Lead Applied Scientist
Lead Applied Scientist
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Job Title: Lead Applied Scientist
Job Location: London UK
Job Location Type: Hybrid
Job Contract Type: Fulltime
Job Seniority Level: MidSenior level
Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting Thomson Reuters Labs in Canada is seeking scientists with a passion for solving problems using stateoftheart information retrieval natural language processing and generative AI.
What does Thomson Reuters Labs do We experiment we build we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research in informational retrieval and natural language processing. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user needs and technical feasibility. Our team is designing the next generation of search technology for Legal and Tax Professionals globally. We drive AI innovation for Thomson Reuters’ Core Research Products including Westlaw Practical Law and Checkpoint.
About The Role
Lead Applied Scientists are experts in Machine Learning / NLP responsible for the design and delivery of AI solutions that enhance Thomson Reuters' products. They leverage information retrieval techniques prompting workflows model training and evaluation design to build and optimize solutions. Their work ensures AI technologies are effectively aligned with business objectives driving product innovation and value.
As a Lead Applied Scientist you will:
You’re a fit for the role of Lead Applied Scientist if your background includes:
You will join our inclusive culture of worldclass talent where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
We are powered by the talents of 26000 employees across more than 70 countries where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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.
Accessibility
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 applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drugfree workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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What does Thomson Reuters Labs do We experiment we build we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research in informational retrieval and natural language processing. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user needs and technical feasibility. Our team is designing the next generation of search technology for Legal and Tax Professionals globally. We drive AI innovation for Thomson Reuters’ Core Research Products including Westlaw Practical Law and Checkpoint.
About The Role
Lead Applied Scientists are experts in Machine Learning / NLP responsible for the design and delivery of AI solutions that enhance Thomson Reuters' products. They leverage information retrieval techniques prompting workflows model training and evaluation design to build and optimize solutions. Their work ensures AI technologies are effectively aligned with business objectives driving product innovation and value.
As a Lead Applied Scientist you will:
- Innovate and drive solution delivery as a technical leader
- Be fully accountable for all research deliverables
- Provide input to the business and Labs leadership on longterm AI strategy.
- Lead and drive stakeholder engagement with other functions (UX Product Tech)
- Develop indepth knowledge of customer problems and data
- Maintain scientific and technical expertise in one or more relevant areas as demonstrated through product deliverables published research and intellectual property.
- Mentor and coach other scientists and engineers on best practices
You’re a fit for the role of Lead Applied Scientist if your background includes:
- PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience
- 7 years of handson experience building IR / NLP systems for commercial applications
- Experience writing production code and ensuring wellmanaged software delivery
- Demonstrable experience translating complex problems into successful AI applications
- Professional experience scaling yourself and leading through others in an applied research setting
- Outstanding communication problemsolving and analysis skills
- Collaborating with Product Engineering and Business Stakeholders in an agile manner to demonstrate value and iterate with customer feedback
- Publications at relevant venues such as ACL EMNLP NAACL NeurIPS ICLR SIGIR or KDD. (Preferred)
You will join our inclusive culture of worldclass talent where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (23 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our officebased roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for worklife balance: flexible vacation two companywide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country Headspace app subscription; retirement savings tuition reimbursement and employee incentive programs; resources for mental physical and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and awardwinning reputation for equality diversity and inclusion flexibility worklife balance and more.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects crosscompany; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Ten employeedriven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.
We are powered by the talents of 26000 employees across more than 70 countries where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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.
Accessibility
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 applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drugfree workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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