Lead Software Developer (C#/WPF)

Title:Lead Software Developer (C#/WPF)
ID:TEC00027712

Description

Lead Front End Developer to work on the Lynx Desktop Framework which is a next generation editorial desktop currently deployed to 3000 Thomson Reuters journalists and editors across the globe.

The Lynx project includes delivering to Editorial a refresh in news production, multi-media packaging and publishing capabilities. These capabilities are technology enablers for the Editorial vision to provide the world's most reliable, accurate and insightful news.

The system is architected as a set of loosely coupled components and services within an n-tier architecture and this person will work closely with editorial domain experts and other technology team members on an iterative design and implementation lifecycle to deliver Front End components and services that will seamlessly integrate into an overall editorial workflow solution.

Responsibilities will consist of:
- Requirements analysis.
- Create software design specifications including class diagrams and sequence diagrams.
- Participation in architectural discussions and reviews.
- Estimating work effort.
- Building UI components and application services according to defined requirements and design specifications.
- Collaboration with editorial domain leads, project managers, architects and other development teams.
- Participate in daily standups to review project status.

We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

Qualifications

Education:
BS in computer science or equivalent. MS degree would be desired.

Required Skills:
- 7+ years software development experience.
- 3+ years experience in WPF, C#, .NET development (recent experience).
- Strong analytical, problem solving and planning skills
- Strong OOAD skills, expertise with design patterns including UML.
- Comfortable in hands-on role developing in WPF, .NET and C#.
- Previous experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) - SOAP web services
- Must have strong experience with the following technologies: C#, WPF, Javascript, .NET, XML
- Team player, ability to work in global environment.
- Excellent communication skills.

Desired Skills:
- Experience in the use of agile processes and test driven development a plus.
- Previous experience with MVC architecture.
- IOS/Mobile application development
- Knowledge of NewsML
- XAML

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

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 country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.

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Job: Technology Development
Primary Location: New York City, NY, US
Other Locations:
Organization: Tech Platform Eng & Ex
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level:
Job Type: Standard
Shift:
Travel: No