Lead Software Engineer AI - (Materia AI)
Thomson Reuters1 day ago
Mexico City, MexicoStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and implement backend services for AI-native accounting products and workflows.
- Develop Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL services, APIs, and backend logic for real-time AI interactions.
- Build AI orchestration systems integrating LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other providers.
- Design scalable distributed systems, APIs, data models, and production-grade architectures.
- Monitor and improve system performance, security, scalability, and reliability across millions of documents and AI-driven interactions.
- Lead engineers, AI researchers, and product teams on large projects or workstreams.
- Collaborate with frontend, product, and design teams to build AI interfaces including Conversations, Workspaces, Grid, and Knowledge Base.
- Assist with hiring and mentor engineers while fostering experimentation and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 6–8 years of experience in backend development building scalable web services and APIs.
- Strong Python skills with experience in FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
- Experience with distributed systems, API design, and data model design.
- Strong system design, architecture, debugging, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Track record of building secure, scalable, reliable, production-grade software.
- Preferred experience with AI-driven systems, agent-based architectures, or AI APIs such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Preferred knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, search-based AI, backend testing strategies, and automation.
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work model with work-from-anywhere options for up to 8 weeks per year.
- Flexible work-life balance policies through Flex My Way.
- Career development, continuous learning, Grow My Way programming, and skills-focused development.
- Comprehensive benefits including flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days, Headspace access, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, incentive programs, and wellbeing resources.
- Two paid volunteer days annually and opportunities for pro-bono consulting and ESG initiatives.
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About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters builds research platforms, workflow software, and data services for legal, tax and accounting, compliance, and government professionals, and operates the Reuters global news service. Flagship products include Westlaw for legal research and ONESOURCE and Checkpoint for tax and accounting, sold primarily via subscriptions and enterprise licenses. A public company headquartered in Toronto, it was formed in 2008 by combining Thomson Corporation and Reuters Group and is listed on the TSX and Nasdaq as TRI.