Lead Cloud Engineer - AWS

Do you want to build products that help shape the global knowledge economy? The Research Solutions Technology engineering team is responsible for the enterprise search technology that information professionals rely on for accurate and concise answers to their research questions. We are looking for a highly motivated engineer who will work closely with product owners, architects, and other senior-level engineers in the analysis, design, and implementation of the future evolution of TR’s search platform. Ideal candidates must “think big” and thrive on difficult problem-solving. They must also be outcome-based and able to quickly turn ideas into action.

About the Role 

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will: 

• Show Leadership – lead a small team of developers to deliver features on time by giving solid technical direction. 

• Build and Develop – software applications by understanding user needs, writing well-designed code, conducting validation/testing, and executing full SDLC from design through release 

• Be a Team Player – work in a collaborative team-oriented environment, share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross-functional and remote teams

• Be Curious & Innovative – continuously update yourself with next-generation technology, development tools, and contribute to process development practices

• Be an Agile Person – with a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines

• Be an Effective Communicator – articulate complex technical issues, share ideas, participate in peer reviews, and exhibit strong listening skills

• Take Ownership – responsible for performance, reliability and implementing changes for improving the efficiency of a technical component 

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer if you have: 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters (preferred) degree in computer science or a related field

• 5+ experience building, deploying and hosting applications (preferably AWS Cloud - 1 year)

• Experience working as part of an agile project team, writing and estimating stories

• Strong Java language development skills

• Experience working with LINUX/Unix operating systems 

• Experience designing complex systems

• Experience leading others in the design and development of complex software applications

 Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience building search engines with Lucene 

• Experience with Boolean search algorithms 

• Experience with various search result ranking algorithms (e.g., term frequency (TF-IDF), date ranking, custom relevance, etc.…)

• Experience with natural language search algorithms 

• Experience with data structures and algorithms 

• Knowledge of XML and JSON

• Experience building and maintaining distributed systems

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines

• Working knowledge of C++ and Python

• Experience with using artificial intelligence models in evaluating and ranking search results

• Experience with non-English term stemming and searching

• Experience with performance tuning involving software and OS configurations 

What’s in it For You

At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• COVID-19 Response: Currently working remotely and following local COVID-19 bylaws and guidelines with most of our offices being remote until July 2021. Upon return, we will be embracing a hybrid work environment consisting of in-office and remote work

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking, professional growth through various training programs, and access to Hackathons 

• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact

• Benefits/Perks: Health benefits, Savings/investment plans and Paid time off (including time off to volunteer and extended parental leave)

• Global Opportunities: We have employees in over 90 countries, working across 3 different industries

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Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 25,000 employees across more than 75 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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