Engineering Manager, Materia AI

Refinitiv; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flexible vacation

Mental Health Days

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the CoCounsel Tax engineering team in New York. You will manage backend and AI engineers responsible for building AI-powered tax software, partnering with product, design, and labs to scope features and guide architectural decisions.

The role emphasizes leadership, scalability, and delivering production‑grade solutions in a fast‑moving environment with strong customer impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Strong backend and cloud infrastructure foundation; able to discuss architecture and code reviews.
• Experience partnering with PM, Design, and cross‑functional leaders to set strategy.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow the team of backend and AI engineers.
• Hire, mentor, and develop high‑performing engineers.
• Partner on cross‑org engineering hiring to expand CoCounsel Tax.
• Drive velocity and engineering health; improve team processes and ways of working.
• Set direction with product and design; collaborate on roadmaps and ownership.
• Scope AI features end‑to‑end and shape technical direction for tax workflows.
• Identify cross‑team blockers and drive scalable process improvements.

Skills

Backend development

Python

AWS

Team leadership

LLM / AI systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

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

• 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

• 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.

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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.

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.

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

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 exceed 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 Stock Purchase Plan.

Base Compensation

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $136,000 USD - $253,000 USD. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $118,400 USD - $219,800 USD. For Ontario, Canada, the base compensation range for this role is $140,600 CAD - $190,600 CAD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

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.

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