Lead Software Development Engineers work across the end-to-end software development life cycle and apply modern software development practices when defining, designing, building, testing, and delivering software and services to users. Lead Software Engineers effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams including senior stakeholders to deliver on projects. You will utilize your deep technical expertise and skillset by representing software development engineering in overall project management by specifying and driving progress toward development activities, milestones, and timelines. This role independently builds software solutions, solves highly complex problems, and displays innovation when delivering projects and/or product(s).
Lead Software Development Engineers model a growth mindset by mentoring and guiding Software Development Engineer team members in growing their skillsets and models continuous learning and curiosity. This role communicates the role of Software Development Engineering along with the value it adds to the business and partners with all levels of leadership to educate and influence product road maps.
About the Role:
Scope
• Leads multiple and/or significant projects, programs and business initiatives, demonstrating creativity and ingenuity
• Delivers end-to-end technical solutions and solves complex problems that may be ambiguous in nature
• Determines work priorities based on general direction from managers
• May manage budget for projects or programs within area
Sphere of Influence
• Influences multiple cross functional project teams to execute and adopt a point of view for ideas and initiatives
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Trains and mentors colleagues including Sr. Software Engineers
• Strategic focus
Delivery
• Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products
• Writes code that establishes and enhances coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent.
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
•Owns a functional area. Breaks large requests down into sub-tasks, gives higher-level status updates. Writes test plans.
• Takes operational responsibility. Sets measurable goals and meets them. Performs code reviews
•Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
• Sets software engineering project schedules, defines project parameters and tasks and monitors project tasks.
• Develops and keeps the "vision" of the project, leading others toward its completion.
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Owns the development and rollout for an entire product, or large project.
• Leads the daily work of assigned work group / team. Recommends modifications to the daily operations of the assigned work group / team. Makes needed adjustments to short-term priorities.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Interacts with direct team of accountability, peers and/or managers in other teams. May interact with vendors and/or customers to share information and improve workflow processes.
Business Acumen
• Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts and Business Unit strategy
• Develops and maintains strong relationships and negotiates with internal and external customers to identify future needs
• Has extensive knowledge and skills gained through wide-ranging experiences in a field that requires diverse practices or procedures.
• Recognized expert in their functional area or geography
• Deep knowledge of complex product, market and function in own area
• In-depth understanding of a Business Unit or function
• Works on issues of a diverse scope where analysis of situations requires skills and understanding of current industry trends
• Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
• Contributes to recommendations where technology transformation can spark growth.
• Explores applying new technologies and approaches in innovative ways to software solutions and provides recommendations.
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Breaks down business requirements into functional requirements considering security and operational efficiency of the solution
Leadership
• Supports and develops software engineers by providing advice, coaching, and educational opportunities.
• Leads significant projects, programs and business initiatives, demonstrating creativity and ingenuity
• Determines work priorities based on general direction from managers
• Provides specialist advice to middle and senior management to resolve complex issues.
• May informally lead the daily work of assigned work group / team. Recommends modifications to the daily operations of the assigned work group / team. Makes needed adjustments to short-term priorities.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Interacts with direct team of accountability, peers and/or managers in other teams. May interact with vendors and/or customers to share information and improve workflow processes.
• Shows passion for efficiency and collaboration, with a history of establishing great relationships
• Shows commitment and drive for quality, technical excellence and results
• Models curiosity and displays passion to constantly learn new things
About You:
Lead Software Engineer
.Net , Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP ,Architecture ), 11+ years exp
Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products
• Writes code that establishes and enhances coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent.
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
•Owns a functional area. Breaks large requests down into sub-tasks, gives higher-level status updates. Writes test plans
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What’s in it For You?
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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.
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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, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
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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 Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
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Industry Competitive 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.
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Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
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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.
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Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE / TSX: TRI) informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. The company serves professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Its products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. For more information, visit tr.com.
