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Thomson Reuters · 1 day ago

Lead Software Engineer, CoCounsel AI Drafting

United States of America, Eagan, Minnesota

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$118K/yr - $220K/yr

7+ years exp

Thomson Reuters is a global leader in providing trusted content and technology solutions for professionals across various sectors. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the CoCounsel Drafting team, responsible for designing and building AI-powered systems that enhance the drafting, reviewing, and refining of legal documents.

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Responsibilities

Design and build AI-powered features for legal document drafting, working across the full stack from backend services to frontend experiences

Architect LLM-integrated systems - designing prompt orchestration, AI pipelines, and the integration layers that connect AI capabilities to user-facing products

Design for reliability and observability in AI systems, ensuring low-latency responses and high-quality outputs within the drafting engine

Drive technical decisions by evaluating trade-offs, proposing architectures, and leading implementation of complex systems

Thrive in ambiguity by proactively identifying problems, proposing solutions, and driving decisions without waiting for direction

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Research to define requirements and deliver impactful features that solve real customer problems

Mentor and elevate the team by sharing knowledge, reviewing code, and raising the bar for engineering excellence

Embrace 0-to-1 thinking by building new capabilities from scratch - operating like a startup within a larger organization

Own quality and delivery by writing well-tested, maintainable code and ensuring the team ships reliably

Qualification

Software EngineeringLLM ApplicationsC#PythonAngular/ReactAWSMicrofrontend ArchitecturesPrompt EngineeringLegal TechnologyProactivityCommunicationMentoring

Required

7+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of delivering complex, high-impact systems

Experience building and deploying applications powered by LLMs - you understand the unique challenges of AI-integrated systems

Proven 0-to-1 experience - you've built products from scratch, thrive in ambiguity, and know how to make decisions with incomplete information

Strong technical foundation in our stack: C#, Python, Angular/React, and AWS

Demonstrated proactivity - you identify what needs to be done and drive it forward without waiting to be asked

Experience leading technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction without formal authority

Customer-obsessed mindset - you care deeply about the impact your products have on real users

Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design

Preferred

Experience with microfrontend (MFE) architectures

Background in prompt engineering, vector databases, or fine-tuning language models

Experience in legal technology, document automation, or enterprise SaaS products

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.

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

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

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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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