Lead AI Software Engineer for LegalTech Platform

Thomson Reuters; Ciudad de México; Híbrido; MXN 900.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work model

Descripción de la vacante

Thomson Reuters in Mexico City is seeking a Lead Software Engineer AI (Staff Engineer AI) to drive technical direction for CoCounsel's AI-powered litigation drafting products. You will lead a team of frontend and backend engineers, shaping architecture and end-to-end delivery while embracing an AI-native engineering mindset.

You will evaluate cutting-edge AI techniques, translate business needs into scalable specs, mentor colleagues, and ensure quality, security, and observability at scale.

Formación

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in technical leadership roles and 3+ years building scalable cloud applications, APIs, and AI-enabled products.
• Strong proficiency in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS or Azure cloud services, with a deep understanding of distributed systems, architecture, and data modelling.
• Experience shipping production-grade AI systems to customers, including deployment, monitoring, evaluation, scaling, and ongoing operational ownership in enterprise environments.

Responsabilidades

• Build and architect AI Agentic driven systems – lead the full stack team in delivering agentic legal software.
• Drive innovation and technical strategy – oversee AI technique evaluation and feasibility for new features.
• Provide senior technical leadership – guide architecture decisions and mentor engineers.
• Ensure quality, security, and observability – design and implement testing, monitoring, and compliance with ethical AI and security standards.
• Cross-functional influence – collaborate with Labs, product managers, and designers to scale features.

Conocimientos

Python

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

AWS or Azure

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

Leadership

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Herramientas

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

CodePipeline

Claude Agent SDK

Descripción del empleo

Thomson Reuters in Mexico City is seeking a Lead Software Engineer AI (Staff Engineer AI) to drive technical direction for CoCounsel's AI-powered litigation drafting products. You will lead a team of frontend and backend engineers, shaping architecture and end-to-end delivery while embracing an AI-native engineering mindset.

You will evaluate cutting-edge AI techniques, translate business needs into scalable specs, mentor colleagues, and ensure quality, security, and observability at scale.