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Thomson Reuters · 2 days ago

Lead Software Engineer

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$135K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

Thomson Reuters is a global company that provides trusted content and technology needed for informed decision-making. In this role as a Lead Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development of scalable services and APIs, working within agile teams to ensure high-quality software solutions.

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Responsibilities

Engineering and software development of scalable, reliable, and highly available services and APIs

Developing cloud-native solutions running on public cloud infrastructure such as AWS

Partnering with Product Managers to develop user stories and maintain a well-groomed product backlog

Applying agile software development methodologies to deliver production-ready code at the conclusion of each sprint

Working with architects to determine technical design for feature requirements

Driving innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development

Ensuring applications and infrastructure meet high security standards to maintain and enhance customer trust

Collaborating closely with Quality Engineering and Quality Assurance teams to ensure quality is built into solutions from the inside out

Qualification

Cloud-native solutions.NETC#Public cloud platformsMicroservices architectureAgile methodologiesASP.NETFront-end frameworksCI/CDDevOpsData structuresAlgorithmsContainersAI productivity toolsAccountabilityCollaborationAdaptabilityOwnership

Required

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience

7+ years of experience in a software engineering environment

Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures and algorithms

Strong programming experience with .NET and C#, including object-oriented principles (SOLID, DRY, DDD)

Experience designing and developing web applications and production-grade, customer-facing APIs using ASP.NET

Experience with front-end frameworks such as Angular and JavaScript

Experience working with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS (EC2, S3, ALB, API Gateway, Auto Scaling, RDS, Lambda, SQS)

Proficiency with CI/CD, Git, and modern DevOps processes and tools

You are agile, collaborative, and adaptable, with strong ownership and accountability. You bring passion and energy to your work and take pride in delivering high-quality solutions

Preferred

Experience with containers (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes) is a plus

Experience using AI productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code

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.

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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