Senior Applied Scientist – Research Products

Senior Applied Scientist – Research Products

We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist at Thomson Reuters Labs in the USA, a team that applies state‑of‑the‑art research in information retrieval, natural language processing, and generative AI to deliver products for Legal and Tax professionals globally.

Our work supports Thomson Reuters' core research products – Westlaw, Practical Law, and Checkpoint – advancing AI innovation and ensuring business‑aligned solutions.

Senior Applied Scientists are experts in Machine Learning and NLP, responsible for designing and delivering AI solutions that enhance Thomson Reuters' products. They leverage information retrieval techniques, prompting workflows, model training, and evaluation design to build and optimize solutions, ensuring AI technologies are effectively aligned with business objectives and driving product innovation and value.

• Own and manage end‑to‑end model development, guiding others in research, data engineering, and evaluation.
• Operate in an agile way, pushing for quick iterations guided by customers' needs.
• Be accountable for all research deliverables on small to medium‑sized projects.
• Communicate research in peer‑reviewed publications and develop patentable ideas to ensure competitiveness of the company's products and services.
• Work with stakeholders to define scope, determine feasibility, and translate business/customer objectives into technical requirements.
• Partner effectively with Engineering to ensure well‑managed software delivery and co‑design ML Ops processes related to model monitoring, evaluation, and retraining.

• PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience building IR/NLP systems for commercial applications.
• Experience writing production code and ensuring well‑managed software delivery.
• Demonstrable experience translating complex problems into successful AI applications.
• 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.
• (Preferred) Publications at relevant venues such as ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, or KDD.

• Flexibility & Work‑Life Balance:
  Flexible work arrangements, work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, and policies to support family, community involvement, and personal time.
• Career Development and Growth:
  Continuous learning programs and a skills‑first approach to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI‑enabled future.
• Competitive benefits:
  Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, 401(k) matching, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, mental health resources, and more.
• Inclusive culture:
  Global reputation for inclusion, belonging, and flexibility; values that drive customer focus and innovation.
• Social Impact:
  Two paid volunteer days per year and opportunities to contribute to pro‑bono consulting projects and ESG initiatives.
• Real‑world impact:
  Helping customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency through trusted, unbiased information.

Base compensation range for eligible US locations: $140,000 USD – $260,000 USD. Base pay is determined by experience and internal equity and is part of a comprehensive Total Reward program that includes flexible benefits and wellbeing programs. The role may also be eligible for an annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance.

Job posting will close 12/31/2025.

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