Lead Software Engineer

As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals around the world make decisions that matter. As the world’s leading provider of intelligent information, we want your unique perspective to create the solutions that advance our business—and your career. We specialize in designing and implementing solutions and infrastructure for product analytics implementations, vendor engagements, and technical customizations. Leveraging years of experience at TR, we bring knowledge in data engineering, software development, and analytics to create scalable solutions, collaborate with stakeholders, and drive data-informed decision-making.

About the Role
In this opportunity as Lead Software Engineer, you will:

• Architect robust and scalable solutions that integrate frontend and backend components to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Mentor and coach team members, providing guidance on best practices, code reviews, and technical skill development.
• Develop frontend components using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks/libraries (e.g., Angular, React, Vue.js) to create responsive and intuitive user interfaces.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java, Spring framework, and related technologies.
• Implement database solutions, including data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning using SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Ensure code quality, security, and scalability by following coding standards, conducting regular code reviews, and performing automated testing.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues across the full stack, from frontend UI to backend services and databases, ensuring timely resolution.
• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in full-stack development, and incorporate them into our development processes.
• Ensures self and team develop software using disciplined software development processes, adhering to team/company standards and software best practice guidelines, and corporate policies.
• Develops milestones and dependencies for realistic estimates required for own work and may validate other team members' estimates.
• Coordinates and supports related groups, such as but not limited to documentation teams, quality assurance teams, customer support teams or operations/deployment teams.
• Proactive identification of change or assists with improvements to prevent problems, including problem resolution workflow.

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

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10 to 12 years of professional experience in full-stack software development, with a strong focus on Java technologies.
• Proven track record of leading and managing teams in Agile/Scrum environments, with a focus on delivering high-quality software products.
• Expertise in frontend development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks/libraries (e.g., Angular, React, Vue.js).
• Proficiency in backend development using Java, Spring framework, and related technologies for building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Experience with database systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL,  or similar, including data modeling and optimization.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, SOLID principles, design patterns, and best practices for building scalable and maintainable software.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.

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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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