We are seeking a visionary Director of Software Engineering to lead and build our software development team in India. This role is crucial in establishing a high-performing engineering center that will become an integral part of our global software development capabilities. The successful candidate will drive innovation, foster a culture of excellence, and ensure seamless integration with our global teams.
About the role
Team Building: Build and scale a talented software engineering team in India, targeting 8-10 engineers in the first year, with goals of 90% employee satisfaction and 85% retention rates annually.
Technical Leadership: Drive technical strategy and innovation, focusing on modern web technologies (TypeScript, React, Node.js), backend systems (Java), AI/ML applications (Python), and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
Project Management: Oversee multiple projects with a target of 95% on-time delivery rate, ensuring seamless integration with Reuters' global platforms. Culture: Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement while bridging cultural gaps and leveraging India's dynamic tech ecosystem. Global Collaboration: Work closely with global peers to align efforts, creating a connected work environment across time zones and cultures.
Engineering Excellence: Implement best practices for code quality, system performance, and engineering processes in both front-end and back-end development.
Strategic Leadership: Participate in strategic planning and decision-making processes at a global level, representing the engineering team in cross-functional initiatives.
Talent Development: Mentor team members and drive innovation, with specific KPIs including the number of new ideas implemented and performance improvements achieved.
About You
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 8 years in leadership roles.
Proven track record of building and leading successful offshore development teams, preferably in a news or media organization.
Strong technical background in full-stack development, cloud computing, and modern software architectures.
Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate across cultures and time zones.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and adopt emerging technologies.
Required Technical Skills:
Strong knowledge of modern programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript and either Java or Python)
Experience with React and other modern front-end frameworks
Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Experience managing engineering teams in an Agile environment
Preferred Additional Skills:
Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Knowledge of database technologies (both SQL and NoSQL)
Familiarity with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright)
Understanding of system and web browser performance testing methodologies
Experience with security testing approaches and tools
Experience with AI/ML technologies and Python for AI applications
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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:
Industry-Leading 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.
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, and hybrid model, 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 skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.
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.
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.
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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