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Thomson Reuters · 1 week ago

Lead/Staff Software Engineer - AI I

Eagan, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$147K/yr - $273K/yr

7+ years exp

Thomson Reuters is a trusted partner to legal practitioners worldwide, seeking to shape the future of AI-driven legal solutions. In this role, you will architect and implement complex AI systems to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of legal professionals, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align AI features with product goals.

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Responsibilities

Architect and implement complex AI systems, including multi-component pipelines, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, and custom AI agents that power next-generation legal solutions

Ensure system quality and compliance by implementing comprehensive testing frameworks, monitoring tools, and ethical AI practices that maintain the highest standards of reliability and trustworthiness

Proactively identify issues and risks, make data-driven recommendations, and take corrective action to optimize system performance and mitigate potential challenges

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, UX, and Science to align AI features with product goals and translate functional requirements into robust technical specifications

Conduct proof-of-concepts (POCs) to evaluate emerging technologies and explore the feasibility of AI solutions for innovative use cases

Analyze existing systems and recommend improvements to enhance operational efficiency, scalability, and overall system architecture

Qualification

AI/ML experiencePython proficiencyAI/ML frameworksAWS experienceJavaScript/TypeScriptMLOps knowledgeAI systems understandingDomain knowledgeCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skillsCreativity

Required

7+ years of experience in software engineering; at least 3 years focused on AI/ML

Proficiency in Python and experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Strong understanding of AI/ML systems including experience with RAG architectures, AI agents, or multi-component AI pipelines

Proven ability to collaborate across disciplines, working effectively with product managers, designers, and data scientists to deliver integrated solutions

2–4 years of hands-on Python experience building production-quality applications, writing clean and testable code, and working with common libraries and frameworks

2–4 years of JavaScript/TypeScript experience building production applications in React and Angular, including state management and modern front-end development practices

2–4 years of AWS experience designing, deploying, and operating scalable cloud services using core AWS offerings such as Lambda, S3, EC2, and related tools

Strong understanding of machine learning principles, evaluation, and system design

Knowledge of MLOps and the end-to-end lifecycle of AI-powered software applications

Experience integrating AI models into production systems using APIs and data pipelines

Experience with AI-driven systems, agent-based architectures, or AI APIs from providers like OpenAI and Anthropic

Knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, or search-based AI

Domain knowledge in legal, tax, or accounting

A portfolio of projects demonstrating creativity and skill building solutions with LLMs

Benefits

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Competitive 401k plan with company match

Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, 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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