Senior Software Engineer, Legal AI (Hybrid)

Thomson Reuters 

Frisco, New York, Eagan (TX, NY, MN)

Hybrid

USD 102,000 - 190,000

Full time

47 hours ago
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Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Legal) for the CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will design and implement AI-enabled legal workflows, collaborating with lawyers and engineers to deliver secure, scalable software.

The role emphasizes production-grade Python, cloud-native architectures, and robust evaluation of AI outputs. Ideal candidates have a JD or equivalent legal background, 5+ years of software experience, and strong prompt-engineering skills.

Qualifications

  • JD or equivalent depth of experience in a legal-practice environment.
  • Fluency in legal terminology and experience working with legal teams.
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy end-to-end software solutions for complex legal workflows and AI-enabled products.
  • Partner with legal customers to understand needs and translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Architect and build modern cloud-native systems using distributed services, microservices, APIs, containers, and orchestration.

Skills

Python
Distributed systems
APIs
Cloud-native
DevOps
LLM evaluation

Education

JD or equivalent legal training

Tools

Kubernetes
AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Legal) for the CoCounsel Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will design and implement AI-enabled legal workflows, collaborating with lawyers and engineers to deliver secure, scalable software.

The role emphasizes production-grade Python, cloud-native architectures, and robust evaluation of AI outputs. Ideal candidates have a JD or equivalent legal background, 5+ years of software experience, and strong prompt-engineering skills.

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