilities using LLM-powered AI services on Azure AI Foundry. Build and productionize client-facing AI integrations and dashboards, architect end-to-end data pipelines for structured and unstructured data, and establish semantic/data integration standards. Provide technical leadership across delivery teams, coordinate with model risk, data scientists, and compliance stakeholders, and ensure audit-ready metadata, lineage, encryption, and access controls in a highly regulated environment.

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Northern Trust
Northern Trust
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Principal, AI Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable generative AI platform capabilities using LLM-powered AI services on Azure AI Foundry. Build and productionize client-facing AI integrations and dashboards, architect end-to-end data pipelines for structured and unstructured data, and establish semantic/data integration standards. Provide technical leadership across delivery teams, coordinate with model risk, data scientists, and compliance stakeholders, and ensure audit-ready metadata, lineage, encryption, and access controls in a highly regulated environment.
Location: Chicago
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead development of client-facing AI capabilities and integration methods, embedding them into front ends and interactive dashboards while meeting validation and responsible AI standards.
  • •Oversee data integration approaches across business units by integrating structured and unstructured data into the enterprise AI framework in collaboration with AI architecture, AI engineering, and data platform teams.
  • •Architect and implement data pipelines integrating internal banking systems, external feeds, and cloud platforms for AI/ML use cases, including real-time and batch ingestion.
  • •Drive semantic architecture and engineering practices for Northern Trust intelligence, advancing context engineering and contributing to enterprise AI architecture standards and governance frameworks.
  • •Provide leadership across multiple technical delivery teams, guide regulatory compliance and audits, and ensure secure data privacy through encryption, access controls, metadata, lineage, and audit trails.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 137,400 - 233,600 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPensionPaid LeaveParental LeaveLife InsuranceDisability Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience in data engineering or integration, preferably in financial services or banking.
  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field.
  • •Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, including PostgreSQL skills and experience with vector databases such as PGVector, Pinecone, or Neo4j.
  • •Hands-on experience building production-grade LLM/GenAI applications using patterns like RAG, agents, and tool use, including prompt design and streaming for model provider APIs (Anthropic/Claude and/or OpenAI/GPT).
  • •Experience designing and consuming REST APIs, with knowledge of authentication, rate limiting, and error handling.
Experience:10+ yearsFinancial servicesBankingAI/MLGenerative AILLM applications
Education:
Skills:Stakeholder managementCommunicationData governanceRisk managementMentoring
Tech Stack:Python.NETC#ReactJavaSQLPostgreSQLPGVectorPineconeNeo4jREST APIsAzure AI FoundryAzureAWSGCPVS CodeGitHub CopilotPysparkContainer architectureUnix

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Northern Trust
Global financial services firm providing wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions to institutions, corporations, and affluent individuals, with a focus on custody, investment management, and technology-driven services.
Industry: Asset Management
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Chicago, United States
Founded: 1889
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