Staff Software Engineer, AI Product Engineering

TRSS; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, AI Product Engineering to shape and build AI-powered software for tax and accounting professionals. You will own greenfield and 0→1 AI systems, from discovery through production, guiding peers from prototype to production.

The role combines hands-on coding in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS with high-impact architecture decisions and collaboration across teams in a hybrid work model based in New York City, Minneapolis-St.

Qualifications

• Experience designing greenfield AI systems from discovery to production.
• Proficient in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• Experience with AI-native applications using LLMs, agents, orchestration, retrieval, tool calling, and real-time workflows.
• Ability to integrate models from providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.
• Design scalable APIs and data models with asynchronous workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own greenfield and 0→1 AI systems, taking ambiguous product problems from technical discovery and architecture through implementation, production launch, monitoring, and iteration.
• Design and build production backend services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• Build and evolve AI-native applications incorporating large language models, AI agents, orchestration, retrieval, tool/function calling, and real-time AI workflows.
• Integrate models and services from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and other foundation-model platforms.
• Design scalable APIs, data models, asynchronous workflows

Skills

Python

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

AWS

AI integration

Tools

OpenAI

Anthropic

Job description

Thomson Reuters is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, AI Product Engineering to help shape and build the next generation of AI-powered software for tax and accounting professionals. You will join the CoCounsel for Tax & Accounting organization, working in a fast-moving, product-focused environment that combines startup-style ownership with the scale and resources of Thomson Reuters.

This is a highly hands-on Staff-level engineering role for someone who thrives in greenfield and 0→1 product development. You will be expected to take ambiguous product and technical problems, define the right architecture, build critical parts of the solution yourself, and help guide other engineers from prototype through production.

This is a hybrid role, with opportunities based in New York City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, or Toronto. Candidates should be comfortable working onsite as part of the team's hybrid schedule. Final interviews may also be conducted onsite at the hiring hub associated with the candidate's location.

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer, AI Product Engineering, you will:

• Own greenfield and 0→1 AI systems, taking ambiguous product problems from technical discovery and architecture through implementation, production launch, monitoring, and iteration.
• Design and build production backend services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• Build and evolve AI-native applications incorporating large language models, AI agents, orchestration, retrieval, tool/function calling, and real-time AI workflows.
• Integrate models and services from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and other foundation-model platforms.
• Design scalable APIs, data models, asynchronous workflows