Manager, Software Development Engineering – Search & IR

Thomson Reuters

. Lead the engineering team responsible for building, operating, and evolving Thomson Reuters’ Content Tools platform .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeUnited StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $118,400 - $219,800 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering teams through the full software development lifecycle, with a strong focus on API-first systems, cloud operations, and information retrieval concepts. Proven ability to manage production systems, establish governance standards, and foster technical autonomy within a collaborative environment.

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Technical LeadershipAPI DesignPython ProficiencyCI/CD PracticesInformation Retrieval Concepts

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringAPI-First SystemsUnit TestingIntegration TestingSystem DesignAgile MethodologiesIncident ResponsePerformance ManagementDesign StandardsGovernance

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCross-Functional AlignmentTeam LeadershipMentoringCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWS InfrastructureElasticsearchVespaOpenSearchCI/CD ToolsAgentic AI ToolsMCPTool RegistryDevelopment InfrastructureHealth Monitoring

Industry Keywords

Content ToolsInformation RetrievalLegal TechnologyKnowledge ManagementHigh-Stakes Information RetrievalContent LicensingResponsible Retrieval-System DeploymentPrecision/Recall Trade-OffsHybrid SearchCitation Networks

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudElasticSearchPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the engineering team responsible for building, operating, and evolving Thomson Reuters’ Content Tools platform
Own the full engineering lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing operations
Establish governance, design standards, contribution workflows, quality gates, namespace governance, and tool ownership standards
Own the Content Tools engineering roadmap across tool design, CLI/SDK exposure, CI/CD, evaluation infrastructure, and cloud operations
Participate in architecture, system design, technical reviews, and targeted hands-on engineering contributions
Drive API-first, contract-driven tool development with versioned CLI contracts, schemas, and ownership metadata
Lead the information retrieval evaluation framework and automate performance-regression detection in CI/CD
Oversee on-call rotations, SLO definitions, incident response, health monitoring, AWS infrastructure, observability, rate limiting, caching, and multi-tenant access controls
Partner with TR Labs and CoCounsel Engineering on agentic workflows, tool invocation, provenance, and citation handling
Govern distributed contributions, architectural reviews, interoperability, tool lifecycle, deprecation, migrations, versioning, and breaking changes
Build and maintain a centralized tool registry and shared development infrastructure
Manage a team of 8 software engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and professional development
Foster full-stack ownership, AI-assisted development, technical autonomy, and reliable production operations
Translate complex content technology concepts for product managers, business leaders, and partner teams
Define engineering processes and benchmarks for reliability, developer experience, IR evaluation, and tool invocation accuracy
Evaluate emerging tool protocols, including MCP, and retrieval patterns for production readiness
Align the Content Tools roadmap with CoCounsel Legal Next, Westlaw, and broader Thomson Reuters priorities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
6+ years of software engineering experience
At least 2 years in a technical leadership or engineering management role
Experience designing and operating API-first systems consumed by multiple teams
Proficiency in Python
Strong software engineering fundamentals
Experience with API design, unit testing, integration testing, IR/evaluation testing, and CI/CD practices
Technical depth in complex systems, architecture, system design, design decomposition, alternatives, and trade-offs
Experience building and governing shared platform infrastructure in a distributed development model
Strong working knowledge of information retrieval concepts, including precision/recall trade-offs, hybrid search, citation networks, and document retrieval patterns
Ability to lead teams owning production systems end-to-end, including on-call, SLO management, and incident response
Experience with agile methodologies
Excellent communication and cross-functional alignment skills
Awareness of AI ethics, content licensing, and responsible retrieval-system deployment
Preferred: experience with agentic AI tools or MCP
Preferred: legal technology, knowledge management, or high-stakes information retrieval background
Preferred: Elasticsearch, Vespa, or OpenSearch experience
Preferred: retrieval evaluation frameworks, datasets, IR metrics, and CI/CD quality gates
Preferred: content access control, policy-based entitlements, and licensing enforcement
Preferred: LLM workflow tooling, prompt engineering, tool description design, and agent invocation patterns

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible hybrid working environment for office-based roles
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
Flexible work arrangements and Flex My Way workplace policies
Grow My Way career development and skills-development programming
Flexible vacation
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
Headspace app access
Retirement savings / 401(k) plan with company match
Tuition reimbursement
Employee incentive programs
Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
Two paid volunteer days off annually
Pro-bono consulting and ESG initiatives
Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
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
Optional life and AD&D insurance
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Fitness reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit
529 Plan access
Commuter benefits
Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Annual Bonus eligibility based on enterprise and individual performance