Thomson Reuters

Principal Software Engineer

$159K–$340K

United States of America, New York, New York +4 · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026

Location: United States of America, New York, New York
United States of America, Frisco, Texas
Canada, Toronto, Ontario
United States of America, Ann Arbor, Michigan
United States of America, Eagan, Minnesota
Experience: 10-12 years of professional full-stack development experience, with a strong focus on backend systems.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

About the job

Build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for a legal document analysis platform, with some frontend development as needed.

Design backend services, APIs, and data-processing pipelines; define API contracts and contribute to architecture decisions.
Integrate third-party services and internal ML systems, and optimize data-intensive backend performance.
Contribute to frontend features and improve engineering practices, CI/CD, and production operations.

Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go and API design; knowledge of RESTful APIs, database design, and data modeling.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, microservices, message queues, and data-processing pipelines or large-scale data systems.
Proficiency in TypeScript and React; familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

$183,100 USD - $340,000 USD (base salary); $158,900 USD - $295,100 USD (base salary)

Node.js, Python, Go, SQL, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, TypeScript

Build integrations with internal ML systems for a document analysis platform. The posting also states Thomson Reuters uses AI to support recruitment.

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