Senior Software Engineer, Search Platform

Thomson Reuters

Base: $102,200 usd - $189,800 usd (us); $111,400 c...
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End-to-end ownership of production systems
Design, develop, test, deploy, scale, operate
Kafka-based document ingestion pipelines
** Thomson Reuters is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its AI Enabled Software Engineering team to develop and manage a search platform that powers AI-enabled products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, particularly in backend systems and cloud services, along with experience in AI-assisted development. **

Job Summary

  • This is a full-ownership engineering role on a team that designs, develops, tests, deploys, scales, and operates production systems at scale.
  • Senior Engineers on this team take technical direction for their projects, hold design decision authority within their scope, provide subject matter expertise to the team, and mentor more junior colleagues.
  • 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.

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** Thomson Reuters is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its AI Enabled Software Engineering team to develop and manage a search platform that powers AI-enabled products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, particularly in backend systems and cloud services, along with experience in AI-assisted development. **

Salary

Base: $102,200 USD - $189,800 USD (US); $111,400 CAD - $161,400 CAD (Ontario, Canada); Bonus/Equity: Eligible for Annual Bonus; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • end-to-end ownership of production systems
  • design, develop, test, deploy, scale, operate
  • Kafka-based document ingestion pipelines
  • hybrid search indexing and query APIs
  • cloud infrastructure (AWS services)
  • AI-assisted development as primary tool
  • Python mastery for production code

Nice-to-have

  • proactive delivery friction identification
  • subject matter expertise in search infrastructure
  • mentoring junior colleagues
  • ethical AI practices and security focus
  • collaboration with research scientists
  • familiarity with online search analytics

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science
  • Proficiency with AWS cloud services
  • Demonstrated operational ownership
  • Fluency with AI-assisted development tools

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