Principal Engineer

Thomson Reuters•Washington, DC

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Principal Engineer Are you inspired by the opportunity to shape the future of AI-driven technology and lead the development of the next generation of high-performance, scalable, reliable, and resilient tax and accounting software ecosystems? At Thomson Reuters, we invite you to join our Tax and Accounting team as we set the technical direction for our US tax compliance solutions. In this role, you will play a key part in delivering innovative, user-focused products that transform the tax compliance landscape and drive meaningful impact for our clients.

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a proven record of developing scalable and resilient web-based products and solutions.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
Strong Computer Science fundamentals in Data Structures and algorithm design.
Strong programming experience with .Net stack.
Strong object-oriented design and development skills.
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, SOLID, DRY, DDD and core database design principles.
Proven track record in applying architecture and design patterns to solve complex business problems.
Demonstrated experience in designing and developing customer facing high traffic and performant REST APIs using ASP.Net or similar frameworks.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence across organizational 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 devops practices, AI dev tools, and test-driven development.
Willingness to learn and support our legacy codebase while the transition to our next- generation is occurring.
Proven track record of modernizing highly complex legacy web application to cloud native solution.

Nice To Haves

Experience with API gateways is a plus.
Expertise with modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, 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 working with public cloud infrastructure preferably AWS (EC2, S3, ALB, Auto Scaling, RDS, Lambda function, SQS, Containers).

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical leader within the organization, providing guidance, mentoring, and direction to software engineers at all levels.
Provide strategic direction, set engineering and technical standards, and drive innovation across multiple projects or domains.
Collaborate to identify opportunities for new AI-powered product features, enhancements, and product expansions to differentiate our products from competitors.
Identify opportunities for innovation, assess emerging technologies and proactively apply them in our product.
Foster a culture of continuous learning and development within the engineering team.
Encourage skill-building initiatives and lead by example by staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.
Establish and enforce technical governance standards, including coding standards, design patterns, and development methodologies.
Ensure consistency, quality, and scalability across projects and teams.
Contribute to the development of the technical roadmap, outlining the future direction of the product line’s technology stack, infrastructure, and development processes.
Assess technology risks, evaluate trade-offs, and make informed decisions that align with the company's long-term goals.
Communicate technical concepts and decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Lead design reviews to ensure proposed solutions meet scalability, performance, and maintainability requirements.
When complex technical issues arise, principal engineers provide leadership in troubleshooting and resolving them.
Leverage expertise to diagnose problems, propose solutions, and guide the team towards resolution.
Represent the company as technical expert in industry forums, conferences, and events.
Provide thought leadership and guide the business to evolve our products in the modern AI landscape and share insights on emerging trends and best practices.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role)
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
Flexible vacation
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
Access to the Headspace app
Retirement savings
Tuition reimbursement
Employee incentive programs
Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
Two paid volunteer days off annually
Market competitive 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 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
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan