Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters develops trusted content, data, and technology for professionals working in legal services, tax and accounting, international trade, risk management, insurance, consulting, and global news. Its portfolio includes legal research platforms, tax and accounting software, compliance and regulatory tools, and Reuters media services. By combining specialist expertise with investments in generative AI, Thomson Reuters helps law firms, corporations, tax professionals, and media organizations manage complex information, streamline workflows, and make better-informed decisions.

Director of Software Engineering, Reuters CMS (Remote - New York)

Lead engineering for Reuters CMS, supporting content creation, editorial workflows, and publishing. Set AWS architecture direction and advance AI-enabled tools for trusted global journalism.

Description

  • Lead the engineering organization responsible for Reuters content management systems
  • Own the platform supporting content creation, editorial workflows, and publishing on Reuters.com
  • Set technical strategy, architecture, and delivery direction for the Reuters CMS platform during a major transition
  • Provide hands-on principal-level guidance on front-end and back-end engineering challenges when needed
  • Define the content management platform’s technical architecture and long-term roadmap
  • Guide scalability, performance, and cost decisions across backend services and AWS infrastructure
  • Set and maintain uptime and reliability standards for a production platform serving external customers at scale
  • Assess and direct the platform’s modern web rendering approach
  • Work with editorial stakeholders to convert newsroom workflows into platform requirements
  • Set the editorial tooling roadmap and identify opportunities for AI-assisted content workflows
  • Lead platform delivery teams across release management and production support
  • Direct technical execution of the platform transition and establish metrics for platform health and operational risk
  • Build, mentor, and manage a multi-team engineering organization of managers and individual contributors
  • Develop a high-performing culture across distributed engineering teams
  • Explain technical strategy and tradeoffs to engineers, product partners, executives, and customers
  • Lead AI upskilling and adoption initiatives across the engineering organization

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • At least 10 years of software engineering experience
  • At least 4 years managing engineers, including managers or multiple teams
  • Experience owning a production platform that serves external customers at scale
  • Experience applying Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
  • Deep expertise in AWS, serverless architecture, and distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of modern web rendering, including server-side rendering, client-side rendering, React, and build tooling
  • Practical knowledge of HTTP, caching semantics, and CDN behavior in high-traffic environments
  • Experience designing and operating microservices architectures
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience using test automation frameworks
  • Experience with browser and system performance testing methods
  • Ability to explain technical concepts credibly to engineers, product partners, executives, and customers
  • Proven ability to build and lead high-performing technical teams across multiple functions
  • Relocation support and limited travel may be available by discussion

Benefits

  • Flexible work options, including working from anywhere for up to eight weeks each year
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Two company-wide Mental Health Days
  • Access to the Headspace app
  • Retirement savings programs
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee incentive programs
  • Resources supporting mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
  • Two paid volunteer days each year
  • Pro bono consulting opportunities and ESG initiatives
  • Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
  • Competitive 401(k) plan with company matching
  • Paid sick and safe time off
  • Paid holidays, including two company mental health days
  • Parental leave
  • Sabbatical leave
  • Optional hospital, accident, and sickness insurance
  • Optional life and AD&D insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
  • Fitness reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Group legal, identity theft, and protection benefits
  • 529 college savings plan
  • Commuter benefits
  • Adoption and surrogacy assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance

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