Lead Software Engineer

Refinitiv; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation

Mental Health Days off

Headspace app access

Retirement savings

Tuition reimbursement

Employee incentive programs

ESG initiatives

Job summary

Thomson Reuters in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own end-to-end delivery for key products using .NET, React JS, Azure, and a microservices architecture. You will drive technical strategy, architecture, and execution, mentoring engineers and establishing best practices while solving complex problems at scale.

You will champion innovation with AI/ML and Generative AI, ensuring security, scalability, and operational excellence, with cross-functional collaboration and ownership of

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in building scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
• Extensive experience with .NET, React JS, Azure, and microservices.
• Strong system design and architectural skills (SOLID).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery for key products or programs.
• Define design approaches and ensure high-quality delivery.
• Mentor engineers and establish best practices.
• Drive innovation using AI/ML and Generative AI.
• Engage with stakeholders and plan projects.

Skills

System design

SOLID principles

Design patterns

Mentoring

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

.NET

Azure

React JS

Microservices

Tools

.NET

Azure

React JS

Microservices

AI/ML

Job description

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex, large-scale solutions using .NET, Azure, React JS and Microservices architecture. You will own end-to-end delivery for key products or programs, driving technical strategy, architecture, and execution. In this role, you will solve ambiguous, high-impact problems, define design approaches, and ensure high-quality delivery aligned with business goals. You will lead multiple cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and establish best practices in coding, design patterns, and system design. Additionally, you will drive innovation by leveraging emerging technologies, including AI/ML and Generative AI, while ensuring scalability, security, and operational excellence. You will play a key role in project planning, estimation, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement, while maintaining ownership of product vision, delivery timelines, and technical outcomes.

About You:

You are a seasoned Lead Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience in building scalable, enterprise-grade applications using .NET, React JS, Azure cloud services, AI and microservices architecture. You have deep expertise in system design, SOLID principles, and design patterns, along with a strong track record of delivering complex solutions. .Net, microservices, azure, Design pattern, SOLID and React You excel at problem-solving in ambiguous environments, breaking down large initiatives into actionable plans, and leading teams toward successful execution. You have mentoring experience and a collaborative leadership style, influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving technical excellence. You possess strong business acumen, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and identify opportunities for innovation. Exposure to AI/ML or Generative AI is highly desirable. You are proactive, strategic, and passionate about continuous learning, engineering excellence, and delivering impactful results at scale.

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:

• flexible vacation
• two company-wide Mental Health Days off
• access to the Headspace app
• retirement savings
• tuition reimbursement
• employee incentive programs
• 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.

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More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.

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