Senior Tax & Audit AI Engineer, FDE

Thomson Reuters•Frisco, TX

5d•$102,200 - $218,600•Hybrid

About The Position

Help tax and audit professionals turn real business challenges into reliable AI solutions. In this hands-on role, combine tax or audit expertise with AI tools to build automations, validate their accuracy, and deliver solutions professionals can confidently use. Work directly with clients, engineers, and Thomson Reuters specialists from early prototypes through deployment.

Requirements

Five or more years of hands-on experience in public accounting, corporate tax, or audit, with a relevant professional credential such as CPA, EA, or CIA, or equivalent depth of professional experience.
Demonstrated experience applying AI to real tax or audit work, including prompt engineering, custom agents or assistants, and AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.
Experience delivering at least one automation or AI tool used by others, and building evaluation datasets and test harnesses to measure accuracy, consistency, and failure points.
Advanced Excel skills and working knowledge of SQL or Python.
Strong professional judgment when assessing accuracy, managing risk, and determining where human review is necessary.
Ability to translate complex workflows into practical solutions, collaborate across disciplines, and communicate clearly with clients, tax and audit leaders, and engineers.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Thomson Reuters products, such as UltraTax CS, GoSystem Tax RS, ONESOURCE, Checkpoint, or CoCounsel.
Experience at a large public accounting firm or a complex corporate tax department.
Formal programming training, a coding bootcamp, or a portfolio of AI projects.
Experience developing quality assurance or professional review processes for tax or audit work.

Responsibilities

Partner with public accounting firms and corporate tax departments to understand workflows, identify automation opportunities, and define successful outcomes.
Design solutions that preserve professional judgment and incorporate controls for accuracy, risk, and professional standards.
Build prompts, AI agent instructions, prototypes, and working automations using AI coding tools, Python, and low-code platforms.
Own AI evaluation and accuracy validation by creating expert-validated reference datasets, testing outputs against professional criteria, and approving accuracy before deployment.
Support client demonstrations and early engagement discussions by showing how AI can address real tax and audit challenges.
Develop reusable prompts and automations for return review, workpaper preparation, K-1 processing, tax provision, and audit testing.
Collaborate with Thomson Reuters domain experts, editorial, and product teams to keep solutions aligned with product capabilities, tax law, and professional standards.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid work environment for office-based roles.
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
Flexible vacation and paid time off, including sick and safe time and paid holidays.
Two company-wide mental health days off and access to the Headspace app.
Retirement savings plan with company match.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee incentive programs and possible annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance.
Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
Parental leave and sabbatical leave.
Fitness reimbursement and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Two paid volunteer days annually and opportunities for pro-bono consulting and ESG initiatives.
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
Adoption and surrogacy assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Commuter benefits.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program.