Lead Software Engineer - AI, Westlaw
We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our fast-moving, forward-thinking group that is creating AI-driven software for legal professionals, and our flagship product, Westlaw. You will be developing and implementing cutting-edge solutions using Python, REST APIs, AI technologies, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
About the Role:
In this role as a Lead Software Engineer - AI, you will:
Innovate, implement and operationalize in a fast-paced Environment
Be part of a fast-moving, forward-thinking group that is creating AI-driven software for legal professionals. You'll work with top AI and software development experts, leveraging cutting-edge technology to build intelligent and scalable systems. This role is for the developing backend services for Legal Research products.
Design and implement backend services that power generative AI agents and orchestration systems. This role requires both creativity and rigor to ensure our AI-driven solutions are performant, reliable, and adaptable to real-world use cases.
Work closely with AI/ML engineers from TR Labs, frontend developers from Westlaw UI teams, product managers, and designers to build robust services that support generative AI experiences. Help to build out our core AI interfaces such as Conversations, Workspaces, Grid, and Knowledge Base.
Key Responsibilities:
Backend Development & AI Integration
Develop and maintain backend services using Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
Implement AI orchestration systems integrating LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other providers.
Design APIs and backend logic for real-time AI interactions.
Help to build our content services to automate many different AI driven workflows across the legal professional domain
Performance & Scalability
Ensure backend systems are secure, scalable, and optimized for AI-driven applications.
Monitor and enhance system performance, across millions of documents and AI driven interactions
Collaboration & Leadership
Work closely with AI researchers, engineers, and product teams to translate AI capabilities into real-world applications.
Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement, exploring new AI technologies and methodologies.
Work closely with AI researchers, engineers, and product teams to translate AI capabilities into real-world applications.
Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement, exploring new AI technologies and methodologies.
About You
You're a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer - AI, if your background includes:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Related Field, or Equivalent Experience.
7+ years of hands-on software development experience in backend development, building scalable web services, and APIs.
3+ years of hands-on Python development with experience in FastAPI (Other API Tools Acceptable) and PostgreSQL (Other SQL Tools Acceptable).
Expertise in AWS cloud services (Redis,DynamoDB,S3,SQS,Kinesis,KMS,IAM,SecretManager,etc) or similar cloud services.
Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tooling.
Strong DataEngineeringbackground and experiencewithRetrievalSystemsleveragingtoolslikeOpenSearch.
Experience implementing modern DevOps best practices in production environments (CI/CDusingGitHubActionsandAWSservices(CodePipeline/CodeBuild)
ExperiencewithLLMs,AISolutions,andevaluation and understandingofagenticsystemsandworkflow
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries
A pragmatic and curious mindset that drives you to find elegant solutions to complex problems
Strong communication skills that enable you to articulate technical concepts to diverse audience
Demonstrated ability to mentor others and contribute to engineering culture.
Experience in using AI-powered tools in SDLC is required.
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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... For full info follow application link.
As a global business we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in 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 country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
