This posting is for proactive recruitment purposes and may be used to fill current openings or future vacancies within our organization.

Senior Software Engineer

• AI
  Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of AI technology and leading the charge in building intelligent solutions that transform how legal professionals work? Join Thomson Reuters legal and drive the technical execution of groundbreaking AI projects that make a real difference.
• As a Senior Software Engineer
• AI on the legal team, you'll take ownership of critical AI initiatives from conception to deployment, working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and legal solutions. You'll have the opportunity to optimize AI performance using advanced techniques, shape technical strategy, and act as a thought leader within our organization. Our team values innovation, continuous learning, and collaboration—and we're looking for someone who thrives on solving complex challenges while mentoring others and staying ahead of the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer - AI, you will:

• Lead the technical execution of AI projects, including making architecture decisions, aligning with product roadmaps, and overseeing delivery to ensure successful outcomes

• Optimize AI performance through advanced techniques including domain-specific adaptation of third-party models and algorithms to maximize accuracy and efficiency

• Deliver scalable AI/ML solutions using emerging technologies and best practices in MLOps and LLMOps to ensure robust, production-ready systems

• Design and implement continuous monitoring of application and user behavior to generate product insights and support data-driven prioritization

• Stay abreast of AI developments and actively encourage learning and adoption of relevant technologies across the team

• Act as a thought leader by contributing to internal forums, representing the team in areas of AI expertise, and influencing technical direction across the organization

About You

You're a fit for the role of Senior Software Engineer - AI if you have the following required qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering; at least 2 years focused on AI/ML​

• Proficiency in Python, C# and experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., Py Torch, Tensor Flow)​

• 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 cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)​

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment​

• Strong communication skills and experience working in cross-functional teams ​

• 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 ​

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.

Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out, our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role, and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool, but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role

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 Ontario, Canada, the base compensation range for this role is $100,000 CAD - $145,000 CAD.

Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s 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 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.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings here.

More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com