Senior Software Engineer – AI, Legal

Thomson Reuters

Senior Software Engineer developing AI solutions for legal workflows at Thomson Reuters. Collaborating with legal and technical stakeholders to design and implement custom AI applications.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • Minnesota, New York, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $118,400 - $219,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate in high-value client engagements, guiding technical discovery, scoping legal use cases, and building credibility with legal and technical stakeholders
Translate complex legal workflows, business pain points, and client goals into intelligent solution designs, technical specifications, and implementation plans
Design and implement AI-powered solutions for legal workflows such as contract review, litigation support, discovery automation, and regulatory analysis
Build RAG pipelines, custom AI agents, and multi-step workflows that leverage CoCounsel, Westlaw, Practical Law, and related enterprise systems
Lead LLM evaluation efforts for legal use cases, including benchmarking output quality, assessing hallucination risk, testing citation quality, and validating fitness for high-stakes legal work
Ensure deployed solutions meet ethical AI, data protection, and enterprise security standards while maintaining the trust legal professionals expect
Mentor junior engineers, contribute reusable solution assets, and evaluate emerging AI techniques to improve quality and delivery across the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD, formal legal training, or equivalent depth of experience working within a legal practice environment
Fluency in legal terminology and demonstrated experience working directly with lawyers, legal teams, or legal operations stakeholders
5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years focused on AI/ML or LLM-powered applications
Strong proficiency in Python and experience working with AI/ML frameworks and production-grade AI systems
Strong understanding of machine learning concepts, LLM evaluation methodologies, prompt engineering, and AI system design for domain-specific workflows
Experience building and integrating AI solutions into production environments using APIs, scalable pipelines, and modern cloud-based tools
Excellent communication skills and comfort working independently in ambiguous, client-facing settings with both legal and technical stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way
Career Development and Growth
Industry Competitive Benefits
Culture
Social Impact
Making a Real-World Impact
Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee
Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Fitness reimbursement
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee
Access to 529 Plan
Commuter benefits
Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
Tuition Reimbursement
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAIMLLLMcontract reviewlitigation supportdiscovery automationregulatory analysisprompt engineeringAI system design

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringindependent workclient engagementcredibility buildingproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityleadershipevaluation

Certifications

JDformal legal training