Staff AI Software Engineer – Production Backend Leader

Thomson Reuters; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – AI to lead hands‑on development of production backend and AI capabilities on the Confirmation platform. You will architect and deliver distributed systems using C#/.NET, PostgreSQL, and AWS, while integrating AI/ML features with Python and managing risk through guardrails and observability.

You will mentor engineers, drive technical direction, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to scale AI workloads and document understanding at

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including hands‑on development, architecture, and delivery of large‑scale production systems.
• Strong, recent, hands‑on C#/.NET production development experience for backend services and APIs.
• Hands‑on Python experience for AI/ML system development, including model integration and orchestration.
• Demonstrated experience delivering AI/ML features into production, including LLM‑powered apps and AI agents.
• Experience with microservices, REST/GraphQL, databases, observability, resilience, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and deliver production backend and platform services using C#/.NET, PostgreSQL, AWS, microservices, and distributed patterns.
• Build production AI/ML capabilities using Python, including LLM integration and AI agents.
• Lead hands‑on AI engineering initiatives across product and infrastructure, including agent‑based workflows and retrieval systems.
• Build and evolve AI orchestration capabilities, including routing, MCP servers, multi‑step workflows, and guardrails.
• Design reliable, scalable distributed systems and AI workloads with caching, queuing, rate limiting, and model failover.
• Develop retrieval and data capabilities using document search, vector stores, embeddings, and semantic search.

Skills

C#/.NET backend

Python for AI/ML

Distributed systems

Microservices

REST/GraphQL APIs

AI safety controls

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

ASP.NET Core

GitHub Actions

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – AI to lead hands‑on development of production backend and AI capabilities on the Confirmation platform. You will architect and deliver distributed systems using C#/.NET, PostgreSQL, and AWS, while integrating AI/ML features with Python and managing risk through guardrails and observability.

You will mentor engineers, drive technical direction, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to scale AI workloads and document understanding at