Thomson Reuters is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to lead the design and delivery of AI solutions that directly enhance our products. This role combines expertise in Machine Learning and NLP with a focus on information retrieval, agentic workflows, and rigorous evaluation to build impactful applications.
What You'll Do
- Own and manage end-to-end model development, guiding others in research, data engineering, and evaluation.
- Operate in an agile way, pushing for quick iterations guided by customers’ needs.
- Be accountable for all research deliverables on small to medium-sized projects.
- Communicate research in peer-reviewed publications and develop patentable ideas.
- Work with stakeholders to define scope, determine feasibility, and translate business objectives into technical requirements.
- Partner effectively with Engineering to ensure well-managed software delivery and co-design ML Ops processes.
What We're Looking For
- PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience building IR / NLP systems for commercial applications.
- 2+ years experience building customer-facing products with generative AI.
- 1+ years experience building agentic AI systems.
- Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery.
- Demonstrable experience translating complex problems into successful AI applications.
- Outstanding communication, problem-solving, and analysis skills.
- Experience collaborating with Product, Engineering and Business Stakeholders in an agile manner.
Nice to Have
- Publications at relevant venues such as ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, or KDD.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $137,100 USD - $254,700 USD
- 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.
- Comprehensive benefit plans including flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs.
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities for pro-bono consulting and ESG initiatives.
- Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs.
- Competitive 401k plan with company match.
- Parental leave and sabbatical leave.
- Fitness reimbursement and access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Work Mode
This role operates on a hybrid work model.
Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs.
