Engineering Manager, Materia AI

Engineering Manager — CoCounsel Tax

We're building the next generation of AI-powered software for tax and accounting professionals, and we're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team shaping the future of CoCounsel Tax. This team was formed from Thomson Reuters' acquisition of the AI startup Materia and combines the agility of a startup with the resources of a global leader. You'll manage a team of engineers building AI-powered systems which power CoCounsel Tax - the AI tax assistant for tax professionals | Thomson Reuters.

As Engineering Manager, you will:

• Build and grow the team. Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing group of backend and AI engineers. Partner on cross-org engineering hiring to grow the broader CoCounsel Tax organization.
• Drive velocity and engineering health. Partner with engineering leaders to improve team processes, rituals, code review, and ways of working so engineers can ship faster with confidence.
• Set direction with product and design. Collaborate with PM and Design on road mapping and longer-term planning, ensuring the team is organized around the right priorities with clear ownership.
• Be a thought partner on agentic tax workflows. Help shape the technical direction of a more agentic future for tax workflows
• Scope AI features end-to-end. Be involved early in the design and scoping of AI-driven features across the product, working closely with Labs/Research teams.
• Remove friction across the org. Identify and resolve cross-team blockers so engineers can focus on the highest-leverage work, and drive process improvements that scale across the broader organization.
• Grow domain depth. Over time, develop deep expertise in the tax ecosystem, and the automation opportunities within it.

About You:

You're a fit for the role of Engineering Manager, if your background includes:

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Track record of leading teams that ship production-grade backend systems at scale.
• Strong technical foundation in backend development and cloud infrastructure; comfortable diving into architecture discussions, code reviews, and design decisions.
• Experience partnering with PM, Design, and cross-functional leaders to set strategy and execute against it.
• Excellent communicator; able to set clear goals, give direct feedback, and align stakeholders across an org.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where priorities evolve quickly.

• Experience shipping AI-driven or agentic systems in production (LLM orchestration, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation pipelines, etc.).
• Strong technical foundation in Python and AWS
• Familiarity with modern LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and how to product ionize them reliably.
• Background managing mixed teams of backend and AI/ML engineers.
• Exposure to tax, accounting, or other regulated professional domains.

• 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,…