Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer with 10 years of experience designing building and operating scalable enterprise software solutions. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in C# .NET cloud-native application development microservices architecture and API engineering with experience delivering secure resilient and customer-facing platforms.

This role will play a key part in building and evolving external and internal APIs modernizing applications into cloud-native services and delivering highly available solutions that serve customers at scale. The successful candidate will collaborate across engineering product architecture security and operations teams to design and implement modern software systems that are secure observable resilient and maintainable.

• Design develop and maintain external and internal RESTful APIs microservices and backend platforms using C# .NET Core and cloud-native architectural patterns.
• Build scalable secure and highly available services that support customer-facing products third-party integrations and enterprise workflows.
• Lead the design and implementation of microservice-based architectures including service decomposition API contracts event-driven patterns observability resiliency and performance optimization.
• Design and implement cloud-native solutions leveraging modern cloud platforms and services including containerization orchestration infrastructure automation monitoring and continuous delivery practices.
• Develop modern web applications using Angular TypeScript HTML CSS and contemporary front-end development frameworks and practices.
• Collaborate with product managers architects UX designers and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and implementation plans.
• Drive engineering excellence through adoption of software design principles code quality standards test automation CI/CD pipelines and Agile delivery practices.
• Take ownership of technical design decisions architecture reviews code reviews and mentoring engineers across the team.
• Define and implement comprehensive testing strategies including unit testing integration testing API testing automation frameworks and quality gates to ensure production-ready software.
• Proactively address security throughout the software lifecycle by implementing secure coding practices supporting vulnerability remediation addressing penetration test findings and ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude and related technologies to improve engineering productivity code quality testing troubleshooting and documentation while ensuring responsible and secure usage.
• Stay current on emerging technologies cloud platforms API ecosystems AI-assisted development and modern software engineering practices bringing innovative ideas to the organization.

• 10 years of professional software development experience with significant hands-on expertise in C# .NET Core API development and distributed systems.
• Proven experience designing developing and supporting external and internal REST APIs consumed by customers partners and internal applications.
• Strong experience building and operating microservices-based architectures including service communication patterns scalability resiliency monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience developing solutions in public cloud environments such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong proficiency with Angular (Angular 16 preferred) TypeScript component-based architecture state management routing and API integration.
• Experience with containerization and modern deployment technologies such as Docker Kubernetes ECS AKS or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native engineering principles including observability logging monitoring distributed tracing fault tolerance and operational excellence.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices for automated build deployment testing and release management.
• Experience with relational databases SQL Entity Framework data access patterns and API-centric application design.
• Experience using source control and collaborative development workflows with Git and GitHub.
• Excellent communication mentoring and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Experience with C development including object-oriented programming performance optimization debugging and integration with existing platforms or services.
• Experience building customer-facing platforms SaaS applications developer platforms or public API ecosystems.
• Experience with event-driven architectures asynchronous messaging and technologies such as Kafka RabbitMQ SQS/SNS or similar messaging frameworks.
• Knowledge of API gateway technologies API security standards (OAuth OpenID Connect JWT) and API lifecycle management.

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Whats in it For You

• Hybrid Work Model: Weve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment 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.

In the United States Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health dental vision disability and life insurance programs as well as a competitive 401k plan with company addition Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation sick and safe paid time off paid holidays (including two company mental health days off) parental leave sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations unless otherwise noted the base compensation range for this role is $118400 USD - $219800 USD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individuals knowledge skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

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.

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