Principal AI Software Architect, CoCounsel FDE

Thomson Reuters

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 183,000 - 340,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Principal Software Engineer / Architect – AI, CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) to design, build, and deliver production AI solutions for complex customer environments.

This highly technical, hands-on IC role requires direct customer interaction, collaboration with product teams, and hands-on coding to translate learnings into scalable capabilities for the CoCounsel platform.

Qualifications

12+ years of software engineering experience with strong technical leadership at Principal/Architect level.
Deep experience designing and delivering complex production software systems.
Strong hands-on software engineering with recent production code experience.
Significant experience with AI/ML, Generative AI, or LLM-powered systems in production.

Responsibilities

Lead highly complex technical and customer engagements from discovery through production delivery.
Architect, build, and deploy production AI solutions within customer and enterprise environments.
Write production code regularly and review the work of Senior, Staff, and Forward Deployed Engineers.
Provide technical direction across AI, software architecture, integration, security, and deployment decisions.
Work directly with customers to understand their environments, constraints, and business needs.
Translate customer learnings into scalable product capabilities.
Identify patterns across client engagements and recommend improvements to the core platform.
Mentor and guide engineers through complex challenges and architecture reviews.