Associate Architect - Big Data/Spark/AWS

Associate Architect, Technology

Organization overview:
In our Content-driven technology company, the Content Delivery and Productization engineering organization is responsible for the content delivery via shared services supporting all our Tax and Legal Research products. Our enterprise search technology is the key differentiator in the market for our Legal research products. Our Big Data Team plays a critical role in designing, developing, and availability of key systems that provide data and advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to our award-winning Westlaw, Westlaw Edge, and Practical Law products. We operate in a global, cutting-edge, and fast-paced environment building large-scale systems, solutions, and shared services running on the public Cloud.  

Job overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Architect who combines solid technical credentials with a high degree of business acumen for the position of Architect within our Architecture team.  In this role, you will collaborate with technology peers and business partners to shape and implement cutting-edge solutions, driving innovation, and contributing to the success of our business. 

You will need to set the technical direction for enterprise Big Data solutions and workflows for numerous products across the organization.
 

About The Role:

• Develop and Deliver – Provide thought leadership and guidance in designing technology roadmaps that align with product roadmaps to deliver customer-facing research products. 

• Be a Team Player – Working in a collaborative team-oriented environment, you will share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross-functional and remote teams ensure completeness and common understanding of product vision, roadmap, and requirements. 

• Have an Agile Mindset – With a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines. 

• Be Innovative - You are empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. You will contribute innovative ideas, create solutions, and be accountable for end-to-end deliveries. You will see patterns and relationships in information and events; clarify and simplify complex information; anticipate trends and possibilities that may lead to new business opportunities; consistently think and act “ahead of the curve;” anticipate and effectively respond with urgency. 

• Be an Effective Communicator - Through active engagement and communication with cross- functional partners and team members, you will effectively articulate ideas and collaborate on technical developments.

• Influence technology and business teams in the design of durable and efficient solutions 

• Architect software systems and solutions for research products. 

• Provide technical leadership supporting business initiatives and functional requirements. 

• Champion non-functional requirements (e.g. security, scalability, monitoring, etc.). 

• Keep abreast of new technology and advancements in technical domain. 

• Drive proof-of-concept work around new approaches and technologies 

• Participate in the community of architects on standards, guidelines, and practices.

• Promote learning and collaboration amongst teams.

• Mentor others interested in architecture, systems, design, influence, and leadership.

About You:

You’re a fit for the role of an Associate Architect, Product Engineering if you have:  

• 4-year degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics or related studies

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, plus 3+ years of architecture/design experience preferred.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable Big Data solutions and search index optimisations.

• Hands-on experience with relevant technologies such as Scala, EMR, Python, Java, REST, Hadoop, Spark, Elasticsearch, and other Big Data tools. 

• 5+ years of experience with Java and/or Python

• 3+ years of experience with Oracle databases and SQL experience. 

• Excellent understanding of AWS services and their applications. 

• Experience with Generative AI, NLP, Cognitive Computing, and Machine Learning.

• Experience with Agile, TDD, Dependency Injection, CI and other software engineering best practices. 

• Proven experience designing complex and robust publishing systems.

• Proven experience developing solutions for high-volume, scalable systems that deal with extremely large data sets.

• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to synthesise business requirements with technology capabilities to produce coherent technical designs.

• Excellent and creative problem-solving skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills supported by exceptional written and oral communication skills.

• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to others.

• Ability to operate across organisational boundaries and to influence vendors and technology staff, and have an impact on the internal and external technology community.

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What’s in it For You?

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

About Us

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. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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