25 Oct
Reuters News Agency
Toronto
Job Description
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, reaching more than one billion people every day. Over 2,500 journalists in nearly 200 locations around the globe deliver unparalleled international and national news coverage in 16 languages with speed, impartiality and insight to the world’s media organizations and directly to consumers on Reuters.com. Reuters stays true to the letter and spirit of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles, ensuring independence, integrity and freedom from bias.
Software Engineer - Editorial Tools, Reuters Technology:
Software Engineer is responsible for creation and support of various editorial tools and services for Reuters technology - from automated data ingestion from internal and external data sources, graphics delivery process to automated content generation and providing processed newsworthy data for other consumers in Reuters technology landscape.
We are seeking an experienced engineer to help architect and deliver various Editorial Tools and services. You will bring hands-on knowledge in building new services and technologies, and will have experience in deploying those technologies for the benefit of the business. Ability to collaborate and work with a team of talented engineers, data scientists, R&D; and subject matter experts will be essential.
About The Role
In this opportunity as Software Engineer, you will:
- Be a team player, focusing on results, collaboration and winning as a team
- Be part of a team that consistently delivers and delights its customers
- Be a quick learner. You are able to put in practice what you already know, and you are able to self-learn
- Be an "agile" person. You can work with different SDLC methodologies – Agile, waterfall and hybrid approaches
- Desire a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You can operate with ambiguous requirements and changing priorities, all while having a strong sense of ownership of the solutions that you deliver
- Mentor and help your team realize their full potential
About You
You're a fit for the role of Software Engineer if your background includes:
- Minimum Bachelor Degree in Computer Science and Engineering or equivalent
- 3-5 yrs in Software Development
- Hands on experience in development and testing of Cloud native systems (AWS), and AWS technology stack including AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB/Redshift
- NodeJS/Typescript/ReactJS
- Experience partnering with internal business owners
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability and passion to learn new technologies quickly
- Experience in service-oriented architecture, and distributed scalable systems
- Experience working with global teams
- Team player and self-starter
Desired
- Experience with both front end and back end development
- Experience with relational databases
- DevOps Experience in AWS, Git, Maven, Docker, Shell scripting a big plus
What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- 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
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Learning & Development:
LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status,
veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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