Senior Software Engineer – Cloud & DevOps
Thomson Reuters2 days ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and support scalable backend services, REST APIs, and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
- Build and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, security scanning, artifact management, deployment, rollback, and release promotion.
- Design and automate secure, repeatable, and scalable AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or CDK.
- Own application and operational workflows across development, infrastructure provisioning, testing, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, and production support.
- Build and operate cloud-native distributed systems using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS/ECS, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, caching, and resilient service communication patterns.
- Improve reliability and operational maturity through logging, metrics, dashboards, alerting, distributed tracing, root-cause analysis, performance analysis, capacity planning, and post-incident improvements.
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, DevOps, and engineering teams through code reviews, infrastructure reviews, secure development practices, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Professional experience building, deploying, and supporting production backend applications and cloud-based systems.
- Strong hands-on Java and Spring Boot development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting applications and infrastructure on AWS.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, or similar platforms.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, CDK, or comparable technologies.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, or similar container platforms.
- Strong PostgreSQL experience including SQL development, schema design, migrations, indexing, query optimization, and production support.
- Experience designing REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Experience with production monitoring, logging, alerting, troubleshooting, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
- Ability to independently solve complex technical and operational problems while balancing scalability, reliability, maintainability, security, cost, and delivery needs.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience contributing through code reviews, infrastructure reviews, technical guidance, mentoring, or knowledge sharing.
- Preferred experience with Python, FastAPI, asynchronous services, Apache Kafka, Amazon SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Redis, Kubernetes operations, DevSecOps, observability, release engineering, performance engineering, and AI-assisted engineering tools.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with three days onsite per week in Toronto.
- Work-from-anywhere flexibility for up to 8 weeks per year and other flexible work-life balance policies.
- Career development, continuous learning, Grow My Way programming, and skills-first development support.
- 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.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSDockerFastAPIGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDJavaJenkinsKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonRedisSpring BootTerraform
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.