Senior AI Engineer for Legal Tech – Production Systems

Thomson Reuters; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Retirement savings (401k)

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer - AI to design, build, and deploy bespoke AI solutions for law firms and corporate legal departments. You will own from design to production, collaborating with AI architects and engineers to deliver scalable, secure systems integrated into enterprise environments.

You will shape solution design, contribute to architecture, and ensure high-trust outputs, working with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver impact in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with system design and distributed systems.
• 2+ years building and deploying AI/ML solutions in production, including LLM-powered apps.
• Proficiency with Python and RESTful/async architectures.
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, AutoGen, and RAG architectures.
• Familiarity with MCP and A2A workflows for interoperable AI systems.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and IaC tools like Terraform or CDK.
• Experience with observability stacks and AI evaluation platforms.
• Strong security skills including OAuth2/OpenID Connect/JWT.
• Excellent communication with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prompt engineering skills for domain-specific tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-powered solutions for law firms and corporate legal teams.
• Architect and deploy multi-component AI systems and agent workflows.
• Develop end-to-end pipelines and integration scripts for customer use cases.
• Ensure monitoring, logging, and tracing for production AI systems.
• Collaborate with AI architects and engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in client workshops and technical discovery, translating legal workflows into tasks.

Skills

Software architecture

AI/ML in production

Python

LangChain / LangGraph

RAG architectures

MCP / A2A workflows

RESTful / async

Cloud platforms

Observability stacks

Security / OAuth2 / JWT

Prompt engineering

AI toolchains (LangSmith, Weights &amp

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform / CDK

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer - AI to design, build, and deploy bespoke AI solutions for law firms and corporate legal departments. You will own from design to production, collaborating with AI architects and engineers to deliver scalable, secure systems integrated into enterprise environments.

You will shape solution design, contribute to architecture, and ensure high-trust outputs, working with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver impact in a