Are you looking for an amazing opportunity to grow your Product Engineering career in a company with a mission to become the world’s #1 content-driven AI tech company?

We are seeking a talented, self-driven and highly motivated Lead Software Engineer to join the Corporates Tax and Trade team in Toronto. In this role, you will develop scalable and innovative solutions using AI and Machine Learning on a rapidly growing line of products.

You will work closely with Product Management, Technology and our Labs teams to enable our customers to build successful AI-driven features and products to take their business to the next level. 

About the Role  

In this opportunity as Lead Software Engineer, you will:  

Lead and drive the technical vision and execution of initiatives to introduce AI-driven features in our products. 

Lead the development and deployment of AI models, prioritizing efficiency, scalability, and maintainability.  

Take ownership of the technical strategy, ensuring the team uses the best tools, technologies, and methodologies.  

Participate in project/work planning sessions to analyze and understand requirements to the level of being able to contribute to their creation, in collaboration with capability/product and/or business owners. 

Develop and integrate applications per specification and translate technical requirements into application code and modules 

Approach development with a DevOps and continuous integration mindset. 

Ensure consistency with cloud architectural guiding principles for assigned projects 

Be proactive in raising problems, identifying solutions and giving/receiving feedback 

Assist in identifying and correcting software performance bottlenecks 

Work in a highly collaborative and dynamic agile team environment with multiple levels of technology staff across various geographical locations 

Providing technical expertise and peer code reviews to other team members and assisting team leads and project managers in work break down and story planning. 

About You 

You’re a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer if your background includes:  

7-10+ years of experience in software development. 

Proven track record in the development of solutions using AI and Machine Learning. 

Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, or similar. 

Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide junior engineers. 

Strong understanding of software development principles: including design patterns, algorithms, and data structures. 

Experience with software development methodologies: Agile, Scrum, or similar. 

Familiarity with cloud technologies: AWS, Azure, GCP or similar. 

Knowledge of version control systems: Git or similar. 

Experience with testing and debugging tools. 

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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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