Lead Software Engineer

Thomson Reuters; Ahmedabad District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance

Career Development and Growth

Industry Competitive Benefits

Culture

Social Impact

Making a Real-World Impact

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using C#, C++, Angular, .NET, and Web APIs. You will lead cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and ensure secure, scalable software delivery.

The role emphasizes SDLC discipline, CI/CD, unit testing, and agile practices, with collaboration across product, design, and operations. Hybrid work model offered in a global, inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development with C#, C++, Angular, and .NET.
• Experience building RESTful Web APIs and secure API design.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, testing, CI/CD, and Agile/Scrum practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications with front-end Angular and backend .NET services.
• Mentor junior developers and conduct peer reviews to improve code quality.
• Translate product requirements into technical specifications and plan sprints.
• Ensure performance, quality, and reliability of software; advocate best practices.
• Apply secure coding practices and perform vulnerability remediation across the SDLC.
• Stay updated on AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering trends.
• Collaborate with product, design, and operations to deliver maintainable software.
• Lead technical decisions and promote accountability, transparency, and teamwork.

Skills

C#

C++

Angular

NET

Web API development

RESTful APIs

Agile/Scrum

CI/CD

Unit testing

Security & compliance

Tools

Git

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled engineer with at least 10 years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise-grade applications using C#, C++, Angular, .NET, and Web APIs. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in full-stack development, with hands-on experience building scalable front-end applications, robust backend services, reusable APIs, and high-performance components. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable, maintainable, and production-ready software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Practical experience using tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar AI-assisted development tools.

• Prompt engineering skills for writing clear prompts and validating AI-generated outputs.
  Responsible use of AI across the SDLC for coding, debugging, documentation, testing, and troubleshooting while maintaining security and compliance.

• Design, develop, and maintain responsive web applications using Angular, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, and modern front-end engineering practices.

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful Web APIs and backend services using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, and related frameworks, ensuring seamless integration with Angular front-end components.

• Understand and be able to explain practices (such as refactoring, TDD and pair programming) and their benefits so that the team consistently works together with a deep understanding. Adhere to accepted best practices of SDLC (I.e. unit testing, CI/CD, etc.) and act on the principles of Agile/Scrum within the team

• Independently translate product requirements into scoped engineering efforts; Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications. Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members. Peer review code from other members of the team offering candid, caring, and constructive feedback. Mentor junior development staff through active listening and pair programming

• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve the development process.

• Take ownership of software quality beyond development by defining and following best practices for unit tests, API tests, automated test coverage, code coverage targets, and validation of critical workflows to ensure reliable and production-ready solutions.

• Proactively address security concerns throughout the SDLC by supporting secure coding practices, vulnerability scans using tools such as Snyk and Qualys, remediation of identified risks, penetration test findings, and compliance with application security standards.

• Demonstrate ownership, accountability, curiosity, and adaptability by proactively delivering commitments, managing risks, communicating progress or blockers transparently, staying open to feedback, learning new technologies including AI-assisted development tools, and continuously improving day-to-day engineering practices.

• Model respectful collaboration, clear communication, empathy, professionalism, sound judgment, and integrity when working with engineering, product, design, operations, and stakeholders; actively listen, share context, provide candid and constructive feedback, and make balanced decisions that consider product impact, customer needs, security, compliance, and long-term maintainability.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of professional software development experience, including hands-on experience with C#, C++, Angular, .NET, and Web API development.

• Strong experience with Angular, preferably Angular 16 or higher, including component-based design, routing, services, RxJS, state management, forms, and integration with backend APIs.

• Proven experience developing RESTful Web APIs and backend services using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework or equivalent ORM frameworks, and secure API design principles.

• Experience with version control systems, preferably Git.

• Knowledge of software development best practices for C#, C++, Angular, .NET, and Web APIs, including design patterns, SOLID principles, unit testing, API testing, code reviews, and deployment strategies

• Familiarity with relational database technologies, SQL, data access patterns, and ORM frameworks commonly used with .NET applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with C++ development, including object-oriented programming, memory management fundamentals, debugging, performance optimization, and integration with existing systems or services.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

• Demonstrated ability to use AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar platforms to improve coding productivity, code quality, debugging, refactoring, test generation, and technical documentation.

• Strong prompt engineering skills, including the ability to write clear, contextual prompts, validate AI-generated outputs, and apply sound engineering judgment before incorporating AI-assisted code or recommendations into production systems.

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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.