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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.
The Lead, Application Security Engineering will help engineer, run, and continuously improve the technical capabilities that support Northern Trust’s Application Security program.
This is a hands-on engineering role responsible for improving security platforms, integrations, automation, developer workflows, reliability, and technical service delivery. The role will solve complex engineering problems while developing reusable technical patterns and automation that enable Application Security capabilities to scale.
Prior Application Security experience is not required. The successful candidate will bring strong enterprise engineering experience and the ability to improve complex technical capabilities across systems and teams.
Job Responsibilities
- Engineer and improve Application Security platforms, integrations, automation, and technical workflows.
- Design and enhance integrations across source control, CI/CD, security, cloud, workflow, and enterprise technology platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex technical failures and improve capability reliability, observability, recovery, and scalability.
- Automate repeatable technical work as workflows become sufficiently understood, while developing reusable engineering patterns and technical documentation.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership and partner with engineering teams, technology partners, and vendors to improve Application Security delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on experience engineering, integrating, or supporting complex enterprise software, platform, infrastructure, DevSecOps, security, or comparable technical capabilities.
- Experience building integrations or automation using APIs, scripting, workflow technologies, software development, or comparable engineering methods.
- Experience solving complex technical problems across CI/CD, source control, developer tooling, cloud services, enterprise platforms, or comparable software-delivery environments.
Experience and Education
- Eight or more years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure engineering, security engineering, systems integration, or a related technical discipline.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating security testing, security controls, or other technical services into software-delivery and developer workflows.
- Experience with enterprise platforms such as GitHub, Checkmarx, ServiceNow, cloud technologies, or comparable development, workflow, and security technologies.
- Experience improving technical capabilities through automation, observability, reliability engineering, or transition from manually intensive or vendor-supported delivery.
Salary Range:
$94,620 - 160,740 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 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 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.
The Lead, Application Security Engineering will help engineer, run, and continuously improve the technical capabilities that support Northern Trust’s Application Security program.
This is a hands-on engineering role responsible for improving security platforms, integrations, automation, developer workflows, reliability, and technical service delivery. The role will solve complex engineering problems while developing reusable technical patterns and automation that enable Application Security capabilities to scale.
Prior Application Security experience is not required. The successful candidate will bring strong enterprise engineering experience and the ability to improve complex technical capabilities across systems and teams.
Job Responsibilities
- Engineer and improve Application Security platforms, integrations, automation, and technical workflows.
- Design and enhance integrations across source control, CI/CD, security, cloud, workflow, and enterprise technology platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex technical failures and improve capability reliability, observability, recovery, and scalability.
- Automate repeatable technical work as workflows become sufficiently understood, while developing reusable engineering patterns and technical documentation.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership and partner with engineering teams, technology partners, and vendors to improve Application Security delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on experience engineering, integrating, or supporting complex enterprise software, platform, infrastructure, DevSecOps, security, or comparable technical capabilities.
- Experience building integrations or automation using APIs, scripting, workflow technologies, software development, or comparable engineering methods.
- Experience solving complex technical problems across CI/CD, source control, developer tooling, cloud services, enterprise platforms, or comparable software-delivery environments.
Experience and Education
- Eight or more years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure engineering, security engineering, systems integration, or a related technical discipline.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating security testing, security controls, or other technical services into software-delivery and developer workflows.
- Experience with enterprise platforms such as GitHub, Checkmarx, ServiceNow, cloud technologies, or comparable development, workflow, and security technologies.
- Experience improving technical capabilities through automation, observability, reliability engineering, or transition from manually intensive or vendor-supported delivery.
Salary Range:
$94,620 - 160,740 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 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.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Banking & Financial Services
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Electronics & Hardware
- Manufacturing
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in lead application engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, software, or systems engineering or a related field
- 5 or more years of experience in application engineering, systems integration, or technical sales support
- Proficiency with CAD tools, simulation software, or domain-specific platforms relevant to the employer's product line
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical demonstrations, proof-of-concept builds, or customer solution design
- Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading small cross-functional project teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for translating complex technical details to non-technical stakeholders
Tips for Your Lead Application Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to pre-sales context
Lead application engineer roles often sit at the intersection of engineering and customer success. Highlight experiences where you translated technical specs into client solutions, ran product demos, or supported RFP responses rather than focusing purely on internal development work.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists lead application engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Quantify your cross-functional impact
Hiring managers want to see how your engineering work moved a business outcome. Document instances where your technical guidance shortened a sales cycle, reduced customer onboarding issues, or drove a product adoption milestone in measurable terms.
Target postings that match your domain stack
Lead application engineer roles vary sharply by domain: PLCs and SCADA for industrial automation, APIs and SDKs for software, or mechatronics for manufacturing. Filter your job search by the technology stack listed in the job description to avoid mismatched applications.
Prepare a technical presentation sample
Many interview processes for this role include a live demo or customer scenario exercise. Prepare a concise walkthrough of a past application you engineered or a product you can explain clearly to a non-technical audience, ideally under ten minutes.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
Lead application engineers frequently carry both technical and account responsibilities without formal sales titles. When negotiating your offer, clarify which customer accounts you own, what escalation authority you hold, and whether on-call or travel expectations are included in the base scope.
Lead Application Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most lead application engineers?
AT&T, SpaceX, and Booz Allen Hamilton are hiring the most lead application engineers right now, with openings concentrated in Texas, New Jersey, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially active in industrial automation, semiconductor equipment, and enterprise software sectors.
How many lead application engineer jobs are remote?
About 73% of lead application engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies by specialization. Software-focused application engineering roles tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while positions tied to on-site customer installations or hardware demos more often require regional travel or on-site presence.
How do you become a lead application engineer?
Start with a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and spend several years in application engineering, field engineering, or systems integration roles. Build depth in a specific product domain, take on customer-facing responsibilities, and develop the ability to mentor junior engineers. Employers typically promote or hire into lead roles once you demonstrate both technical authority and cross-functional project leadership.
Can you get a lead application engineer job with little direct experience?
Candidates with strong domain engineering backgrounds but limited formal application engineering titles can be competitive if they emphasize customer-facing or cross-functional project work from adjacent roles such as field service engineering, solutions architecture, or technical product management. Targeted certifications in relevant platforms or tools, combined with a portfolio of customer solution examples, help close the experience gap.
What does the lead application engineer interview process look like?
The process typically includes a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on technical background and customer experience, and a technical round that may involve a live product demo, a system design exercise, or a customer scenario walkthrough. Some employers add a panel interview with sales or product team members to assess cross-functional communication skills before extending an offer.
Where can I find and apply to lead application engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to lead application engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your domain and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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