Senior Software Engineer- Rust / C++

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) With Company Match

Flexible Vacation

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Mental Health Days

Parental Leave

Sabbatical Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Incentive Programs

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Fitness Reimbursement

Flexible Spending Account

Health Savings Account

Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Volunteer Days

Job summary

Thomson Reuters seeks a lead backend engineer to design, develop, and operate a high-volume queue-driven document-processing platform, primarily using Rust with supporting C#/.NET services.

You will own major projects from requirements through rollout, improve performance and reliability, guide architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute to on-call and incident response.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing and operating production backend services.
• Experience in Rust or C++, distributed systems, and leading cross-team projects.
• Strong skills in performance, testing, security, mentoring, AI coding agents, and on-call readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and production operation of a high-volume queue-driven document-processing platform.
• Own major projects from requirements through rollout, improving performance and reliability.
• Guide architecture and technical decisions, mentor engineers, and contribute to on-call and incident response.

Skills

Rust

C++

C#/.NET

Distributed Systems

Azure

Kubernetes

Message Queues

Performance Profiling

Load Testing

System Architecture

Microservices

CI/CD

AI Coding Agents

Document Processing

Mentoring

Incident Response

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Lead the design, development, and production operation of a high-volume, queue-driven document-processing platform, primarily using Rust and also supporting C#/.NET services. Own major projects from requirements through rollout, improve performance and reliability, guide architecture and technical decisions, mentor engineers, and contribute to on-call and incident response.

Requirements:

Requires 7+ years of professional experience building and operating production backend services in Rust or C++, with deep distributed-systems expertise and experience leading complex, cross-team projects. Candidates should have strong performance, testing, security, technical-writing, mentoring, and AI coding-agent experience, be willing to work in C#/.NET and join on-call, and be located in the United States as a U.S. Person authorized to work without visa sponsorship.

Key Skills:

Rust, C++, C#/.NET, Distributed Systems, Azure, Kubernetes, Message Queues, Performance Profiling, Load Testing, System Architecture, Microservices, CI/CD, AI Coding Agents, Document Processing, Mentoring, Incident Response

Benefits:

Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, 401(k) With Company Match, Flexible Vacation, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Mental Health Days, Parental Leave, Sabbatical Leave, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Incentive Programs, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Fitness Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance, Commuter Benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Volunteer Days