Senior Product Engineer (Full Stack), Materia AI

Thomson Reuters • New York, NY

14d • $126,000 - $234,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you excited about building AI-driven software that redefines how professionals work? Join a dynamic and highly skilled team at Thomson Reuters, where we combine the agility and innovation of a startup with the stability and resources of a global leader. As a Senior Product Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing AI-powered systems that enhance accounting workflows through automation, intelligence, and seamless orchestration. Innovate in a Startup-Like Environment Be part of a fast-moving, forward-thinking group that is creating AI-driven software for accounting professionals. You'll join a team of top engineers and AI developers, leveraging cutting-edge technology to build intelligent and scalable systems. This role is for the CoCounsel for Accounting team, formed from the recent acquisition of the startup Materia. Create Impactful, AI-Driven Experiences Own the full stack—from React interfaces to Python-based AI services and APIs. You'll architect and implement complete features that bring generative AI capabilities to life, alongside core product capabilities that streamline and modernize accounting workflows. Crafting both the user-facing experiences and the intelligent systems that power them, your work will shape how thousands of accounting professionals leverage AI and modern software in their everyday workflows. Collaborate Across Functions Work closely with product managers, designers, and AI specialists to deliver elegant, high-performance features. Your ability to translate complex requirements into complete solutions—beautiful interfaces backed by robust APIs and services—will be key to our product's success.

Requirements

• 4+ years building web applications at scale, with practical experience in both front-end and back-end development (we welcome engineers who are stronger in one area but capable in both)
• Passion for UI/UX and product design—enjoy refining details that matter to users
• Self-driven with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Experience building new products or features from 0 to 1 or from ideation to release
• Excellent debugging skills and an eye for performance optimization
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, HCI, or related field
• Experience working in a startup or similar fast-paced setting.
• Experience building Chatbot interfaces or other AI-native products
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), AI agent design, and/or prompt engineering
• Opinionated about testing methodologies, A/B testing, and safe rollouts

Responsibilities

• Own features from beginning to end, including ideation, working with cross-functional partners in product and UX, testing, launching, measuring impact, and iteration.
• Design, build, and maintain generative AI products such as Conversations, Accounting Research, Ready to Advise, and Workspaces
• Build engaging front-ends using Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS
• Develop robust back-ends with Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, and cloud infrastructure, including API design, data modeling, and AI service integration
• Identify bottlenecks and optimize for speed, scalability, and responsiveness across the full stack
• Serve as a technical leader on full stack projects, scoping out timelines, guiding junior engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional partners
• Contribute to technical design decisions across the stack, including architecture, API design, and system integration patterns
• Champion code quality and best practices for both front-end and back-end development
• Apply strong design sensibilities to deliver polished, accessible, and user-centric interfaces.
• Proactively collect feedback from end users and internal stakeholders, and iterate accordingly

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.
• In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a 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. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: 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