Principal UX Engineer

Principal UX Engineer

Role Summary:

Principal Engineers act as the go-to person and subject matter technical expert for individual products or specific technologies in their domain. In this role, a strong understanding of the key business drivers and underlying technologies is key. Principal Engineers drive the definition, agreement, and implementation of technology strategy while using industry standards and best practices. They will have extensive, successful experience owning and driving technical requirements, synthesizing technologies and capabilities into scalable products, prioritizing between features, and a flair for operational excellence. This person will be responsible for consolidating and delivering a technology roadmap that aligns with the Product, focusing on innovation, optimization, and/or modernization on our most critically important projects and investments.

The successful Principal Engineer will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment. They will drive the long-term technical vision through the development of vision documents, definition of business and technology requirements, launch and post-launch measurement, often also developing and indirectly leading the functional work of a small team of product engineers. They will also serve as a key player with cross-functional teams in their area, working to align interests and build scalable solutions.

About the Role:
In this opportunity as a Principal UX Engineer you will:

Scope

• Lead highly complex technical projects and initiatives with significant risk
• Oversee critically important projects and investments
• Exercise autonomy in decision making
• Drive long-term technical vision and strategy
• Design technical solutions that will fit into long-term business objectives
• Initiate and participate in cross-functional activities
• Drive organic, applied innovation

Sphere of Influence

• Influence software development engineer teams in their area and may influence engineering teams across multiple domains
• Support strategies for cross-functional teams in their area to execute complex initiatives
• Help strengthen organization-wide engineering culture through behavior, leadership, coaching, mentorship, and sharing knowledge
• Provide specialist advice to middle & senior leadership on complex issues
• Provide technical mentorship and coaching to Senior and Lead engineers

Delivery

• Design technical solutions that will fit into long-term business objectives
• Initiate and participate in activities that cross Thomson Reuters organizations and business units.
• Start and complete highly complex technical projects and participate in development reviews at the sub-unit level.
• Act as a technical domain expert, consulting on application and infrastructure development projects to fit them to the strategic direction, architecture, and design
• Recognize problems in existing designs and recommend remedies/solutions.
• Contribute to the development of wider functional strategies

About You:

You are a fit for the role ofPrincipal UX Engineer if you have:

Business Acumen

• Help explore and bring new systems to operational status, applying new technologies and approaches in innovative ways.
• Identify where technology can cause a transformational shift in business and communicate to leadership.
• Anticipate internal or external business challenges applying knowledge of external trends and internal products or processes
• Look for synergies across Business Unit or function and recommend process, product, or service improvements
• Develop innovative concepts, services, technologies, or products to address current and future customer requirements

Leadership

• Directly influences strategy and development affecting a whole sub-Business Unit, function, or major product area
• Lead complex projects and initiatives with significant risk and complexity affecting a whole sub-Business unit or function
• Communicate solutions and technology strategy through formal and informal means to business unit executives, technology management, peers, and development staff.

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.