Lead Applied Scientist
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Job Location:
Ann Arbor, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 147000 - 273000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Thomson Reuters is seeking a Lead Applied Scientist. This is whereemergent intelligence meets real-world impact. Youll work at the cutting edge of GenAI and machine learning agents building systems that combine neural and symbolic reasoning understand multiple modalities and personalize themselves to individual users and evolving contexts.
Your work will transform how millions of legal tax and compliance professionals interact with informationnot through static tools but throughintelligent agents that understand their domain anticipate their needs and evolve with their workflows.
About the Role
As a Lead Applied Scientist you will:
Design and deployneuro-symbolic AI systemsthat seamlessly integrate neural learning with structured knowledge representation and ontologies
Buildmulti-modal modelsthat synthesize insights across text documents structured data and domain-specific artifacts
Explore theemergent intelligence at the intersection of GenAI and machine learning agents creating autonomous systems that reason and act
Developadaptive domain-specific reasoningcapabilities that understand the nuances of legal regulatory and financial contexts
Own and lead end-to-end research deliverablesfrom ideation and experimentation to production deployment
Establish comprehensiveAI evaluation frameworks quality assessment methodologies and observability systemsthat ensure reliability fairness and transparency
Leverage advanced information retrieval techniques prompting workflows and model training strategies to optimize solutions
Shape long-term AI strategy by providing strategic input to business and Labs leadership
ChampionAI personalization and continual learningapproaches that make products smarter with every interaction
Lead stakeholder engagement across UX Product and Engineering teams to align AI capabilities with user needs
Develop in-depth knowledge of customer problems and data
Mentor scientists and engineers on best practices in applied AI research and production ML systems
Build expertise in knowledge representation domain reasoning and agentic AI architectures
Foster a culture that balances scientific rigor with pragmatic delivery and customer value
About You
Youre a fit for the role Lead Applied Scientist if your background includes:
PhD in Computer Science Machine Learning AI or related field (or Masters with equivalent depth of experience)
7 years building production IR/NLP systems for commercial applications with demonstrated business impact
Strong software engineering capabilities with experience in production code MLOps and managed delivery pipelines
Proven track record translating complex ambiguous problems into successful AI applications
Proficiency inAI evaluation quality assessment and observabilityfor production systems
Neuro-symbolic AIarchitectures that combine learning and reasoning
Expertise inmulti-modal modelingacross diverse data types and representation formats
Hands-on experience withknowledge representation ontologies and semantic reasoning systems
Track record implementingAI personalization and continual learningthat adapts to user behavior and feedback
Experience withadaptive domain-specific reasoningin specialized professional contexts
Familiarity withemergent intelligence at the intersection of GenAI and machine learning agentsincluding agentic frameworks tool use and autonomous decision-making
Demonstrated ability to scale impact through others in applied research or advanced development settings
Outstanding communication skillsyou translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
Proven success collaborating with Product Engineering and Business stakeholders in agile environments
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking with a bias toward action and iteration
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Whats in it For You
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 tomorrows 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 physical and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging flexibility work-life balance and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers Compete to Win Challenge (Y)our Thinking Act Fast / Learn Fast and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally 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.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal tax accounting compliance government and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data intelligence and solutions needed to make informed decisions and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice truth and transparency. Reuters part of Thomson Reuters is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
As a global business we rely on the unique backgrounds perspectives and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business 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 Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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About Company
Document Intelligence from Thomson Reuters makes analyzing contracts and documents easy by leveraging the power of A.I. and the expertise of Practical Law.
