Principal Engineer

Thomson Reuters; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 158,900 - 295,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Career development programs

Comprehensive benefits plan

Paid volunteer days

Job summary

Thomson Reuters in Frisco, Texas, is seeking a Principal Engineer to support the evolution of the ONESOURCE Platform and ONESOURCE AI. This role focuses on establishing engineering standards, modernizing platforms, and influencing technical strategies across multiple teams.

The ideal candidate possesses significant experience in software engineering and a strong background in distributed systems and microservices architectures. Join a team dedicated to innovation and excellence, working in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software engineering and architecture roles.
• Deep expertise in designing and building distributed system.
• Strong understanding of software design principles and system scalability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of large-scale, distributed systems.
• Drive architectural consistency and engineering excellence.
• Mentor and coach engineers and technical leaders.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Microservices architectures

Cloud-native platforms

Technical strategy influence

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Containers

Job description

Do you thrive in environments where your technical expertise can directly impact how the world's leading professionals access and utilize information?

This is a Principal Engineer opportunity supporting the evolution of the ONESOURCE Platform and ONESOURCE AI organizations.

Why This Role Matters

The ONESOURCE Platform serves as the foundation for multiple products across the portfolio. As a result, this role will have significant impact on platform strategy, architecture decisions, and the delivery of shared capabilities that enable innovation across the organization. The Principal Engineer will be responsible for identifying opportunities to modernize platforms, drive AI adoption, establish engineering standards, and coordinate technical solutions that span multiple products and business areas.

About the Role

• Serve as a Principal Engineer supporting both the ONESOURCE Platform and ONESOURCE AI organizations, helping drive the technical vision, architecture, and engineering strategy across shared platform capabilities.
• Lead the design and evolution of large-scale, distributed systems and microservices-based architectures that support multiple products across the ONESOURCE portfolio.
• Partner with engineering leaders, architects, product teams, and business stakeholders to develop scalable, secure, and reliable platform solutions.
• Drive architectural consistency, engineering excellence, and best practices across teams while ensuring alignment with broader business objectives.
• Act as a senior technical advisor, providing guidance on complex technical challenges, modernization initiatives, cloud-native technologies, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Influence technical decision-making across multiple teams and organizations through collaboration, thought leadership, and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Develop and champion platform standards, frameworks, and engineering patterns that improve software quality, maintainability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Lead the evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies, identifying opportunities to leverage AI and modern engineering approaches to accelerate innovation.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical initiatives that span multiple products, ensuring solutions are aligned, reusable, and strategically valuable to the broader platform ecosystem.
• Mentor and coach engineers and technical leaders, helping elevate technical capability, strengthen architectural practices, and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Provide technical leadership in solving ambiguous, business-critical problems and translating strategic objectives into actionable engineering solutions.
• Support the successful delivery of platform and AI initiatives by balancing technical excellence, business priorities, and customer impact.

About You

You're an ideal fit if you have:

• Significant experience in software engineering, architecture, or platform engineering roles, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale enterprise applications.
• Deep expertise designing and building distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience driving technical strategy and architectural direction across multiple teams, products, or business domains.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and solve highly ambiguous engineering challenges.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, system scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product Management, Architecture, Engineering, QA, UX, and Business teams.
• Demonstrated success influencing technical decisions without direct authority and driving alignment across organizations.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, best practices, frameworks, and governance models.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to mentor engineers and technical leaders, fostering engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on enterprise platform products that serve multiple applications, product lines, or business units.
• Knowledge of modern cloud platforms and technologies such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, containers, and platform engineering practices.
• Experience developing or supporting AI/ML-powered products, services, or platforms.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, API design, integration patterns, and modern software development methodologies.
• Experience leading modernization initiatives, including cloud transformation and platform evolution programs.
• Background working within large, matrixed, global organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical innovation with business priorities and customer needs.
• Passion for exploring emerging technologies and identifying opportunities to create value through AI and modern engineering practices.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate long-term business objectives into scalable technical solutions.
• Strong collaborator with exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments while leading through change.
• Effective coach and mentor who helps elevate the performance and growth of technical teams.
• Results-oriented with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and customer focus.
• Ability to navigate complex organizational dynamics and drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Continuous learner with a passion for innovation, engineering excellence, and technology leadership.

What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) 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 well‑being.
• 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 (Your) 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.

Compensation

For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $158,900 USD - $295,100 USD. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Thomson Reuters is an equal opportunity agency under federal, state and local laws. The company provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, under applicable federal and state law. If you reside in the United States and require an accommodation in the recruiting process, you may contact our Human Resources Department [e-mail]. Disability accommodations in the recruiting process may include things like a sign language interpreter, making interview rooms accessible, providing assistive technology, or other relevant accommodations. Should you have a religious belief requiring accommodation, a dedicated accommodation request address is also available. If you need additional information about requesting an accommodation, see the resources below. This posting is not intended for general recruitment questions. All inquiries are directed to the recruitment team. The company is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer and we encourage all qualified applicants of all ages, sexes, sexual orientations, religions, and national origins to apply.