About The Role As a Lead Applied Scientist, you will define research strategy and lead high-impact initiatives that shape Thomson Reuters' AI/ML roadmap across multiple product features. You will drive innovation in specialized domains such as legal reasoning, document understanding, or knowledge graphs, establishing best practices and technical vision. You will provide thought leadership internally and externally, mentoring scientists across labs and leading stakeholder engagement, and develop a deep understanding of customer problems and the data that informs them.
About You
PhD or Master’s degree with equivalent industry experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
7+ years of hands‑on experience building production IR, NLP, ML, or GenAI systems leveraging modern techniques
Demonstrated experience leading others in cross‑functional teams to deliver end‑to‑end AI capabilities
Strong product mindset with ability to translate complex customer problems into successful AI applications
Proven ability to demonstrate novel methods that influence product roadmaps and business outcomes
Outstanding communication and analytical skills
Deep expertise in RAG architectures, agentic frameworks, tool‑using systems, and evaluation methodologies
Significant experience developing novel methods for complex professional domains such as medical, tax, or law
Publications at top‑tier venues (ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD)
Experience delivering production code with well‑managed software/MLOps practices
Benefits
Hybrid Work Model: 2‑3 days a week in the office for office‑based roles, flexible hybrid environment.
Flexibility & Work‑Life Balance: Flex My Way policies, work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
Career Development and Growth: Grow My Way programming and skills‑first approach to foster continuous learning.
Industry Competitive Benefits: Flexible vacation, two company‑wide mental‑health days off, access to Headspace, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs and resources for well‑being.
Culture: inclusive values, emphasis on competition, challenge, fast action, and unity.
Social Impact: two paid volunteer days off annually, pro‑bono consulting projects, ESG initiatives.
Real‑World Impact: contribute to justice, truth, and transparency through reliable information.
Compensation Base compensation range for U.S. locations varies by city: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Irvine, McLean, and Washington, DC—$170,000 USD to $316,000 USD;
for other eligible U.S.Locations—$147,600 USD to $274,200 USD. For Ontario, Canada—$140,000 CAD to $175,000 CAD. The base pay is part of a comprehensive total rewards program and may include annual bonuses.
EEO Statement We provide equal employment opportunities and accommodate applicants with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. Thomson Reuters is a proud Equal Employment Opportunity Employer under federal and state law.
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