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About the Role

As an AI Staff Engineer, you will help define and build the AI foundation that powers the next generation of Westlaw experiences. You will work on cutting-edge technologies including agentic systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI platforms, and large-scale knowledge services, enabling teams across Westlaw to deliver intelligent, trustworthy, and high-performing solutions for legal professionals worldwide.

Responsibilities

Build and architect AI-driven systems, including multi-component pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and knowledge graph–based architectures, and autonomous AI agents with multi-step reasoning.
Stay hands-on across the stack, from AI orchestration and RAG through API gateways, microservices, and modern web UIs.
Drive innovation and technical strategy by evaluating and driving adoption of emerging AI techniques.
Run proof-of-concept work and assess technical feasibility for new AI-driven features.
Stay current with AI research and translate insights into technical roadmaps.
Represent the organization at industry conferences and events.
Provide technical leadership, make design decisions, and translate business requirements into scalable technical specifications.
Mentor senior and junior software engineers.
Champion MLOps and LLMOps practices and governance for the AI model lifecycle.
Ensure quality, security, and operational excellence by designing and implementing testing, monitoring, and observability for AI systems at scale.
Ensure compliance with ethical AI principles, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
Lead cross-functional collaboration and drive business value delivery by partnering with AI researchers, engineering leadership, design, and product to turn AI capabilities into customer-facing applications.
Set technical priorities and stay engaged through delivery so AI investments produce measurable business value.
Optimize performance for latency, cost, and user experience.
Influence product strategy through technical depth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience (Master’s preferred).
5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3 years in senior or lead roles on AI/ML systems.
A track record as a software engineer with AI expertise (not primarily a data scientist or researcher), with hands-on experience in generative AI, RAG, or LLM-based systems, covering discovery, architecture, agentic tools, evaluation, deployment, and metrics.
Expert-level proficiency in Python or another object-oriented language, with strong backend service and API design skills.
Solid understanding of ML principles, evaluation methodologies, and distributed systems, plus working experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
Advanced experience with AWS and with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, and a record of integrating AI models into large-scale production systems through APIs, data pipelines, and cloud-native architectures.
Strong technical leadership and mentoring experience as an individual contributor, with the communication skills to influence senior stakeholders.

Skills

Generative AI
RAG
LLM-based systems
Python
Backend service design
API design
ML principles
Evaluation methodologies
Distributed systems
PyTorch
TensorFlow
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Agent-based systems
Enterprise integrations with AI APIs
Vector databases
Embeddings
Semantic search
Information retrieval
Knowledge graphs
Graph data modeling
Ontologies
Taxonomies
Graph databases
GraphRAG
Entity extraction
Large-scale search platforms
AI governance
Model risk management
Regulatory compliance

Location

New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA
McLean, VA
Washington, DC

Work Type

Hybrid Work Model
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year

Experience Level

3 years in senior or lead roles on AI/ML systems
Senior
Lead

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
Master’s preferred

Salary/Compensations

$146,800 USD - $272,600 USD
$127,400 USD - $236,600 USD
$140,000 CAD - $175,000 CAD

Benefits

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
Optional life and AD&D insurance
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Fitness reimbursement
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit
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 the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions.
We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media.
Our 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.
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.
At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them.
Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Equal Opportunity

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business 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 Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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