Lead Software Development Engineer-Reuters Product Connector

Description:

About the role:

• Influences multiple cross-functional project teams to execute and adopt a point of view for ideas and initiatives
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Trains and mentors colleagues including Sr. Software Engineers
• Strategic focus  
• Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products  
• Writes code that establishes and enhances coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent. 
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments. 
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. 
• Owns a functional area. Breaks large requests down into sub-tasks, gives higher-level status updates. Writes test plans.                                    
• Takes operational responsibility. Sets measurable goals and meets them. Performs code reviews
• Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
• Sets software engineering project schedules, defines project parameters and tasks and monitors project tasks.      
• Develops and keeps the "vision" of the project, leading others toward its completion.
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Owns the development and rollout for an entire product, or large project. 
• Leads the daily work of assigned work group / team. Recommends modifications to the daily operations of the assigned work group / team. Makes needed adjustments to short-term priorities.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Interacts with direct team of accountability, peers and/or managers in other teams. May interact with vendors and/or customers to share information and improve workflow processes.
   

About you:

• 5-10+ Years of experience
• If the candidate has experience in some of these platform then it would be a plus:
  • Java
  • AWS
  • Python
  • Terraform
  • Serverless design technics
  • Business SaaS systems including Salesforce, Zuora, Stripe
  • Integration architecture experience  is a big plus
• Data & analytics experience is welcomed
• Very good communication skills to be able to talk with business, technology, management, top management in meaningful and result-oriented manner
• Have wide technology experience and vision
• Learn quickly. For instance, able to catch up on data architecture and work with other architects on designing the data platform which correlates with enterprise strategy.
• Challenge business decisions and views, influence business decisions
• Be a bridge between business and technology
• Provide high level estimates, scope definition, work breakdown structure and cost estimates for management
• Create system design which can be understood by business and by technology including developers, QA's, BA's and management
• Provide technology governance of multiple scrum teams
• Be hands-on. For instance, review PR's created by developers to validate that system design is addressed properly or create a POC to prove some design option (but no intensive coding is required)
• Understand enterprise architecture and be able to create design aligned with enterprise architecture
• Be able to improve engineering practices including at solution architecture area such as architecture documentation standards and guidelines
• Able to research, analyze and evaluate solution options (e.g. buy vs build), present them to architecture and business stakeholders
• Able to lead as an architect multiple projects at a time, balance your time and focus between them
• It is very preferred to have at least basic knowledge in ecommerce domain, B2B and B2C processes
• Agile/scrum environment
• Automation technology
• Education - Master’s/Bachelor's Degree – Computer Engineering/ Computer Science/ Information Technology.

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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. 

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