Lead Software Engineer, CoCounsel AI Drafting

Thomson Reuters•Frisco, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you ready to shape the future of legal technology with AI? Do you thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you can build products from the ground up? We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join the CoCounsel Drafting team. In this role, you'll be hands-on designing and building the systems that transform how attorneys draft, review, and refine legal documents. You'll architect LLM-powered drafting flows - orchestrating AI pipelines, prompt layers, and frontend experiences into a seamless product. You'll have the autonomy to focus on what matters: solving hard technical problems and shipping impactful products. If you're energized by ambiguity, take initiative without being asked, and love building new products - this role is for you. Why this matters: Attorneys spend 60-70% of their time drafting documents. The tools we build are fundamentally transforming the practice of law - giving legal professionals back countless hours to focus on higher-value work for their clients. We're deeply committed to our customers' success, and we're looking for an engineer who shares that passion for making a real difference in how legal work gets done. In this opportunity as a Lead Software Engineer, AI, you will: • Design and build AI-powered features for legal document drafting, working across the full stack from backend services to frontend experiences • Architect LLM-integrated systems - designing prompt orchestration, AI pipelines, and the integration layers that connect AI capabilities to user-facing products • Design for reliability and observability in AI systems, ensuring low-latency responses and high-quality outputs within the drafting engine • Drive technical decisions by evaluating trade-offs, proposing architectures, and leading implementation of complex systems • Thrive in ambiguity by proactively identifying problems, proposing solutions, and driving decisions without waiting for direction • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Research to define requirements and deliver impactful features that solve real customer problems • Mentor and elevate the team by sharing knowledge, reviewing code, and raising the bar for engineering excellence • Embrace 0-to-1 thinking by building new capabilities from scratch - operating like a startup within a larger organization • Own quality and delivery by writing well-tested, maintainable code and ensuring the team ships reliably

Requirements

7+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of delivering complex, high-impact systems
Experience building and deploying applications powered by LLMs - you understand the unique challenges of AI-integrated systems
Proven 0-to-1 experience - you've built products from scratch, thrive in ambiguity, and know how to make decisions with incomplete information
Strong technical foundation in our stack: C#, Python, Angular/React, and AWS
Demonstrated proactivity - you identify what needs to be done and drive it forward without waiting to be asked
Experience leading technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction without formal authority
Customer-obsessed mindset - you care deeply about the impact your products have on real users
Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design

Nice To Haves

Experience with microfrontend (MFE) architectures
Background in prompt engineering, vector databases, or fine-tuning language models
Experience in legal technology, document automation, or enterprise SaaS products

Responsibilities

Design and build AI-powered features for legal document drafting, working across the full stack from backend services to frontend experiences
Architect LLM-integrated systems - designing prompt orchestration, AI pipelines, and the integration layers that connect AI capabilities to user-facing products
Design for reliability and observability in AI systems, ensuring low-latency responses and high-quality outputs within the drafting engine
Drive technical decisions by evaluating trade-offs, proposing architectures, and leading implementation of complex systems
Thrive in ambiguity by proactively identifying problems, proposing solutions, and driving decisions without waiting for direction
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Research to define requirements and deliver impactful features that solve real customer problems
Mentor and elevate the team by sharing knowledge, reviewing code, and raising the bar for engineering excellence
Embrace 0-to-1 thinking by building new capabilities from scratch - operating like a startup within a larger organization
Own quality and delivery by writing well-tested, maintainable code and ensuring the team ships reliably

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. 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.
market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match
market leading work life benefits with 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 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; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan