Staff Software Engineer I — Lead Full‑Stack & AI Features

Thomson Reuters; Frisco (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mental Health Days

Headspace app

Retirement savings

Tuition reimbursement

Employee incentives

Wellbeing resources

Volunteer days

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Lead Engineer for the CoCounsel Application Experience team in Frisco, TX. You will own and deliver full‑stack solutions across React, TypeScript, and Python, lead by example, and collaborate with product, design, and platform partners to ship high‑impact, customer‑facing features.

This hands‑on technical leadership role emphasizes architecture, code quality, and scalable performance, with responsibilities spanning API design, AI-powered capabilities, and mentoring

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production web applications.
• Experience with React, TypeScript, and frontend architecture.
• Backend experience with Python and familiarity with AI concepts (prompting, agentic design, MCP).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement full-stack features across frontend and backend systems.
• Establish and uphold best practices for code quality, performance, accessibility, testing, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to shape requirements and APIs.
• Break down initiatives, provide reliable estimates, and deliver from development through production.
• Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews, and technical guidance.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

APIs

LLM concepts

MCP

Leadership

Education

BA or BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

React

TypeScript

Python

LLM APIs

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Lead Engineer for the CoCounsel Application Experience team in Frisco, TX. You will own and deliver full‑stack solutions across React, TypeScript, and Python, lead by example, and collaborate with product, design, and platform partners to ship high‑impact, customer‑facing features.

This hands‑on technical leadership role emphasizes architecture, code quality, and scalable performance, with responsibilities spanning API design, AI-powered capabilities, and mentoring