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Lead Engineer C/C#:
Are you ready to lead the engineering charge on a cutting-edge video streaming platform and shape the future of how the worlds most trusted news organisation delivers media at scale At Thomson Reuters we clarify the complex and we need a technical leader who can do the same for our codebase.
Were looking for a Full-Stack C / C# Lead Engineer to join our video streaming teamon a hybrid basis ideally based betweenUKand India time this role youll serve as the technical lead for a team of junior and senior developers driving quality architecture and delivery on a modern evolving stack currently around 80% C transitioning toward C# with a component and legacy PHP being phased out.
This is a hybrid position working between UK & India time zones with some flexibility.
About the Role
As Lead Engineer you will be responsible for:
Owning and driving technical leadership across a team of junior and senior developers
Conducting thorough code reviews and maintaining high standards of code quality across the codebase
Troubleshooting and identifying root causes of complex cross-system issues
Working fluidly across multiple areas of the codebase managing frequent context switching with confidence
Contributing to and leading architectural discussions that shape the platforms direction
Working hands-on across our core stack: C C# (.NET Framework Windows Forms Interop) / TypeScript Docker and CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions
Collaborating with front-end components using JavaScript / TypeScript
About You
Youre a fit for the role of Lead Full-Stack Engineer if your background includes:
Strong hands-on experience in C and/or C# with the ability to work confidently across both
A track record of technical leadership youve guided and mentored teams of developers and taken ownership of engineering outcomes
Solid experience with code reviews and a genuine commitment to code quality and best practices
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex cross-system problems
Experience contributing to or leading architectural discussions and design decisions
Familiarity with front-end technologies particularly JavaScript / TypeScript
Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) software architecture data structures and critical thinking
Excellent communication skills you can bridge the gap between technical complexity and team clarity.
A collaborative mindset with the ability to lead without losing sight of the people around you.
Nice to have:
Experience with media encoding or streaming tools (e.g. FFmpeg ImageMagick)
Experience with distributed systems
Experience with Hono ( framework)
Exposure to cloud platforms particularly AWS
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Whats in it For You
Hybrid Work Model: Weve 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.
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 tomorrows 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.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal tax accounting compliance government and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data intelligence and solutions needed to make informed decisions and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice truth and transparency. Reuters part of Thomson Reuters is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26000 employees across more than 70 countries where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. 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.
As a global business we rely on the unique backgrounds perspectives and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business 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 Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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