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Thomson Reuters · 2 weeks ago

Lead Applied Scientist, NLP

Ann Arbor, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$147K/yr - $273K/yr

7+ years exp

Thomson Reuters is a global leader in providing trusted content and technology solutions. They are seeking a Lead Applied Scientist in NLP to innovate and deliver AI solutions that enhance their products, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring other scientists and engineers.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Machine LearningNatural Language ProcessingInformation RetrievalAI Solutions DevelopmentStakeholder EngagementCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingMentoring

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: 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.

Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions.

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.

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.

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

Glassdoor3.0

Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.

Founded in 2008

Toronto, Ontario, CAN

10001+ employees

http://thomsonreuters.com

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