Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
1 day ago
Senior Director - Technology
As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals around the world make decisions that matter.  Whether solving for today’s challenges or tomorrow’s aspirations, you will work with the industry’s brightest thinkers on diverse projects, creating next-generation solutions that deliver powerful results.   As the world’s leading provider of intelligent information, we want your unique perspective to create the solutions that advance our business—and your career. 

Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals worldwide make decisions that matter. As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Whether solving for today's challenges or tomorrow's aspirations, you will work with the industry's brightest thinkers on diverse projects, creating next-generation solutions that deliver powerful results. As the world's leading provider of intelligent information, we want your unique perspective to create the solutions that advance our business—and your career.

About the Role :

In this opportunity as Senior Director-Technology​, you will:

Thomson Reuters is a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise collaboration and publishing software. We provide innovative social software to some of the world’s leading law firms.We work in close collaboration with our clients to develop innovative products that solve real business problems, reduce costs, build deeper client relationships, and help gain a competitive advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

Designing, developing, and operating successful and complex enterprise grade products.Strong software architecture and design skills, with focus on distributed systems and scalability.Excellent leadership and people management abilities. Must have led a team of 50+ team members for at least 2+ years and worked with cross functional teams spanning the organization.Excellent programming skills in Java, Spring, Springboot, SQL Server or any Relational Database and Microservices.Solid understanding of RESTful web services.DevOps mindset with experience in CI/CD pipeline automation and Test Automation.Expertise with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with strong emphasis on Agile development and SCRUM.Strong written, communication and presentation skills. Able to respond and present work to peers, answer in-depth questions, accept constructive feedback, and modify work product accordingly.Can-do attitude and a willingness to take ownership of problems, strong desire to learn and grow.

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Senior Director-Technology​, if your background includes:

18+ years of progressive experience in software engineering and product development.B.Tech/M.Tech in computer science or equivalentJava, Spring, Springboot, Microservices, Cloud-native development, DevOps, CI/CD, Test Automation5+ years of experience leading a large engineering organization with interdependent teams.Software development frameworks (preferably Spring and Springboot).Cloud-native development, PythonOperating Kubernetes-based containerized environments.Highly scalable & distributed transactional systemsUnderstanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) etcLead a large team of software engineers, tech/team leads and development managers to deliver our roadmap, support our customers, secure our solutions, and take its scale, availability, and performance to newer heights.A solid understanding of content processing systems, including their workflows, components, and common issues. This could include experience with content management systems, DMS, or other relevant technologies.Lead the transformation journey from current legacy content systems to future modernized system through latest technological adaptation.Collaborate with engineering teams, product management teams and other internal stakeholders and customers to define our product & technology strategy.Incorporate innovative technologies (e.g., Cloud-native development, Migration of Monolithic to Microservices architecture, Machine Learning, Test-Driven Development etc.) to address complex customer needs.Continuously measure and improve engineering maturity.Continuously improve agile delivery, velocity, and quality across several integrated teams.Lead capacity planning, resource/cost forecasting and distribution.Hire, mentor, retain and grow the best talent!Assess and recommend improvements to the organization's structure, roles, and responsibilities.Mentor, counselling, assisting employees in establishing their career development and training plans.Remove roadblocks to delivery execution and improve collaboration across different teams and functionsSpecifies and designs large or complex systems. Selects appropriate design standards, methods, and tools, consistent with agreed enterprise and solution architectures and ensures they are applied effectively.Evaluates and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and assesses and manages associated risks. Ensures that the system design balances functional, service quality, security, and systems management requirements.Reviews others' systems designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, and integration of multiple systems and technology. Contributes to policy for selection of architecture components.Sets local or team-based standards for programming tools and techniques, including security guidelines, and the selection of appropriate development methods.Advises on application of standards and methods and ensures compliance. Takes technical responsibility for all stages and/or iterations in a software development project, providing method specific technical advice and guidance to project stakeholders.Assigns work packages, monitors performance, and manages change control dynamically, to optimize productivity. Provides advice, guidance, and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required.Learn and display as how products would add value to respective business. Ensure top quality design reviews attaining business goals. Supervise resource allocation to assure attainment of apt business and personnel development goals. provide deep software development knowledge with respect cloud architecture design patterns and programming Prepare lifecycle for different projects inclusive of research, development, design, evaluation, testing along with delivery to product management. Develop relations with existing and prospective internal customers to interpret all individual requirements. 

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.

Compensation Base salary and a variable compensation that is directly related to your success.

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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. 

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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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