Principal Engineer

Thomson Reuters • Frisco, TX

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of AI technology and leading the charge in building intelligent solutions that transform how Tax and Trade products work? Join the Thomson Reuters Corporate Tax and Trade team and drive the technical execution of groundbreaking AI projects that make a real difference. As Principal Engineer for Corporate Tax and Trade, you'll define and execute the technical vision for our generative AI products, ensuring we deliver powerful, user-friendly, and innovative solutions that transform Tax and Trade products. In this opportunity, as Principal Engineer, you will: · Provide technical leadership and define software development strategies for critical AI projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives. · Lead the design and development of innovative features advancing AI-native product experiences. · Drive the seamless integration of LLMs and generative AI technologies into Corporate Tax and Trade products. · Streamline the use of Micro Front Ends to ensure low latency, scalability, and excellent user experience. · Mentor a globally distributed team of engineering managers, architects, and developers to strengthen engineering culture. · Lead complex technical initiatives, exercising autonomy in decision-making and managing technical risk. · Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions. You’re a fit for the role of Principal Engineer if your background includes: · 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a proven record of developing scalable, web-based solutions with an advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. · Expertise with modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, or similar), TypeScript, Node.js, and Python. · Experience with AI technologies, including GenAI concepts such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and fine-tuning. · Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). · Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence across organisational boundaries and to navigate ambiguity, make data-driven decisions, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment. · Demonstrated ability to mentor others and promote best practices in release management, AI dev tools, and test-driven development. · Experience integrating AI/ML technologies into customer-facing applications

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a proven record of developing scalable, web-based solutions with an advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Expertise with modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, or similar), TypeScript, Node.js, and Python.
• Experience with AI technologies, including GenAI concepts such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and fine-tuning.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence across organisational boundaries and to navigate ambiguity, make data-driven decisions, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor others and promote best practices in release management, AI dev tools, and test-driven development.
• Experience integrating AI/ML technologies into customer-facing applications

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and define software development strategies for critical AI projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Lead the design and development of innovative features advancing AI-native product experiences.
• Drive the seamless integration of LLMs and generative AI technologies into Corporate Tax and Trade products.
• Streamline the use of Micro Front Ends to ensure low latency, scalability, and excellent user experience.
• Mentor a globally distributed team of engineering managers, architects, and developers to strengthen engineering culture.
• Lead complex technical initiatives, exercising autonomy in decision-making and managing technical risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions.

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.
• comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level