Sr Lead Data Engineer – Data & Agentic AI

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.

Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) is seeking a hands-on Senior Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and operate modern data and AI-driven solutions. This is a deeply technical role focused on building scalable data platforms and applying Agentic AI to solve real-world data engineering, quality, and analytics challenges. Role Overview This role sits within NTAM’s Data & AI engineering organization and partners closely with investment, operations, and technology stakeholders. The successful candidate will work hands-on across the full data lifecycle—data ingestion, modeling, validation, analytics, and AI augmentation—using Snowflake as the core data platform. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, data models, and analytics solutions on Snowflake. Lead hands-on development of Agentic AI solutions within the data platform, focused on automation and augmentation of data engineering and analytics workflows. Implement intelligent data quality checks, QA automation, reconciliation, and validation frameworks. Build automated impact analysis capabilities to assess downstream effects of changes to data pipelines, schemas, and business logic. Translate business and operational data problems into well-defined agent-based architectures with clear decision boundaries and human-in-the-loop controls. Integrate AI agents with enterprise data services including Snowflake, APIs, metadata and lineage services, and analytics layers. Partner with business stakeholders to identify high-value AI and data use cases and deliver production-ready solutions. Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and architectural guidance to engineering teams. Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for data security, privacy, auditability, and responsible AI. Continuously evaluate emerging data and Agentic AI technologies for practical enterprise adoption. Agentic AI – NTAM Data Platform Context The role applies Agentic AI specifically within NTAM’s enterprise data platform, with Snowflake at the core. Agentic AI solutions are expected to augment and automate data engineering and analytics workflows rather than operate as standalone AI systems. Hands-on responsibilities include building intelligent agents that reason over data, metadata, and business rules to proactively detect data quality issues, perform QA validation, assess downstream impact of changes, and surface actionable insights for engineering and business users. All Agentic AI solutions must be production-grade, explainable, secure, and aligned with NTAM’s data governance and compliance standards. Required Skills & Experience Expertise designing and building data-driven solutions on Snowflake. Strong experience in data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data warehouse best practices. Hands-on experience delivering Agentic AI or AI-driven automation in the data domain. Experience with data quality frameworks, and data impact analysis. Strong understanding of relational and dimensional data modeling. Experience integrating data platforms with APIs, metadata services, and analytics tools. Strong programming and problem-solving skills. Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline. 10+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering and analytics. Experience working in investment management or asset management banks preferred.

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 Trust’s 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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com , or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.

About Our Bangalore Office

The Northern Trust Bangalore office, established in 2005, is home to over 5,600 employees.  In this stunning office space, we offer fantastic amenities which include our Arrival Hub - Jungle, the GameZone, and the Employee Experience Zone that appeal to both clients and employees.  Learn more.