Staff Data Engineer

Thomson Reuters • Eagan, MN

6h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Data Engineer, Public Records and Derived Authorities, you will: Play a role in development of cutting-edge data platform solutions and drive technical strategy. Leading development across the entire publishing stack, from content ingestion and storage through to efficient delivery to downstream systems. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, product leadership, and cross-functional teams to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade data systems that transform how our organization delivers value to customers. You will work closely with Product Management, Technology, and our Labs teams to enable our customers to build successful features and products to take their business to the next level. You will be developing and implementing solutions using Python, Snowflake, AWS cloud infrastructure, and modern data engineering practices, while leading and mentoring a team of talented engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering (Master’s preferred) with 8+ years in software/data engineering, including 4+ years in senior or lead roles.
• Proven hands‑on data engineering background (not DBA/analyst) with expertise in Python, data pipelines, and production-grade ETL/ELT systems.
• Deep experience with Snowflake (Python stored procedures, performance tuning, data modeling) and AWS data engineering services (S3, Lambda, Glue, Step Functions).
• Strong capabilities in SQL, data modeling, distributed data processing, data quality frameworks, and cloud cost/performance optimization.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals including API development, testing, design patterns, Git workflows; bonus for Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, compliance, and managing large-scale datasets, migrations, and orchestration workflows.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, excellent communication, ability to translate business requirements, and experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with other modern data platforms or cloud data warehouses (Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift)
• Experience with data publishing workflows and content delivery systems
• Domain expertise in legal, tax, accounting, or other regulated industries, particularly with investigative platforms or systems that search and analyze large-scale public and proprietary records
• Track record of successful data platform launches and scaling data systems to enterprise customers
• Knowledge of data mesh or modern data architecture patterns
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Responsibilities

• Design and lead large‑scale, cloud‑native data pipelines and publishing systems—processing billions of records using Snowflake, Python, and AWS services.
• Architect scalable data processing strategies, including stored procedures, transformation logic, orchestration, and enterprise data platform standards.
• Drive technical innovation, evaluating emerging data engineering techniques, leading proofs of concept, and shaping long‑term data platform roadmaps.
• Provide senior technical leadership, making architectural decisions, translating business needs into scalable solutions, and mentoring engineers at all levels.
• Ensure data quality, observability, and operational excellence through testing frameworks, performance optimization, monitoring, and governance for security/compliance.
• Lead cross‑functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Labs teams to translate data capabilities into application features and market-ready content workflows.
• Oversee optimization of large‑scale data processing across latency, cost, and resource efficiency, driving continuous improvements to data infrastructure.
• Serve as a thought leader representing best practices in data engineering, influencing strategy, feature development, and organizational standards.

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.
• 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