Job Description

Software Development Manager
Overview:
Thomson Reuters is seeking a passionate, hardworking, and enthusiastic Software Development Manager to be part of our highly dynamic engineering team responsible for the development and modernization of our ONESOURCE Global Trade application suite.
OneSource Global Trade is a comprehensive software solution designed to simplify the complexity of global trade compliance and logistics. It provides tools and information to manage international trade effectively, helping businesses ensure compliance with regulations, optimize their supply chain, and reduce risks associated with cross-border transactions.
Successful candidates will typically:

• Have a seasoned background in enterprise SaaS and/or Cloud software development on AWS or Azure.
• Have a vison for product modernization through innovation and cutting-edge technology.
• Measure success by delivering working software and end user satisfaction.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, and even use it to drive better ideas, work and success.
• Have a proven track record of delivering software projects on time and on budget.
• Possess experience managing several large project initiatives concurrently, along with good people and communication skills to explain project goals and inspire support for them.
• Show successful line management experience, including managing geographically distributed and/or outsourced with multi-disciplinary teams.

About the Role:
In this role as a Software Development Manager you will have key responsibilities as follows:

• Leadership of large-scale, complex software development and modernization projects of a strategic nature, or the more difficult portions of such projects involving multiple platforms within the enterprise.
• Provide daily direction and oversight for 2-3 scrum teams consisting of up to 30 staff.
• Work collaboratively with the product management teams to define the client facing requirements and technical requirements to develop, execute and maintain product roadmap for the GTM project.
• Participate in client facing focus groups, usability studies and firm visits to help craft the product vision.
• Set the technical direction for the team, drive the evolution of the systems architecture, and make appropriate technology choices.
• Management of the comprehensive development project lifecycle, including buy vs. build analysis, application development, software selection, outsourcing, and systems implementation.
• Build partnerships with 3rd party vendors.
• Collaborate effectively with product managers, project managers, systems engineers, and the senior management team to allocate engineering resources appropriately across the project.
• Evaluate customer/prospect needs with longer-term product roadmap needs, weighing, balancing, & communicating the tradeoffs as necessary.
• Foster a culture of creativity, collaboration, speed, innovation, excellence and a fun work environment while continuously elevating the quality and caliber of our product development organization.
• Have an advanced understanding of software development methodologies and the demonstrated ability to design and develop complex software systems.
• Contribute to all aspects of an Agile software development process including: design, programming, testing, documentation, quality assurance and implementation.
• Lead code reviews to enforce code standards and provide constructive feedback to developers.
• Mentor the technical resources on the team to reinforce best practice and develop the team members.
• Looks forward to leveraging "innovation time" to work on pet projects and special areas of interest.
• Participates in recruitment efforts for responsible technology team.
• Optimizes project deliverables to ensure that technology design fits with existing product architecture and technology strategy.
• Creates an environment and a culture that encourages immediate response to problems and sets expectations and timeframe for resolution with customers or groups managing customers, and manages escalated issues
• 15% Coding + 85% People Management

About you:

• 5+ years of experience leading multiple Agile development teams responsible for developing enterprise class applications.
• 10+ years of experience in core software development for large enterprise class applications.
• 3+ years of experience in developing cloud native applications:

• Full stack development

• C# / .Net Core
• TypeScript
• Angular
• API's - REST / GraphQL
• Microservices
• MVC
• Database - SQL / NoSQL
• Cloud Native application development
• Containers - Docker, ECS/EKS, and Kubernetes
• Message Queueing Services - Amazon SQS / MQ
• A good understanding of design patterns and N-Tier architecture.
• Experience designing applications iteratively with continuous collaboration between business and technology.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• Have a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering or related technical field.

Additional Desired Skills:

• Experience with Domain Driven Design (DDD) software development practices.
• Understanding of algorithms and data structure and how to efficiently implement them into a solution.
• Working knowledge of BI tools such as PowerBI, QuickSight or Tableau.
• Be an energetic, self-starter, who is comfortable in a team-oriented environment including the ability to clearly articulate daily individual accomplishments and blocking issues.
• Demonstrated history of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated history of good decision-making, conflict resolution, and follow through.
• Strong written & oral communication skills
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to them to the teams engineering best practices.

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What's in it For You?
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.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
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