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end services that power generative AI agents and orchestration systems. This role requires both creativity and rigor to ensure our AI-driven solutions are performant, reliable, and adaptable to real-world use cases.
Work closely with AI/ML engineers from TR Labs, frontend developers from Westlaw UI teams, product managers, and designers to build robust services that support generative AI experiences. Help to build out our core AI interfaces such as Conversations, Workspaces, Grid, and Knowledge Base.
Key Responsibilities:
Backend Development & AI Integration
Develop and maintain backend services using Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
Implement AI orchestration systems integrating LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other providers.
Design APIs and backend logic for real-time AI interactions.
Help to build our content services to automate many different AI driven workflows across the legal professional domain
Performance & Scalability
Ensure backend systems are secure, scalable, and optimized for AI-driven applications.
Monitor and enhance system performance, across millions of documents and AI driven interactions
Collaboration & Leadership
Work closely with AI researchers, engineers, and product teams to translate AI capabilities into real-world applications.
Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement, exploring new AI technologies and methodologies.
Work closely with AI researchers, engineers, and product teams to translate AI capabilities into real-world applications.
Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement, exploring new AI technologies and methodologies.
About You
You're a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer - AI, if your background includes:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Related Field, or Equivalent Experience.
7+ years of hands-on software development experience in backend development, building scalable web services, and APIs.
3+ years of hands-on Python development with experience in FastAPI (Other API Tools Acceptable) and PostgreSQL (Other SQL Tools Acceptable).
Expertise in AWS cloud services ( Redis, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, Kinesis, KMS, IAM, Secret Manager, etc) or similar cloud services.
Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tooling.
Strong Data Engineering background and experience with Retrieval Systems leveraging tools like OpenSearch.
Experience implementing modern DevOps best practices in production environments (CI/CD using GitHub Actions and AWS services (Code Pipeline/Code Build)
Experience with LLMs, AI Solutions, and evaluation and understanding of agentic systems and workflow
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries
A pragmatic and curious mindset that drives you to find elegant solutions to complex problems
Strong communication skills that enable you to articulate technical concepts to diverse audience
Demonstrated ability to mentor others and contribute to engineering culture.
Experience in using AI-powered tools in SDLC is required.
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What's in it For You?
Join us to inform the way forward with the latest AI solutions and address real-world challenges in legal, tax, compliance, and news. Backed by our commitment to continuous learning and market-leading benefits, you'll be prepared to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. This includes:
In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.
For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $116,900 - $217,100.
This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.
Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual's knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.
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 26,000 employees across more than 70 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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