Thomson Reuters · 2 months ago
Lead Applied Scientist, NLP
USA-Ann Arbor-6300 Interfirst Dr
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$147K/yr - $273K/yr
7+ years expThomson Reuters Labs is seeking a Lead Applied Scientist with expertise in natural language processing and machine learning to drive innovation and solution delivery. The role involves designing AI solutions that enhance products, leading stakeholder engagement, and mentoring team members while maintaining scientific and technical expertise.
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Responsibilities
Innovate and drive solution delivery as a technical leader
Provide input to the business and Labs leadership on long term AI strategy
Lead and drive stakeholder engagement with other functions (UX, Product, Tech)
Develop in-depth 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/or intellectual property
Mentor and coach other scientists and engineers on best practices
Have opportunities to attend relevant conferences, such as ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD
Qualification
Required
PhD in a relevant discipline or Master's plus a comparable level of experience
7+ years of hands-on experience building IR / NLP systems for commercial applications
A demonstrated impact-focused and velocity-first mindset with the ability and inclination to architect/develop end-to-end solutions for problems in focused workshop settings
Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed 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, problem solving, and analysis skills
Collaborating with Product, Engineering and Business Stakeholders in an agile manner to demonstrate value and iterate with customer feedback
Benefits
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
Competitive vacation
Sick and safe paid time off
Paid holidays (including two company mental health days off)
Parental leave
Sabbatical leave
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
Company
Thomson Reuters
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10001+ employees
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President and CEO
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Chief Financial Officer
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