Lead Software Engineer

Thomas Reuters; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape the future of their innovative Confirmation product. In this role, you will lead a talented team, driving the development of cutting-edge software solutions that enhance audit and verification processes. With a focus on architectural integrity and agile methodologies, you'll be empowered to explore new technologies and approaches. This position offers a hybrid work model, promoting a healthy work-life balance and continuous career development. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and inclusion while making a significant impact in the global knowledge economy.

Benefits

Flexible Work Arrangements

Career Development Programs

Comprehensive Benefits

Mental Health Days Off

Paid Volunteer Days

Work from Anywhere for 8 Weeks

Employee Incentive Programs

Retirement Savings Plan

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in software development with leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of architectural cleanliness and system improvement.
• Experience with cloud services and database management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers to deliver features on time.
• Build software applications through the full SDLC.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate effectively.

Skills

C#

.NET Core

Angular

RESTful APIs

Cloud Native Applications

Agile Methodologies

Test-Driven Development

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

SonarQube

Job description

Job Description for Lead Software Engineer

As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals around the world make decisions that matter. Whether solving for today’s challenges or tomorrow’s aspirations, you will work with the industry’s brightest thinkers on diverse projects, creating next-generation solutions that deliver powerful results. As the world’s leading provider of intelligent information, we want your unique perspective to create the solutions that advance our business—and your career.

As a member of Thomson Reuters’ Audit Technology team, you will work to build the next generation of our Confirmation product. You will influence new technical solutions, processes, and methodologies.

Within our agile team, you will be responsible for leading the development of new features and enhancing the infrastructure of Confirmation – a popular system for audit and verification of deposit use cases. This work will involve delivering new code, deploying services, and ensuring that we are building with regard to architectural cleanliness. You are empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. Your work will benefit customers who need to save time and yet also feel guaranteed they are not making errors as a result.

About the Role

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will:

• Show Leadership – lead a small team of developers to deliver features on time by giving solid technical direction.
• Build and Develop – software applications by understanding user needs, writing well-designed code, conducting validation/testing and executing full SDLC from design through release
• Be a Team Player – work in a collaborative team-oriented environment, share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross functional and remote teams
• Be Curious & Innovative – continuously update yourself with next generation technology, development tools, and contribute to process development practices
• Be an Agile Person – with a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines
• Be an Effective Communicator – articulate complex technical issues, and share ideas, participate in peer-reviews, and exhibit strong listening skills
• Take Ownership – responsible for performance, reliability and implement changes for improving the efficiency of a technical component
• Our Technology Stack - we're building the next generation of the Confirmation platform with C#/.NET Core, Angular, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, MS Orleans, GraphQL, and deploying into AWS.

About You

You’re a fit for the role of a Lead Software Engineer if you have:

• About 8+ years progressive experience as a developer and have led projects end to end, so you have hands-on experience coding, and you know how to influence decisions and give technical direction to team members.
• Strived for architectural cleanliness and can identify ways to improve the overall system and fit those into a product road-map.
• An interest in using the right database for the job - NoSQL is nice, but you also know the difference between inner and outer joins.
• Knowledge of RESTful API and probably built many of them using popular frameworks.
• Understanding of cloud native applications and have deployed one in AWS (or another cloud service).
• You understand design patterns for scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Thrived in a positive, collaborative environment with your great communication skills. You believe in the value of iterating together toward a common goal and have worked in an agile environment to do so.
• Are eager to learn new technologies but also want to understand the business problems we are trying to solve. To do so, you are willing to question the status quo to find a more optimal solution to existing processes.
• Experience coaching junior and mid-level engineers
• Experience working with cross functional and remote teams
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks

Desired Qualifications

• Strong experience with C# and .NET Core framework
• Strong experience with a JavaScript framework, such as Angular
• Experience implementing with AWS or Azure cloud platform services
• Experience with Postgres or similar relational databases
• Design, development, and scaling of REST and GraphQL APIs
• Experience building microservices with orchestrators like Kubernetes or Docker Swarm
• Hands-on experience with security vulnerability scanning tools (Qualys, SonarQube, Snyk)
• Working experience with Git
• Experience delivering AI/ML solutions

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What’s in it For You?

• 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.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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