Lead Software Engineer

About the role:

In this opportunity as Lead Software Engineer, you are a fit for this position if your background includes:

• In this opportunity as a Lead Software Engineer, you will be part of a team working on development of a product which provides various solutions to our customers in their day to day operations using software.
• You will work with other engineers on designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products.
• As part of your role, you will also drive continuous improvement in software quality by introducing automated tests for existing code base. You will also ensure that the solution provided has high performance, scalability, reliability and security.
• The candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing new BI solutions, design and develop product enhancements, design of product functions, troubleshooting and resolving product defects, unit and integration testing.  
• You will be responsible for enhancing and building features end to end for a BI application involving sourcing data from relational, non-relational databases, transforming using complex SQL queries and developing reports.
• The candidate will need to be comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, and able to think big while paying careful attention to detail.
• The candidate would also need to be comfortable learning new technologies and execute proof of concepts and technical evaluation of BI tools for evolving customer needs.
• Participate in project/work planning sessions to analyze and understand requirements to the level of being able to contribute to their creation, in collaboration with capability/product and/or business owners.
• Develop and integrate applications per specification and translate technical requirements into application code and modules
• Approach development work with a DevOps and continuous integration mindset.
• Ensure consistency with cloud architectural guiding principles for assigned projects
• Mentor the team members                       

About you:

You're a fit for the role of Lead Software Engineer if your background includes:

• Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• Overall IT work experience: Minimum 10 years of experience working in the technology industry in engineering roles.
• Minimum 8 years of experience working in the technology industry in engineering roles.
• Skills : Mandatory :  BI Developer (with experience in one or more BI tools)
• Secondary : ETL, TIBCO Jaspersoft [Good to have]]
• Minimum 5 years of experience developing ETL pipelines and business intelligence / reporting solutions in products such as SAP BO, Tableau, TIBCO Jaspersoft. Willing to learn new BI tools such as Jaspersoft if you don't have prior experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience in Object Oriented Programming (such as Java).
• Strong understanding of data models and data warehousing principles.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with relational databases like Oracle, PostGres or similar handling large volume of data with complex transformation logic.
• One or more of the following skills would be a great value-add for this role.
• ETL development experience in technologies such Python, Spark.
• Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.
• Knowledge and experience in Javascript and Node framework.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with relational databases like Oracle, Postgres or similar handling large volume of data with complex transformation logic.

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What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• 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

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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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