Are you passionate about the chance to bring your data quality improvement experience to a world class organization that is leading the way in both content and technology to serve and protect our citizens home and abroad? Do you have the skills necessary to manage, understand, and analyze inhouse and customer data including text mining, developing predictive systems, risk scoring, creating efficient algorithms, data quality improvement and other related activities? Then Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) is looking for you!
 

About the Role

As an Applied Generative AI and Machine Learning Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting product development efforts that range from generative AI and machine learning application development and deployment to model development and monitoring, ML management and DevOps. You will be a contributing member of a Software Engineering team that supports production applications and also helping to develop new features and models.

The role will interface with internal and external stakeholders and provide continuity of technical and data-exploration expertise to ensure we are delivering a workable solution that meets the customer requirements and technical capabilities. The position requires a proactive, mission-oriented person who strives to produce the best possible work for the customer.

As an Applied Generative AI and Machine Learning Engineer, you will:

Experiment and Develop: You will drive the end-to-end model development lifecycle, championing best practices to ensure reproducible research and well-managed software delivery.Collaborate: Working on a collaborative cross-functional team, you will share information, value diverse ideas, and partner effectively with colleagues across the globe. You will elevate and mentor teammates. You will work closely with product teams to see your work integrated and deployed into production environments.Deliver: With a sense of urgency and the desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, you will translate complex business problems into projects with clearly defined scope. Our problems are complex; our solutions are right-sized. You will be accountable for timely, well-managed deliverables.Innovate: You will be empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. You will foster innovative ideas to solve real-world challenges. You will iterate on improvement rapidly with a mindset for failing fast and learning continuously from data.Inspire: You will be a proactive communicator who is excited to share your work. You will be articulate and compelling in describing ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences. You will help lead the way in the adoption of AI across the enterprise.

About you

Master’s or Bachelor’s in a relevant discipline. Relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.Proficiency in PythonAt least 3+ years practical, relevant experience building AI/ML products and applications and recent demonstratable experience using Generative AI technologies such as RAG patterns, ReAct, LangChain etc for performing document summarization, knowledge graphs, information extraction, or analysis.Solid software engineering skills and experience.Experience as a technical leader, leading aspects of the following:aiding in the ideation with product stakeholderscomfort in dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity in problem statements and paths to successbreaking down complex problems into tractable components with iterative improvementsformulating research and development planscoordinating and working with otherscommunication of progress and plans with varied stakeholdersShould have hands on coding experience on AI/ML projects in current role and should have the experience in designing, developing, and implementing machine learning models and algorithms.You will be required to learn by doing.Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. National Security Clearance.

Preferred qualifications

6+ years practical experience using AI and ML to solve diverse and/or ambiguous problems in academia or industryExperience with AI Agent frameworks and patternsHave familiarity with common NLP use cases such as chatbot development and information retrieval (RAG), language translation, NER, summarization and topic modeling.Familiarity with LLM training and efficient finetuning (PEFT, LoRA, Quantization)Experience with NLP/CV libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, spaCy, HuggingFace Transformers/Diffusers, OpenAI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel & OpenCVExperience in using Cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, etc.) for building and deploying applicationsExperience in a fast-paced, agile environment managing uncertainty and ambiguity.Proficiency in Python and experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environmentExperience developing libraries and APIs for others to useOutstanding communication and data-driven decision-making collaboration with Product + Business StakeholdersDiverse experiences across problem spaces, companies and cultures

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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

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

Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: 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; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following metro locations: Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $132,400 - $246,000. The base compensation range in other locations may vary. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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