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Thomson Reuters · 3 hours ago

Principal Engineer, CoCounsel Application

Ann Arbor, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$154K/yr - $286K/yr

10+ years exp

Thomson Reuters is revolutionizing legal work through their CoCounsel Platform. As Principal Engineer for CoCounsel Application, you will provide technical leadership, define software development strategies, and lead the design and development of innovative AI features for legal professionals.

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Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and define software development strategies for critical AI projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives

Lead the design and development of innovative features for CoCounsel, advancing AI-native product experiences

Drive the seamless integration of LLMs and generative AI technologies into user-friendly applications for legal professionals

Streamline the use of Micro Front Ends to ensure low latency, scalability, and excellent user experience

Mentor a globally distributed team of engineering managers, architects, and developers to strengthen engineering culture

Lead complex technical initiatives, exercising autonomy in decision-making and managing technical risk

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions

Qualification

Software engineeringAI technologiesModern UI frameworksCloud platformsMentoringData-driven decision makingNavigating ambiguityInterpersonal skillsCommunication skills

Required

10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a proven record of developing scalable, web-based solutions

Expertise with modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, or similar), TypeScript, Node.js, and Python

Experience with AI technologies, including GenAI concepts such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and fine-tuning

Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries

Demonstrated ability to mentor others and promote best practices in release management, AI dev tools, and test-driven development

Ability to navigate ambiguity, make data-driven decisions, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

Experience integrating AI/ML technologies into customer-facing applications

Background in legal technology or enterprise SaaS environments

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Flex My Way

Career Development and Growth

Industry Competitive Benefits

Culture

Social Impact

Making a Real-World Impact

Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs

Competitive 401k plan with company match

Flexible vacation

Two company-wide Mental Health Days off

Access to the Headspace app

Paid holidays (including two company mental health days off)

Parental leave

Sabbatical leave

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

Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Company

Thomson Reuters

Glassdoor3.0

Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.

Founded in 2008

Toronto, Ontario, CAN

10001+ employees

http://thomsonreuters.com

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