Lead, Enterprise Architect

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 world’s 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 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Lead, Solution Architect Your Role  We are seeking a technically hands-on Solution Architect who combines strong architecture expertise with practical engineering capability, to help deliver solutions in the Enterprise Architecture team. This individual will operate as a player-coach, contributing directly to solution design and implementation - writing code, building automations, and enhancing AI-driven solutions.  This role is ideal for an architect who does not want to stay purely at the conceptual level, but instead actively participates supports in building, prototyping, and evolving enterprise solutions alongside engineering teams.  Requirements/Job Responsibilities  Solution Architecture and Engineering Execution Design  Develop solution designs for enterprise architecture solutions and consult with other teams as needed Design enterprise architecture solutions, consulting with other teams as needed.  Develop Proofs-of-Concept to validate architectural decisions  Develop proofs-of-concept and reference implementations to validate architectural decisions  Propose changes to Design and evolve enterprise architecture patterns across cloud, SaaS, and AI-enabled platforms  Directly contribute to codebases where appropriate (e.g., APIs, automation, integrations, AI agents)  Develop proofs-of-concept and reference implementations to validate architectural decisions  Develop solution designs for enterprise architecture solutions and consult with other teams as needed  AI and Automation Development  Design, build, and enhance AI agents and copilots using modern frameworks (e.g., Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, LangChain, Semantic Kernel)  Contribute to prompt engineering, orchestration logic, and integration patterns  Automate enterprise governance and operational processes using tools such as Power Automate, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, or similar  Platform & Integration Engineering  Write and review code for APIs, microservices, and integration layers  Build reusable services and automation pipelines that accelerate delivery teams  Assist in debugging, performance tuning, and resolving complex technical issues  Governance & Standards