Software Engineer - Legal Prompt Engineer

Refinitiv; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in legal technology is seeking a Software Engineer - Legal Prompt Engineer. This role involves developing applications driven by large language models and requires expertise in both software engineering and the legal field. You will collaborate with talented professionals to enhance solutions and drive impactful decisions for clients.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Mental health support

Paid volunteer days

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of production-level software engineering experience.
• Legal domain expertise with experience in legal practice.
• Hands-on experience with large language models like OpenAI, Anthropic.

Responsibilities

• Develop code that interacts with the state-of-the-art LLMs.
• Write, test, and iterate prose prompts for legal accuracy.
• Collaborate with legal professionals to gather requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Creative writing

Education

Jurist Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal expertise

Tools

C# .NET

Python

SQL

Job description

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Software Engineer - Legal Prompt Engineer

Apply remote type Remote Job: Remote locations USA-Frisco-6160 Warren Parkway USA-New York-3 Times Square CAN-Toronto-19 Duncan Street USA-Ann Arbor-6300 Interfirst Dr USA-MSP-2900 Ames Crossing Road time type Full time posted on Posted 23 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: August 2, 2025 (23 days left to apply) job requisition id JREQ191358

Software Engineer - Legal Prompt Engineer

At Thomson Reuters, you will have the opportunity to influence and lead the global knowledge economy. Our innovative technology supports international markets and empowers professionals worldwide to make impactful decisions. By addressing both current challenges and future ambitions, you will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry on diverse projects, crafting next-generation solutions that achieve significant results. As the foremost provider of intelligent information, we value your unique perspective to drive solutions that propel our business forward and enhance your career development.

We are in search of a driven Software Engineer - Prompt Engineer with a background in law and experience working with APIs, complemented by domain expertise in the legal field (such as a JD or experience in the legal industry). You will collaborate with a very experienced team to build applications utilizing state-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) that deliver cutting-edge and time-saving solutions to attorneys nationwide.

About the Role
As the Software Engineer - Prompt Engineer, you will:

• Orchestrate LLM-driven experiences that delight our customers

• Develop code that interacts with state-of-the-art LLMs

• Write, test, and iterate prose prompts for the LLM that leverage your legal domain knowledge, ensuring delivery of accurate, legally sound, and contextually appropriate responses

• Develop code that interacts with data sources & services (APIs, SQL databases, etc.)

• Collaborate with legal professionals and internal teams at Thomson Reuters to gather and comprehend requirements

• Integrate language models into multi-step systems, assessing their performance and making necessary modifications

About You
You’re a fit for the role of the Software Engineer - Prompt Engineer if you have:

• Legal domain expertise, with experience in legal practice, a JD in a non-traditional career path, or paralegal/legal industry roles

• 3–4 years of production-level software engineering experience on engineering or product teams, ideally at a startup

• Proficient in C# .NET / Python, or other programming languages

• Skilled in working with APIs and SQL

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and creative writing abilities

• Hands-on experience coding with large language models (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Llama, Mistral)

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What’s in it For You?

• 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 wellbeing.

• 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 (Y)our 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.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $70,000 - $130,000.This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.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 job posting will close .

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here .

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