Software Development Manager, AI

Software Development Manager - AI, Westlaw
 

We’re looking for a technically strong Software Development Manager to help us transform legal research – and litigation workflows more broadly – with GenAI. 

In this role, you’ll guide, empower a team of talented engineers, oversee the end-to-end creation of robust UI and backend services, and influence strategic decisions that drive our Westlaw product delivery forward.

About the Role:

In this opportunity as a Software Development Manager, AI you will:

• Lead & Inspire: Manage a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and growth.
• Architect & Build: Engaged in design and own implementation of UI and/or backend solutions using modern frameworks and technologies, stepping in to code when necessary.
• Strategize & Collaborate: Work with cross-functional teams—product managers, designers, and other leaders—to define product strategy, set technical direction, and deliver innovative features.
• Drive Execution: Own the team roadmap and project lifecycle, ensuring that initiatives move from ideation to successful production launches.
• Mentor & Develop: Coach engineers, support professional development, and cultivate an environment where everyone can excel.
• Measure Impact: Define success metrics to track and evaluate project outcomes, using data-driven insights to guide future decisions.
• Shape Technology: Provide guidance on architecture, design, and best practices for front-end and back-end development.

About You:

You’re a fit for the role of Software Development Manager, AI if your background includes: 

Required Skills and Experience:

Technical Expertise:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Equivalent Experience.
• Software Engineering Experience: Over 5 years of hands-on experience in software engineering with a demonstrated history of leading the development of scalable, web-based solutions. Proficient in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Back-end Proficiency: Strong familiar or experience with popular Python frameworks, including Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Front-end Proficiency: Skilled in using modern UI frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar, along with TypeScript and Node.js. F
• Data Engineering and MLOps Background: Solid foundation in data engineering or machine learning operations (MLOps).
• Cloud Technology Experience: More than 3 years of experience working with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP, with a preference for AWS.
• DevOps Practices: Well-versed in DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
• AI Framework Knowledge: Familiar with AI frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Hugging Face, as well as GenAI concepts like prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and fine-tuning.
• Agile Development Experience: Experienced in agile development methodologies.
• AI Tools: Experience in using AI-powered tools in SDLC is required.

Team Leadership:  

• Managerial Experience: 3+ years of managing engineering teams, with success in coaching, mentoring, and nurturing talent.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to navigate ambiguity, make data-driven decisions, and deliver impactful results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strategic Mindset: Adept at driving product innovation and ensuring that technical decisions align with broader business goals.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
• Familiarity with AWS platforms; AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc.) preferred.

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What’s in it For You?

Join us to inform the way forward with the latest AI solutions and address real-world challenges in legal, tax, compliance, and news. Backed by our commitment to continuous learning and market-leading benefits, you’ll be prepared to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. This includes:

• Industry-Leading 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.

• 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, and hybrid model, 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 skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• 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.

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 $116,900 - $217,100.

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.


Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our 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/Affirmative Action 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.

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