Engineering Manager, Materia AI

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flex My Way

Career Development

Competitive Benefits

Volunteer Days

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team building AI-powered systems for CoCounsel Tax. You will hire, mentor, and grow backend and AI engineers while partnering with product and design on roadmaps and priorities.

You will help shape the technical direction of agentic tax workflows, scope AI features end-to-end, and remove cross-team blockers to accelerate delivery in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Track record of leading teams that ship production-grade backend systems at scale.
• Strong technical foundation in backend development and cloud infrastructure; comfortable architecture discussions.
• Experience partnering with PM, Design, and cross-functional leaders to set strategy and execute.
• Excellent communicator; able to set clear goals, give direct feedback, and align stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where priorities evolve quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow the team. Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing group of backend and AI engineers.
• Partner on cross-org engineering hiring to grow the broader CoCounsel Tax organization.
• Drive velocity and engineering health. Improve processes, rituals, code review, and ways of working.
• Set direction with product and design; collaborate on road mapping and ownership.
• Be a thought partner on agentic tax workflows; shape technical direction for tax workflows.
• Scope AI features end-to-end; design and scope AI-driven features with Labs/Research teams.
• Remove friction across the org; resolve cross-team blockers and scale processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend development

Cloud infrastructure

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Python

AWS

LLM APIs

Job description

Engineering Manager - CoCounsel Tax

We're building the next generation of AI-powered software for tax and accounting professionals, and we're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team shaping the future of CoCounsel Tax. This team was formed from Thomson Reuters' acquisition of the AI startup Materia and combines the agility of a startup with the resources of a global leader.

You'll manage a team of engineers building AI-powered systems which power CoCounsel Tax - CoCounsel Tax - the AI tax assistant for tax professionals | Thomson Reuters

About the Role

As Engineering Manager, you will:

• Build and grow the team. Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing group of backend and AI engineers. Partner on cross-org engineering hiring to grow the broader CoCounsel Tax organization.

• Drive velocity and engineering health. Partner with engineering leaders to improve team processes, rituals, code review, and ways of working so engineers can ship faster with confidence.

• Set direction with product and design. Collaborate with PM and Design on road mapping and longer-term planning, ensuring the team is organized around the right priorities with clear ownership.

• Be a thought partner on agentic tax workflows. Help shape the technical direction of a more agentic future for tax workflows

• Scope AI features end-to-end. Be involved early in the design and scoping of AI-driven features across the product, working closely with Labs/Research teams.

• Remove friction across the org. Identify and resolve cross-team blockers so engineers can focus on the highest-leverage work, and drive process improvements that scale across the broader organization.

• Grow domain depth. Over time, develop deep expertise in the tax ecosystem, and the automation opportunities within it.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Engineering Manager, if your background includes:

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams.

• Track record of leading teams that ship production-grade backend systems at scale.

• Strong technical foundation in backend development and cloud infrastructure; comfortable diving into architecture discussions, code reviews, and design decisions.

• Experience partnering with PM, Design, and cross-functional leaders to set strategy and execute against it.

• Excellent communicator; able to set clear goals, give direct feedback, and align stakeholders across an org.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where priorities evolve quickly.

Preferred

• Experience shipping AI-driven or agentic systems in production (LLM orchestration, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation pipelines, etc.).

• Strong technical foundation in Python and AWS

• Familiarity with modern LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and how to productionize them reliably.

• Background managing mixed teams of backend and AI/ML engineers.

• Exposure to tax, accounting, or other regulated professional domains.

What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment 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.

Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out, our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role, and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool, but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role.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