Working at Northern Trust in Chicago, IL: 26 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Chicago, IL Area

"Currently I am working for Northern Trust Corporation as an SDET. I improved my back end testing skills by the help of my teammate. Company has good culture to perform at your best and keep good family like relation."

"I have worked for Northern Trust. Northern Trust believes in empowering their employees. They have a great support system, many training modules. Their employees are valued and their retention rate shows that. There is a lot of growth within the company."

"Great place to work, very professional, great people."

"?Automation Engineer with close to 6 years of experience in Information Technology with an Emphasis on quality assurance in both ?Manual a?nd ?Automation testing. ?? • ?Expertise in Quality Analysis with a strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (S? DLC)? , Software Testing Life Cycle (?STLC?) and methodologies like ?Waterfall and Agile.??? • ?Strong background in ?Automating Test Cases ?using different Automation Tools like Selenium Web Driver?, ?Cucumber?, ?JUnit,? ?TestNG?, ?Maven ?and proficient in Java and have excellent knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming ?concepts using in ?Automation perspectives?. ? ?Exhaustive experience in designing and implementation of Automation Frameworks including ?BDD (cucumber), data-driven a?nd ?Page Object Model (POM) approach. ?? Erick Rustam “SDET” Authorized to work in the United States for any employer rustamuuluermek1@gmail.com (773)-454-6425 Chicago, IL?. • ?Excellent knowledge of ?developing t?he ?Automation framework ?using different tools like ?Selenium?, J? unit/? ?TestNG,? ?Eclipse?, Maven,? ?Cucumber?, Java Programming language.? ? • ?Extensive experience in testing ?REST API ?services using ?Java, Postman?, ?RestAssured libraries,? knowledge in ?SOAP architect?. ?? • ?Excellent understanding of H? TML a?nd ?XML ?files, and extensively used ?Selenium locators ?like X? Path?, C? SS Selector?, ?Firebug,? ?FirePath locators and ?Selenium WebDriver to test web applications. ???Hands-on experience using version control systems like ?Git?, well versed in Defect Tracking and Bug Reporting tools like J? ira, HP ALM. ?? • ?Expert in ?Smoke Testing?, ?Functional, Regression, Negative, Positive, Back-end Testing, Grey Box, Black-Box Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), GUI Software Testing, Ad-hoc Testing, Cross Browser and Cross-Platform Testing using ?Selenium Grid ?and Sauce Labs. ?? ??Experienced in using Jenkins ?as ?a Continuous Integration ?server to configure with ?BitBu"

"I've worked for northern trust about 1 year and it has been a challenging and rewarding experience."

"Excellent benefits and a warm culture. Many long-term employees who truly love and believe in the purpose, vision, and brand."

"Northern Trust is a strong financial services organization, focused on corporate, institutional and individual clients."

"Have been in the industry for years and love what I do."

What do you like about working at Northern Trust?

"Interfacing with other banks, brokeage, and investment firms, whiich gave better insight to the financial arena."

What don't you like about working at Northern Trust?

"There was nothing I did not like about the firm."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat employees with respecf and their performance will improve greatly."

"I have learned a great deal and worked with very good people."

What do you like about working at Northern Trust?

"A manager who goes against the grain to support Agile processes."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Every department is different. Keep your eyes and ears open."

What don't you like about working at Northern Trust?

"Very conservative and bureaucratic IT dept. that outsources tech support to India, uses obsolete technology (Windows XP, DotNET 3.5, 32-bit PCs) and has no concept of how effective software development is really done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand that software is central to your business and act accordingly."

"I started working here Since January 2018. We use Markit EDM"

"It's a nice place to work. Decent work/life balance and decent compensation."

"Fairly conservative, conventional work place"

What do you like about working at Northern Trust?

"Seemed safe secure. People were professional and competent. Benifits fair."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Use strong handshake and look in the eyes. Personal relationships matter."

What don't you like about working at Northern Trust?

"If you are not on the inside, then you are on the outside."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue as planned. Management seemed to have vision for future growth."

"Pros: Great relationships with coworkers and decent technology available. Cons: Too many fairly lazy political types make it hard to get things done, and reliance on less productive offshore resources can cripple projects there."