Staff Software Engineer I – Open

Thomson Reuters

. Set the technical direction for the Content Tools catalog, including design patterns, schema templates, contribution standards, and tool creation guidance .

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeUnited StatesJunior💰 $118,400 - $219,800 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in API design, Python programming, and system architecture, with a strong focus on operational reliability and incident response. Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives and mentor engineers while driving ethical AI practices and technical decision-making.

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API DesignPython MasterySystem DesignIncident ResponseAI-Assisted Development

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringEvaluation FrameworksSecurity ArchitectureInformation RetrievalTesting Strategy

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationLeadershipMentoring

Tools & Technologies

FastAPIOpenSearchVespaElasticsearchTerraform

Industry Keywords

Legal TechnologyKnowledge ManagementContent LicensingAPI-First SystemsOperational Automation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ElasticSearchPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the technical direction for the Content Tools catalog, including design patterns, schema templates, contribution standards, and tool creation guidance
Drive versioned, contract-driven APIs with discoverability and self-service for consuming teams and agent developers
Architect retrieval and search using the Vespa-based platform and partner with TR Labs on search algorithms
Define the MCP-based agent invocation model, token-efficient payloads, and latency budgets
Build and own shared development and testing infrastructure using Python, FastAPI, and Claude Agent SDK
Establish verified spec-driven development standards, acceptance criteria, evaluation datasets, IR metrics, and CI gates
Assess evaluation coverage and define continuous quality measurement using offline grading and online signals
Own on-call models, SLO targets, operational automation, incident response, post-mortems, and systemic fixes
Build observability for agentic retrieval paths, including trace-level instrumentation
Own capacity planning, caching, rate limiting, performance, and cost strategy
Serve as technical authority for Content Tools API, evaluation, and architecture decisions
Author cross-team Architecture Decision Records and contribute to code- and design-review policy
Mentor Senior engineers through architecture guidance, design pairing, and constructive review
Partner with CoCounsel Engineering, TR Labs, and product owners to shape requirements and roadmap
Establish AI-assisted development patterns and document technical decisions
Advise senior leadership and champion ethical AI and secure deployment
Drive major Content Tools initiatives from design through production
Establish a reliable, documented internal platform with SLO coverage, automated eval gates, runbooks, and fast incident resolution

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated progression to staff-level or equivalent technical leadership
Ownership of a functional area and leadership of significant cross-team initiatives
Mastery of Python
Strong fundamentals across API design, testing strategy (unit, integration, load and evaluation), system design, and security architecture
Track record of designing and operating API-first systems consumed by multiple teams
Experience with versioning, backward compatibility, and clear contracts
Working fluency with information-retrieval concepts, including precision/recall trade-offs, hybrid search, ranking, and citation networks
Experience designing or owning evaluation frameworks for retrieval or LLM systems, including dataset design, IR metrics, CI-gated eval suites, tracing, and observability
Proven system-level reliability ownership, including on-call models, SLOs, and incident response
Demonstrated security and access-control practice
Fluency with AI-assisted development tools and ability to write the majority of code with AI assistance
Strong communication across engineering, product, and science
Experience with agentic AI tools or APIs and protocols such as MCP (preferred)
Background in legal technology, knowledge management, or other high-stakes information domains (preferred)
Hands-on experience with OpenSearch, Vespa, or Elasticsearch (preferred)
Experience operationalizing LLM workflow tooling (preferred)
Experience establishing platform contribution governance (preferred)
Familiarity with content licensing and policy-based entitlements (preferred)
Working understanding of Terraform and API gateways such as Apigee (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible hybrid working environment
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
Flexible vacation
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
Headspace app access
Retirement savings
Tuition reimbursement
Employee incentive programs
Mental, physical, and financial wellbeing resources
Two paid volunteer days off annually
Pro-bono consulting project opportunities
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiative opportunities
US health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Competitive vacation, 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
Potential eligibility for an Annual Bonus based on enterprise and individual performance