About the Role
As Engineering Manager, you will lead a team shaping the future of CoCounsel Tax, building AI-powered systems that combine the agility of a startup with the resources of a global leader.
Responsibilities
- Build and grow the team by hiring, mentoring, and developing backend and AI engineers.
- Partner on cross-org engineering hiring to grow the broader CoCounsel Tax organization.
- Drive team velocity and engineering health by improving processes, rituals, code review, and ways of working.
- Collaborate with product and design on road mapping and longer-term planning.
- Act as a thought partner on agentic tax workflows and shape technical direction.
- Scope AI features end-to-end, working closely with Labs/Research teams.
- Identify and resolve cross-team blockers to improve efficiency and drive scalable process improvements.
- Develop deep expertise in the tax ecosystem and its automation opportunities over time.
Requirements
- 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
- 3+ years managing engineering teams.
- Track record of leading teams that ship production-grade backend systems at scale.
- Strong technical foundation in backend development and cloud infrastructure.
- Comfortable diving into architecture discussions, code reviews, and design decisions.
- Experience partnering with PM, Design, and cross-functional leaders to set strategy and execute.
- Excellent communication skills, including setting clear goals and giving direct feedback.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with evolving priorities.
- Experience shipping AI-driven or agentic systems in production (LLM orchestration, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation pipelines, etc.).
- Strong technical foundation in Python and AWS.
- Familiarity with modern LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and their reliable productionization.
- Background managing mixed teams of backend and AI/ML engineers.
- Exposure to tax, accounting, or other regulated professional domains.
Skills
- Backend development
- Cloud infrastructure
- Python
- AWS
- LLM orchestration
- RAG
- Agent frameworks
- Evaluation pipelines
- LLM APIs
Location
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Los Angeles
- Irvine, CA
- McLean, VA
- Washington, DC
Work Type
- Hybrid Work Model
- Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
Experience Level
- 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- 3+ years managing engineering teams
Salary/Compensations
- New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC: $136,000 USD - $253,000 USD
- Other US locations: $118,400 USD - $219,800 USD
- Ontario, Canada: $140,600 CAD - $190,600 CAD
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working environment
- Flex My Way policies for work-life balance
- Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
- Continuous learning and skill development opportunities
- Grow My Way programming
- Skills-first approach
- Flexible vacation
- Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
- Access to the Headspace app
- Retirement savings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee incentive programs
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
- Competitive 401k plan with company match
- Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Sabbatical leave
- Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance (employee paid)
- Optional life and AD&D insurance (employee paid)
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Fitness reimbursement
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Group Legal Identity Theft Protection (employee paid)
- Access to 529 Plan
- Commuter benefits
- Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
About the Company
- Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together trusted content and technology for decision-making.
- Serves professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media.
- Products combine specialized software and insights to empower professionals.
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- Powered by 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries.
- Committed to objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency.
- Global business relying on diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- More information can be found on thomsonreuters.com.
Equal Opportunity
- Thomson Reuters seeks talented, qualified employees 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 Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
- Thomson Reuters makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
- In the United States, if you require an accommodation in the recruiting process, you may contact HR.Leave-Expert@thomsonreuters.com.
