Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hatch Talent is recruiting for an engineering team at Thomson Reuters building AI-powered products. The Engineering Manager will lead backend and platform teams, guide technical direction and architecture, and scale the systems supporting these products.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of talented software engineers working on backend and platform systems
- Own the technical direction, architecture and delivery of core engineering services
- Work on scalable, reliable systems supporting AI-powered applications
- Collaborate with product managers, engineering leaders and other teams to define priorities and deliver impactful solutions
- Guide technical decisions involving system design, performance, reliability and scalability
- Help engineers grow through mentorship, feedback and technical guidance
- Improve engineering processes, development practices and overall team effectiveness
- Balance hands-on technical involvement with engineering leadership and strategic decision-making
Skills
- Strong software engineering background, ideally with 7+ years of professional experience
- Experience building backend services, APIs, distributed systems or platform infrastructure
- Experience leading engineers, whether as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Staff Engineer or similar
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design and engineering best practices
- Ability to make sound technical decisions and communicate effectively across teams
- Experience working on production software at scale
- Comfortable taking ownership, solving ambiguous problems and working collaboratively
- If you're an Engineering Manager, experienced Tech Lead or senior technical leader with a strong backend or platform engineering background, we'd love to hear from you
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, search technologies, data platforms, developer tooling or AI-powered products is beneficial, but not essential
Benefits
- Remote opportunities available for the right candidates, with New York and Toronto preferred.
- Help build and scale the engineering systems behind an established AI-powered product.
- Influence architecture, engineering strategy and the evolution of core services.
- Work with talented engineers while helping shape team culture and technical standards.
- Enjoy the resources and reach of Thomson Reuters while working in a product-focused engineering environment.
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