Senior Research Engineer

This posting is for proactive recruitment purposes and may be used to fill current openings or future vacancies within our organization.

Do you love creatinginnovative solutions for customersThen come and apply your skills and passion for technology at Thomson Reuters Labs.

We are seeking a Senior Research Engineerwho willbringexpertiseinAI and ML andisinterestedinbuilding data-driven capabilities that transform the way legal accounting and government professionals work across the amember of Thomson Reuters Labs you will haveadirect impact on our company and develop products and features that will delight our customers.

What does Thomson Reuters Labs do

We experiment we build we deliver. We obsess over our customers through applied research and development of new products and TR Labs we act fast and learn fast innovating collaboratively across our core segments in Legal Tax & Accounting Government and Reuters News.

As a Senior Research Engineer at Thomson Reuters Labs you will be part of a global interdisciplinary team of experts. We hire engineers and specialists across a variety of AI research areas to drive the companys digital transformation. AI research and engineering are advancing are seeking an adaptable learner who not only thinks in code and eagerly develops new skills as required but who also has a proven track record of independently delivering results in unfamiliar problem spaces. This is someone who thrives on taking initiative successfully navigating new challenges and who enjoys guiding and supporting the efforts of others.

Is this you Come join us!

About the Role:
In this opportunity as a Senior Research Engineer you will:

• Develop and Deliver:Applying modern software development practices you will be involved in the entire software development lifecycle buildingtestingand delivering high-quality solutions.

• Build Scalable ML Solutions:You will create large scale data processing pipelines to help researchers build and train novel machine learning algorithms. You willdevelophigh performing scalablesystems in the context of large online delivery environments.

• Be a Team Player:Working in a collaborative team-oriented environment you will share information value diverse ideas partner with cross-functional and remote teams.

• Be an Agile Person:With a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment you will deliver timely solutions.

• Be Innovative:You are empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. You will contribute innovative ideas create solutions and be accountable for end-to-end deliveries.

• Be an Effective Communicator:Through dynamic engagement and communication with cross-functional partners and team members you will effectively articulate ideas and collaborate on technical developments.

About You:

You are a fit for the position of Senior Research Engineer if your background includes:

• A Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Related Field or Equivalent Experience

• At least5years software engineering experience.

• At least 2 years working on a Machine Learning related product or solution.

• A deep understanding of Python software development stacksand ecosystems.

• Ability to write clean reusable maintainable and well-tested code

• Track record of quickly adopting and applying emerging technologies to solve complex problems

• Experience collaborating with applied data scientists to translate research work in production ready solutions

• A keen interest in real-world applications and impact.

• Experience with cloud computing development.

• Experience with Agile Methodologies.

• Experience implementing CI/CD DevOps and SDLC concepts in application delivery.

• Experience integrating Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions into production-grade softwareUnderstanding of ModelOps and MLOps principles

• Exposure to Natural Language Processing (NLP) problems and familiarity with key tasks such as Named Entity Recognition (NER) Information Extraction Information Retrieval Text classification Summarization etc.

• Ability to understand and translate between language and methodologies used both in research and engineering fields

• Hands-on experience in other programming language/scripting language and development stack (Java Rust Scala Typescript etc.)
  

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Whats in it For You

• Hybrid Work Model: Weve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• 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.

Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role.

In the United States Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health dental vision disability and life insurance programs as well as a competitive 401k plan with company addition Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation sick and safe paid time off paid holidays (including two company mental health days off) parental leave sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: 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; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City San Francisco Los Angeles and/or Irvine CA; McLean VA; Washington DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $127000 USD - $235000 USD. For any eligible US locations unless otherwise noted the base compensation range for this role is $110000 USD - $204200 USD. For Ontario Canada the base compensation range for this role is $100000 CAD - $145000 CAD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individuals knowledge skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

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.

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. 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.

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.

Thomson Reuters makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities including veterans with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. If you reside in the United States and require an accommodation in the recruiting process you may contact our Human Resources Department at. Disability accommodations in the recruiting process may include things like a sign language interpreter making interview rooms accessible providing assistive technology or other relevant accommodations. Please note this email is not intended for general recruitment questions and we will promptly respond to inquiries regarding accommodations. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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