Senior Backend Architect - Document Intelligence (Hybrid)

Thomson Reuters; Frisco (TX); Hybrid; USD 158,900 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Mental Health Days

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and build scalable backend services and APIs for our document analysis platform. You will write high‑performance server‑side code, craft efficient API contracts, and own data pipelines.

The role involves integrations with ML systems, frontend collaboration, and enhancing CI/CD for smoother production workflows. The ideal candidate has 10–12 years of full‑stack experience, strong backend chops (Node.js/Python/Go), proficiency in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 10–12 years of professional full‑stack development with backend focus.
• Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go and API design.
• Strong RESTful APIs, database design, and data modelling knowledge.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and hyperscalers (AWS, GCP).
• Proficiency in TypeScript and React for frontend work.
• Foundation in distributed systems and event‑driven architectures.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; self‑starting.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs for our document analysis platform.
• Write maintainable, high‑performance server‑side code and data processing pipelines.
• Define clear API contracts and contribute to service architecture decisions.
• Craft compositional API primitives to productionise insights.
• Build and maintain integrations with third‑party services and ML systems.
• Contribute to frontend features and components as needed to deliver end‑to‑end work.
• Work on performance optimisation for data‑intensive backend operations.
• Improve CI/CD and production operations to enhance developer experience.

Skills

Backend development

API design

RESTful APIs

Database design

SQL

NoSQL

Node.js

Python

Go

TypeScript

React

Distributed systems

Communication

Self-starter

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and build scalable backend services and APIs for our document analysis platform. You will write high‑performance server‑side code, craft efficient API contracts, and own data pipelines.

The role involves integrations with ML systems, frontend collaboration, and enhancing CI/CD for smoother production workflows. The ideal candidate has 10–12 years of full‑stack experience, strong backend chops (Node.js/Python/Go), proficiency in