Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thomson Reuters is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build the document-processing platform powering AI products across the company. The role involves contributing to technical decision-making, designing client-facing REST APIs, and building scalable cloud services that process millions of documents using AI/ML technologies.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to technical decision-making, influencing product direction, cloud infrastructure, and application architecture
- Design and ship client-facing REST APIs — defining contracts up front, with developer experience and consumer ergonomics treated as first-class concerns
- Build scalable cloud services that process millions of documents per month, using AI/ML technologies including LLMs
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, scientists, and legal experts
- Mentor more junior engineers and contribute to the team's engineering culture
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on cloud-native application hosting and maintenance (preferably on Azure; AWS or GCP also valuable)
- Experience designing and building clean, well-documented client-facing REST APIs using an API-first approach — defining contracts (e.g., OpenAPI / Swagger) before implementation, with developer experience and consumer ergonomics treated as first-class concerns
- Strong proficiency in C# / .NET and SQL, with working knowledge of Angular
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), and version control (Git)
- Comprehensive understanding of the entire software development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, testing, monitoring, and incident management
- Experience providing technical leadership within a development team, including but not limited to: mentoring junior developers, reviewing code, training on new technologies / concepts, and providing input on technical decisions
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to: Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, Contribute positively to long-term team dynamics and health
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems creatively and effectively
- Adaptability and eagerness to learn new technologies and methodologies in a rapidly evolving field
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot)
- Willingness to participate in the team's on-call rotation
- Familiarity with other strongly typed languages (e.g. C++, Java, Go — Rust experience is particularly welcome) is a plus, as is experience with AWS or GCP
- Experience with AI/ML technologies — especially MLOps (model hosting and deployment), large-volume document processing, NLP, and/or LLM-based applications (RAG, agentic workflows, prompt engineering) — is highly desirable
- Familiarity with the legal industry is a plus; experience in legal tech is particularly welcome
Benefits
- Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset.
- Flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
- Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions.
- Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
- Comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation
- Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
- Access to the Headspace app
- Retirement savings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee incentive programs
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Two paid volunteer days off annually
- Opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives
- Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
- Competitive 401k plan with company match
- Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off
- Paid holidays (including two company mental health days off)
- Parental leave
- Sabbatical leave
- 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
- Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance
Company Overview
Thomson Reuters (TSX/NDAQ: TRI) informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.tr.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Thomson Reuters has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 13 in 2025, 12 in 2024, 5 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.