Lead Software Engineer, AI Platform

In this role you will help to develop, build, design, continuously improve, and support the AI Platform at Thomson Reuters. You will participate in all stages of development, use various software and tools, and enabling self-service tools for data science teams.

The role also involves designing, developing, integrating, and deploying tools for Data Science and Machine Learning (ML) Research.

The successful applicant will design and operate a framework for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), advise on software engineering for ML, and ensure consistency with cloud architectural principles.

The role requires continuous evolution of the platform and keeping up to date with new technologies.

About the role:

In this opportunity as a Lead Software Engineer, AI Platform, you will:

• Build and evolve the AI Platform which includes being able to assess the current architecture and map to the target state.
• Participate in all aspects of the development lifecycle: Ideation, Design, Build, Test and Operate
• Utilize a variety of software and tools both commercial and open source.
• Enable self-service tooling for data science teams to create and maintain models.
• Design, develop, integrate, and deploy tools for Data Science and ML Research, such as, Model Monitoring, Model Governance, Model Deployment, Data Management, Feature Engineering, among others.
• Be able to design, implement, and operate a framework for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps). Design, evaluate, and advise on the day-to-day work of Software Engineering for Machine Learning
• Ensure consistency with cloud architectural guiding principles.
• Continuously challenge and evolve the existing platform capabilities and keep up to date with new offerings.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer, AI Platform

• Applicants should have 7 years of software engineering experience, hands-on experience with a public cloud technology (AWS, Azure, or GCP), experience with service-oriented programing and design, microservices architecture, and serverless application model.

• A good candidate should have good experience with AWS SageMaker, Azure ML or similar Cloud AI capabilities.

• Hands-on experience working with at least one public cloud technology (AWS, Azure)

• Experience with service-oriented and/or microservices architecture

• Experience with AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, or similar Cloud AI capabilities
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, Java.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases
• Experience with Agile development and delivery – Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban methodologies.
• Hands on DevOps experience – CI/CD in AWS, Git, GitHub, Monitoring, Log Analytics and others.
• A good understanding of frontend development (UI/UX concepts and frameworks, HTML, CSS, and Javascript) is an asset and a strong differential for this role.

• Technical leadership including being able to break down high level requirements to features

• Stories "A can do attitude", with a great sense of ownership and teamwork.

• Ability to develop prototypes, showcase new functionalities to the rest of the team, demonstrate implementation patterns, advise, and guide other team members.
• Ability to find problems and chase, then lead the team to solve them end to end.
• Ability to thrive in global teams with peers in different time zones.

What's in it For You?

• 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.
• 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 tomorrow's 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 26,000 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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