> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Senior Software Engineer – AI, Tax and Audit, FDE Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26b28a71dc2fb484 Thomson Reuters posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in Brooklyn, NY and 3 more, at $118,400–$253,000 base, level with the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Build and deploy production AI applications and backend services for tax preparation, audit testing, workpaper automation, and regulatory analysis. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) First seen Nov 2, 2026 · open on Workday as of Nov 8, 2026 **$118,400–$253,000** *annualized* Brooklyn, NY +3 Hybrid Build and deploy production AI applications and backend services for tax preparation, audit testing, workpaper automation, and regulatory analysis. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F26b28a71dc2fb484&placement=top) - [View posting at Thomson Reuters](https://thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/United-States-of-America-New-York-New-York/Senior-Software-Engineer---AI--Tax-and-Audit--FDE_JREQ204981-2) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $118K–$253K Level with the median Midpoint $186K · median $190K This job $118K to $253K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** software engineering - **2+ years** hands-on experience building and deploying AI/ML or LLM-powered applications in production Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 2+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · +2 more. Could you work in one of these? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Brooklyn, NY · Frisco, TX · Ann Arbor, MI · Eagan, MN - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: Flexible hybrid work model for office-based roles; work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year. - **Pay**: ## More like this [Nebius](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nebius) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise - Tavily](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b1bb863d0950d0d) New York, NY On-site 5mo ago $179,500–$224,300 [AvePoint](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/avepoint) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a8a406a47a31eb77) New York, NY 3mo ago $180,000–$230,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Sr. AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer Manager· Databricks · Reinvention Centers](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/625166c8f3c09b18) Dallas, TX · Columbus, OH · +3 more Hybrid 5mo ago $80,400–$293,800 - [Other jobs at Thomson Reuters (12)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ## The job description from Thomson Reuters ### Job Description Build and deploy **production AI solutions** that help tax and audit professionals improve accuracy, streamline complex work, and deliver better outcomes for their clients. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will combine **Python, backend engineering, large language models (LLMs), and client-facing delivery** to turn business needs into secure, reliable applications. You will work across client engagements, independently lead simpler builds, and partner with Staff and Principal engineers on complex solutions. ### Key Responsibilities - **Own client delivery** on simpler builds and standard integrations, translating ambiguous needs into clear technical scope, working solutions, and effective handoffs for public accounting firms, corporate tax departments, and audit practices. - **Build production AI applications**, including **retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, custom agents, and multi-step agentic workflows**, for tax preparation and review, audit testing, workpaper automation, validation, and regulatory analysis. - Develop **scalable, secure, and maintainable backend services**, applying architecture established with Staff and Principal engineers and partnering with Integration Engineers to connect solutions to Thomson Reuters products and client systems. - Establish **AI evaluation, observability, monitoring, tracing, benchmarking, and adversarial testing** to improve solution accuracy, reliability, and production performance. - Partner with **Tax & Audit AI Engineers** to translate tax rules and audit procedures into engineering plans, prototypes, and measurable evaluation criteria. - Manage delivery across multiple engagements at agreed time allocations, contributing technical judgment during early discovery, rapid prototyping, and pre-sales discussions. - Support deployments through **post-launch stabilization, incident resolution, runbooks, and support handoffs**, and contribute reusable components and engineering patterns that improve future delivery. ### Required Qualifications - **5+ years of software engineering experience**, with a strong foundation in **system design, distributed systems, and maintainable software architecture**. - **At least 2 years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI/ML or LLM-powered applications in production**. - Strong proficiency in **Python and backend engineering**, including **REST APIs, asynchronous services, and event-driven systems**. - Hands-on experience with **RAG architectures, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks**, such as **LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, or AutoGen**. - Experience deploying secure applications on **AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud**, using **Infrastructure as Code and continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)**, alongside **observability and AI evaluation tooling**. - Ability to **lead client discussions, explain technical tradeoffs clearly, solve problems in ambiguous environments, and own delivery across competing priorities**, collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. ### Preferred Qualifications - Experience with **Thomson Reuters tax and accounting products**, such as **UltraTax CS, GoSystem Tax RS, ONESOURCE, GoFileRoom, or CoCounsel**, or comparable software. - Experience in **consulting, professional services, or client-facing technical delivery**. - Experience building **Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers or tool integrations for AI agents**. - Familiarity with **tax, audit, or other regulated domains** where accuracy, traceability, and audit trails are essential. - Experience with tools such as **Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, LangSmith, Langfuse, Braintrust, or Weights & Biases**. ### #LI-TH1 This posting is for proactive recruitment purposes and may be used to fill current openings or future vacancies within our organization. ### What’s in it For You? - **Hybrid Work Model:** We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment 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. In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $136,000 USD - $253,000 USD. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $118,400 USD - $219,800 USD. For Ontario, Canada, the base compensation range for this role is $100,000 CAD - $145,000 CAD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. ### 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. As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. 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