Manager, Software Engineering, Cocounsel AI Drafting

Manager, Software Engineering, CoCounsel AI Drafting

Replacement: This position is open due to an existing vacancy to support our evolving business needs. Software Engineering Manager, AI Are you ready to lead a high-impact engineering team at the intersection of AI and legal technology? Do you thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you can shape products from the ground up? We're looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead the CoCounsel Drafting team - a group of 6-8 senior and lead engineers building our AI-powered legal drafting engine and skills. This is a 0-to-1 role at its core: you'll shape the future of how attorneys draft, review, and refine legal documents using cutting-edge AI. While we operate within a large organization, we've built a team culture that thinks and moves like a startup. You'll have the autonomy to focus on what matters: delivering innovative products with speed and ownership. If you're energized by ambiguity, take initiative without being asked, and love building new products from scratch - this role is for you. Why this matters: Attorneys spend 60-70% of their time drafting documents. The tools we build are fundamentally transforming the practice of law - giving legal professionals back countless hours to focus on higher-value work for their clients. We're deeply committed to our customers' success, and we're looking for a leader who shares that passion for making a real difference in how legal work gets done.

About the Role In this opportunity as a Software Engineering Manager, AI, you will:

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of 6-8 senior and lead software engineers, providing hands-on coaching, mentorship, and career development guidance
• Drive technical strategy and execution for AI-powered legal drafting capabilities, staying close to the code and architecture while guiding your team
• Thrive in ambiguity by proactively identifying problems, proposing solutions, and driving decisions without waiting for direction
• Partner with Product, Design, and Research to define requirements, prioritize work, and deliver impactful features that solve real customer problems
• Embrace 0-to-1 thinking by establishing engineering practices, making fast decisions, and building new capabilities from scratch - operating like a startup within a larger organization
• Own delivery outcomes by removing blockers and ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software
• Recruit and retain top talent by building a strong team culture, conducting interviews, and making strategic hiring decisions

About You You're a fit for the role of Software Engineering Manager, AI if you have the following required qualifications:

• Proven 0-to-1 experience - you've built products or teams from scratch, thrive in ambiguity, and know how to make decisions with incomplete information
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in engineering management or technical leadership
• Hands-on technical leader who stays close to the code - you can review PRs, debug production issues, and make architectural decisions
• Startup mentality with enterprise awareness - you move fast and cut through noise while understanding when process matters
• Strong technical foundation in our stack: C#, Python, Angular/React, and AWS
• Demonstrated proactivity - you identify what needs to be done and drive it forward without waiting to be asked
• Customer-obsessed mindset - you care deeply about the impact your products have on real users
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders across product, design, and executive leadership

Additional preferred qualifications include:

• Experience with microfrontend (MFE) architectures
• Background in legal technology, document automation, or enterprise SaaS products
• Familiarity with RAG architectures, prompt engineering, or fine-tuning language models
• Experience building and scaling remote-first engineering teams

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. Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out, our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role, and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool, but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role.