Lead Software Development Engineer-Reuters Product Connector

Job Description Summary : Lead Software Development Engineers work across the end-to-end software development life cycle and apply modern software development practices when defining, designing, building, testing and delivering software and services to users. Lead Software Engineers effectively collaborate with cross functional teams including senior stakeholders to deliver on projects. You will utilize your deep technical expertise and skillset by representing software development engineering in overall project management by specifying and driving progress towards development activities, milestones, and timelines. This role independently builds software solutions, solves highly complex problems and displays innovation when delivering projects and/or product(s).

• Influences multiple cross-functional project teams to execute and adopt a point of view for ideas and initiatives
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Trains and mentors colleagues including Sr. Software Engineers
• Strategic focus
• Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products
• Writes code that establishes and enhances coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent.
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Owns a functional area. Breaks large requests down into sub-tasks, gives higher-level status updates. Writes test plans.
• Takes operational responsibility. Sets measurable goals and meets them. Performs code reviews
• Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
• Sets software engineering project schedules, defines project parameters and tasks and monitors project tasks.
• Develops and keeps the "vision" of the project, leading others toward its completion.
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Owns the development and rollout for an entire product, or large project.
• Leads the daily work of assigned work group / team. Recommends modifications to the daily operations of the assigned work group / team. Makes needed adjustments to short-term priorities.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Interacts with direct team of accountability, peers and/or managers in other teams. May interact with vendors and/or customers to share information and improve workflow processes.

• 5-10+ Years of experience
• If the candidate has experience in some of these platform then it would be a plus:
  • Java
  • AWS
  • Python
  • Terraform
  • Serverless design technics
  • Business SaaS systems including Salesforce, Zuora, Stripe
  • Integration architecture experience is a big plus
• Data & analytics experience is welcomed
• Very good communication skills to be able to talk with business, technology, management, top management in meaningful and result-oriented manner
• Have wide technology experience and vision
• Learn quickly. For instance, able to catch up on data architecture and work with other architects on designing the data platform which correlates with enterprise strategy.
• Challenge business decisions and views, influence business decisions
• Be a bridge between business and technology
• Provide high level estimates, scope definition, work breakdown structure and cost estimates for management
• Create system design which can be understood by business and by technology including developers, QA's, BA's and management
• Provide technology governance of multiple scrum teams
• Be hands-on. For instance, review PR's created by developers to validate that system design is addressed properly or create a POC to prove some design option (but no intensive coding is required)
• Understand enterprise architecture and be able to create design aligned with enterprise architecture
• Be able to improve engineering practices including at solution architecture area such as architecture documentation standards and guidelines
• Able to research, analyze and evaluate solution options (e.g. buy vs build), present them to architecture and business stakeholders
• Able to lead as an architect multiple projects at a time, balance your time and focus between them
• It is very preferred to have at least basic knowledge in ecommerce domain, B2B and B2C processes
• Agile/scrum environment
• Automation technology
• Education - Master's/Bachelor's Degree - Computer Engineering/ Computer Science/ Information Technology.

• 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.