Thomson Reuters is a leading provider of trusted journalism and news, and they are seeking an Applied Scientist to develop and implement machine learning and AI solutions. This role involves designing experiments, building models, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to address business problems across legal, tax, and regulatory domains.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement machine learning and AI solutions to address business problems across Thomson Reuters' legal, tax, and regulatory domains
• Design experiments
• Build models
• Translate research into production-ready features
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver measurable impact for customers

Skills

• PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
• 1-2 years of hands-on experience building systems using modern techniques in information retrieval, NLP, machine learning, or generative AI (examples include deep learning, transformer architectures, hybrid search, dense retrieval, vector databases, or agentic systems)
• Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with a modern ML framework (PyTorch, JAX, DeepSpeed, or similar)
• Experience working with shared codebases and version control systems
• Familiarity with cloud development environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions
• Experience implementing and evaluating solutions with large language models and LLM evaluation frameworks (e.g., OpenAI Evals, HELM, LM Harness, or custom tools)
• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool-using agents, and agentic frameworks
• Publications or preprints in relevant venues (NeurIPS, ACL, EMNLP, ICLR, SIGIR)
• Experience with production code and MLOps practices

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance
• Career Development and Growth
• Industry Competitive Benefits
• Culture
• Social Impact
• Making a Real-World Impact
• Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
• Competitive 401k plan with company match
• Flexible vacation
• Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
• Access to the Headspace app
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee incentive programs
• Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee
• Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Fitness reimbursement
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee
• Access to 529 Plan
• Commuter benefits
• Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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