Head of Forward-Deployed AI Engineering

Thomson Reuters; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mental health days

Headspace app access

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer days

Job summary

ThomsonReuters in the United States seeks a Lead Engineer to guide production AI solutions for tax and audit clients. You will hire, coach and grow senior engineers, oversee engagements from prototypes to multi-month implementations, and own delivery quality and client outcomes.

You’ll provide technical leadership across architecture, cost estimates and risk controls for RAG, AI agents, and prompt engineering while building scalable teams and collaborating with business partners.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering or technical consulting with 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience delivering client-facing engineering in consulting or professional services.
• Led teams shipping LLM-powered production applications and can explain tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop a senior engineering team, owning hiring, coaching and career growth.
• Own staffing, capacity planning and delivery forecasting across engagements.
• Provide technical leadership for production AI solutions and cost/risk reviews.
• Own delivery health and client outcomes across engagements.

Skills

Team leadership

Staffing & capacity planning

LLM production experience

AI engineering practices

AI tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, Copil

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

ThomsonReuters in the United States seeks a Lead Engineer to guide production AI solutions for tax and audit clients. You will hire, coach and grow senior engineers, oversee engagements from prototypes to multi-month implementations, and own delivery quality and client outcomes.

You’ll provide technical leadership across architecture, cost estimates and risk controls for RAG, AI agents, and prompt engineering while building scalable teams and collaborating with business partners.