Lead Software Engineer, AI Platform Full-time

In this role you will help to develop, build, design, continuously improve, and support the AI Platform at Thomson Reuters. You will participate in all stages of development, use various software and tools, and enabling self-service tools for data science teams.
The role also involves designing, developing, integrating, and deploying tools for Data Science, GenAI and Machine Learning (ML) Research.
The successful applicant will design and operate a framework for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), advise on software engineering for ML, and ensure consistency with cloud architectural principles.
The role requires continuous evolution of the platform and keeping up to date with new technologies.
Applicants should have 7 years of software engineering experience, hands-on experience with a public cloud technology (AWS, Azure, or GCP), experience with service-oriented programing and design, microservices architecture, and serverless application model.

A good candidate should have good experience with LLMs and GenAI, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML or similar Cloud AI capabilities.

Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript is required, while also being comfortable developing with other languages such C/C++, Java, Rust, and Go.

Have experience with relational and non-relational databases, integration, and Agile development methodologies.

DevOps experience and an understanding of frontend development are also important.
The role requires technical leadership and a positive attitude.

About the role:

• Build and evolve the AI Platform which includes being able to assess the current architecture and map to the target state.
• Participate in all aspects of the development lifecycle: Ideation, Design, Build, Test and Operate
• Utilize a variety of software and tools both commercial and open source.
• Enable self-service tooling for data science teams to create and maintain models.
• Design, develop, integrate, and deploy tools for Data Science, GenAI and ML Research, such as, Model Monitoring, Model Governance, Model Deployment, Data Management, Feature Engineering, among others.
• Be able to design, implement, and operate a framework for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps). Design, evaluate, and advise on the day-to-day work of Software Engineering for Machine Learning
• Ensure consistency with cloud architectural guiding principles.
• Continuously challenge and evolve the existing platform capabilities and keep up to date with new offerings.

About You

You are a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer, AI Platform, if you meet all or most of these criteria:

• 7 years experience in Software Engineering
• Hands-on experience working with at least one public cloud technology (AWS, Azure)
• Experience with service-oriented and/or microservices architecture
• Experience with LLMs and GenAI, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, or similar Cloud AI capabilities
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, Java.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases
• Experience with Agile development and delivery – Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban methodologies.
• Hands on DevOps experience – CI/CD in AWS, Git, GitHub, Monitoring, Log Analytics and others.
• A good understanding of frontend development (UI/UX concepts and frameworks, HTML, CSS, and Javascript) is an asset and a strong differential for this role.
• Technical leadership including being able to break down high level requirements to features

• “A can do attitude”, with a great sense of ownership and teamwork.
• Ability to develop prototypes, showcase new functionalities to the rest of the team, demonstrate implementation patterns, advise, and guide other team members.
• Ability to find problems and chase, then lead the team to solve them end to end.
• Ability to thrive in global teams with peers in different time zones.

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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: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• 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: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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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