Lead Software Engineer

Thomson Reuters is looking to add a Lead Software Engineer to our Legal Technology team in our Toronto office. We are looking for an adaptable learner who can think in code and likes to learn and develop new skills as they are needed; someone comfortable with jumping into new problems spaces; who enjoys directing and supporting the efforts of others. As a Lead Software Engineer, you must thrive in a technical leadership role and naturally be a collaborative & transparent team member. The successful applicant will be working within an agile team located locally and in remote locations following a scrum based methodology.

About the Role

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will:

Design and deliver:

• Drive the team designing and developing using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Azure Cloud, and latest web development frameworks and tools

• Play a key role in the complete software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, coding, quality, and all other DevOps responsibilities

• Drive a strong emphasis on test and deployment automation

Mentor:

• Share a team-lead role with others for managing multiple priorities for a team of software developers

• Mentor other engineers inside and outside the team

• Facilitate and guide initiatives for improving development processes

Take ownership:

• Be the “go-to” person for other software engineers on the team, tackling the toughest scenarios

• Ongoing participation in a Scrum team, and an embrace of the agile work model

• Participate in all aspects of the development lifecycle: Ideation, Design, Build, Test and Operate.  We embrace a DevOps culture (“you build it, you run it”);

• Be able to quickly adapt to new technologies and processes

Be collaborative:

• Work with other teams effectively and with minimal supervision

• Extreme collaboration with all product teams; able to work independently as well as collaboratively

• Collaborate with development managers, architects, scrum masters, software engineers, DevOps engineers, product managers and project managers to deliver phenomenal software

Key Relationships: 

• Leading milestones and technology implementations on site and in remote locations by working closely with the architect and product managers on the analysis, design and delivery of new features

• Attend occasional customer meetings when necessary and interface with partners

• Excellent verbal and written skills and be comfortable presenting ideas and issues to different levels within and outside of the organization, including leadership, customers, auditors, etc.

Be curious and innovative:

• Keep up-to-date with emerging cloud technology trends

About You

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

Basic qualifications:

• 8+ years software development experience with relevant cloud experience, strong C# knowledge working with .NET or .NET Core framework and MS SQL Server

• Experience in Front end technologies like Angular, JavaScript, etc.

• Extensive experience in design, development and scaling of REST APIs

• Experience directing a technical team in the development of a system or subsystems

• Ability to think strategically, balancing long and short-term priorities

• Expertise using Object Oriented design patterns and software development methodologies

• Demonstrated track-record for building and leading exceptional teams through collaboration, mentoring, skill training and transition of technologies and processes as technologies and compliance requirements evolve

• Skilled in managing and mentoring remote teams

• Bachelor's degree in related technology program preferred

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in Machine learning

• Knowledge of Power BI

• Experience building microservices with orchestrators like Kubernetes Managing code and changes in a team environment to include experience with source control utilities, such as Git

• Hands-on experience with security vulnerability scanning tools (Qualys, SonarQube, Veracode)

• Experience implementing Azure cloud platform services

• Experience using Agile Methodologies primarily Scrum 

• Previously designed or refactored complex architecture

What’s in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your

personal and professional growth through:

• Hybrid Work Model: Currently, as part of our COVID-19 response, our employees are working remotely and following local COVID-19 bylaws and guidelines with the majority of our offices planning to remain remote throughout 2021. Upon return, we will embrace 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.

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

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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