Thomson Reuters · 11 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer, AI
Eagan, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$118K/yr - $220K/yr
8+ years expThomson Reuters is a global leader in trusted journalism and technology, seeking a talented Lead Software Engineer, AI to drive innovation in AI-driven content technology. The role involves leading the development of scalable AI solutions, collaborating closely with product management and technology teams to enhance AI-driven features and products.
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Responsibilities
Drive AI Innovation & Technical Vision: Lead and drive the technical vision and execution of initiatives to introduce AI-driven features in our products, staying abreast of the latest advancements in AI/ML, deep learning, and LLM technologies
Lead AI/ML Model Development: Lead the development and deployment of AI models, including designing, developing, and optimizing scalable data pipelines for training, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI/ML models with focus on efficiency, scalability, and maintainability
Provide Technical Leadership: Take ownership of the technical strategy, ensuring the team uses the best tools, technologies, and methodologies while providing hands-on technical guidance, mentorship, and code reviews to foster a culture of excellence
Architect Advanced AI Systems: Design and implement sophisticated AI/ML systems including LLM architectures (Transformers, foundation models) for natural language understanding, generation, summarization, and question answering, along with Information Retrieval systems such as RAG
Collaborate on Product Development: Participate in project planning sessions to analyze requirements and collaborate with capability/product owners, translating technical requirements into application code and modules while ensuring consistency with cloud architectural principles
Drive Engineering Excellence: Approach development with a DevOps and continuous integration mindset, writing clean, well-tested, and maintainable code while developing RESTful APIs and microservices to expose AI/ML capabilities
Ensure Production Quality: Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting for AI/ML models in production, optimize model inference for speed and efficiency, and ensure responsible AI practices including bias detection, fairness, privacy, and explain ability
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years focused on AI/ML development, including hands-on experience with LLM architectures, transformers, and foundation models
Strong proficiency in Python and AI/ML frameworks, with deep understanding of natural language processing, prompt engineering techniques, and Information Retrieval systems (RAG)
Proven track record of designing and implementing scalable data pipelines, RESTful APIs, and microservices with experience in DevOps, continuous integration, and cloud architectural principles
Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, provide mentorship, conduct code reviews, and define best practices for software development and MLOps
Experience working in agile environments with cross-functional teams including product managers and applied scientists, translating business requirements into technical specifications
Hands-on experience deploying, monitoring, and maintaining AI/ML models in production environments with focus on performance optimization and responsible AI practices
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
Preferred
Advanced degree (Master's/PhD) in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field
Cloud platforms - AWS/Azure
Experience with specific AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers)
Knowledge of MLOps tools and practices for model deployment and monitoring
Experience in tax, trade, or legal domain applications
Publications or contributions to AI/ML research or open-source projects
Benefits
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve 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.
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.
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
Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
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President and CEO
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Chief Financial Officer
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