Thomson Reuters is hiring a Research Scientist, LLM Agents (Foundational Research)

Thomson Reuters is looking for a Research Scientist, LLM Agents (Foundational Research) to conduct state-of-the-art machine learning research focused on building complex agent-based AI systems. You will innovate, experiment, and develop new approaches, contributing to the entire research lifecycle from brainstorming to delivering high-quality reports for academic conferences.

What You'll Do

• Innovate and create new state-of-the-art Agent AI and LLM Agent approaches.
• Contribute ideas and work on solving real-world challenges using a wealth of data in agentic contexts.
• Participate in the entire research and model development lifecycle: brainstorming, coding, testing, and delivering high-quality reports at leading international academic conferences.
• Work collaboratively on a global team of research engineers within Thomson Reuters and with academic partners at world-leading universities.
• Actively engage in sharing technical findings with the wider community through seminars, lectures, conferences, publications, and sharing technical assets like data and models.

What We're Looking For

• Completed or in the process of obtaining a PhD in a relevant discipline.
• First-author publications in top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL) with specific focus on agent systems, tool use, or multi-agent coordination.
• Familiarity with one or more deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Jax, TensorFlow).
• Excellent communication skills to report and present research findings and developments clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Curious and innovative disposition capable of devising novel, well-founded algorithmic solutions to relevant problems.
• Self-driven attitude and ability to work with limited supervision.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, agile environments, managing uncertainty and ambiguity.

Nice to Have

• High-impact publications in top-tier conferences or other influence in the research community.
• Experience in ML Research beyond completing a PhD (e.g., supervision, industry experience, leading academic initiatives).
• Extensive experience with deep learning frameworks and large-scale model training.
• Extensive experience working on agent-based systems, tool-using AI, or multi-agent coordination in LLM contexts (e.g., startup, industry, or extensive open-source experience).
• Strong software and/or infrastructure engineering skills and ensuring well-managed software delivery, as evidenced by code contributions to popular open-source libraries or writing production code.
• Experience training large-scale models over distributed nodes with cloud tools and providers such as Amazon AWS, MS Azure, LambdaLabs, or Google Cloud.

Technical Stack

• PyTorch, Jax, TensorFlow
• Amazon AWS, MS Azure, LambdaLabs, Google Cloud

Team & Environment

You will join a diverse global team of experts as part of the Foundational Research division within Thomson Reuters Labs, collaborating with TR Labs (the applied research division), academic partners, and subject matter experts.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation range: $108,500 - $201,500.
• On-the-job coaching and learning.
• Access to large datasets (over 60,000 TBs worth of legal, regulatory, news, and tax data).
• Access to all major cloud computing platforms.
• Flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office).
• Flex My Way policies for work-life balance, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
• Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach for career development.
• Flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app.
• Retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs.
• Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Two paid volunteer days off annually, pro-bono consulting projects, and ESG initiatives.
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs.
• Competitive 401k plan with company match.
• Parental leave, sabbatical leave.
• Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance.
• Optional life and AD&D insurance.
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• Fitness reimbursement.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit.
• Access to 529 Plan.
• Commuter benefits.
• Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Work Mode

This is a hybrid role based in the US, with a flexible schedule of 2-3 days a week in the office.

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