Staff Software Engineer - AI

Job Description

Ready to build the AI that changes how professionals work? Thomson Reuters is investing heavily in AI and moving into new areas, backed by the data, resources and reach of a global leader. Join a dynamic, high-caliber team as a Staff Software Engineer, AI. You'll lead the development of the intelligent systems behind the next generation of expert solutions in legal, tax, risk and compliance.

In this role, you'll lead the development of new AI-powered solutions and drive technical strategy. You'll work with senior stakeholders, product leadership and cross-functional teams to design, build and scale enterprise-grade AI systems that change how we deliver value to customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead the build-out of large, enterprise-scale AI systems, including complex multi-component pipelines, advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures and autonomous AI agents that can reason through multiple steps
• Advance AI model adaptation and customization for specialized domains, driving innovation in expert systems for legal, tax, fraud and compliance
• Define the technical standards and best practices for AI system architecture across the organization
• Work with AI researchers, senior engineering leadership, design and product teams to turn AI capabilities into market-leading applications
• Shape product strategy using deep technical expertise and strong market instincts
• Lead the evaluation and adoption of cutting-edge AI techniques to solve the business's toughest problems
• Take proof-of-concept projects from first idea to clear results, and guide technical feasibility assessments for new AI-driven features
• Keep up with AI research and emerging technologies, and turn new insights into actionable technical roadmaps
• Drive high-impact innovation initiatives and establish the organization's position in emerging AI technology areas
• Mentor and motivate senior and junior software engineers, supporting their technical growth and career development
• Act as a senior thought leader by leading technical discussions in executive forums and representing Thomson Reuters at industry conferences and events

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 4 years in senior or lead roles focused on AI/ML
• Experience with Generative AI, RAG and LLMs
• Experience in areas such as leading solution discovery across planning and teams, architecture, agentic tools, evaluations, deployment, solution lifecycle and metrics
• Expert-level Python skills and extensive experience with AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX)
• Deep understanding of machine learning principles, advanced evaluation methods and distributed system design
• Proven experience with MLOps/LLMOps and managing the full lifecycle of enterprise AI-powered applications
• Demonstrated expertise integrating AI models into large-scale production systems using APIs, data pipelines and cloud-native architectures
• Advanced experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Strong leadership experience driving technical initiatives
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work well in complex, fast-paced environments
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Experience leading teams that build AI-driven systems, agent-based architectures or enterprise integrations with AI APIs from providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic
• Advanced knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, semantic search and information retrieval systems
• Domain expertise in legal, tax, accounting or other regulated industries
• Track record of successful AI product launches and scaling AI systems for enterprise customers
• Portfolio showing leadership in innovative LLM-based solutions and AI product development
• Experience with AI governance, model risk management and regulatory compliance
• Publications, patents or speaking experience in AI/ML

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: 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. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• 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. Our 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.
• Industry Competitive

Benefits

• We offer 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, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally 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.

• 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 $127,400 USD - $236,600 USD.

• Base pay is positioned within the range based on sever