Senior Applied ML Scientist

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, AWS, Azure, Computer Vision (CV), Effective communication skills, LangChain, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), OpenCV, Python Programming, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, spaCy, TensorFlow

Job Description

Are you excited about working at the forefront of applying machine learning to real world software problems in Legal, Tax, Compliance, and News? Thomson Reuters Labs in Bangalore and Hyderabad is seeking machine learning scientists with a passion for solving problems in a collaborative setting with Product and Engineering counterparts.

What does Thomson Reuters Labs do? We experiment, we build, we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research and the development of new products and technologies in close collaboration with the Product and Engineering teams. TR Labs innovates collaboratively across our core segments in Legal, Tax & Accounting, Government, and Reuters News. In addition to this co-development and innovation, we also invest in long term research that can shape the future for our products and customers.

About the role

As a Senior Applied Machine Learning Scientist, 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.

• 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 to 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

Basic qualifications

• PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s or Bachelor’s with a comparable level of experience

• Proficiency in Python

• At least 5+ years practical, relevant experience building AI/ML products and applications (7+ years for Master’s or 10+ years for Bachelor’s)

• Solid software engineering and / or data engineering skills for prototyping

Experience as a technical leader, leading aspects of the following:

• aiding in the ideation with product stakeholders

• comfort in dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity in problem statements and paths to success

• breaking down complex problems into tractable components with iterative improvements

• formulating research and development plans

• coordinating and guiding the work of others

• communication of progress and plans with varied stakeholders

• 8+ years practical experience using AI and ML to solve diverse and/or ambiguous problems in academia or industry

• Have 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, OpenAI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel & OpenCV

• Experience in using Cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, etc.) for building and deploying data science solutions

• Demonstrated ability to translate cutting edge research into working prototypes

• Experience in a fast-paced, agile environments managing uncertainty and ambiguity

• Proficiency in Python and experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment

• Outstanding communication and data-driven decision-making collaboration with Product + Business Stakeholders

• Diverse experiences across problem spaces, companies and cultures.

What's in it for you

At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. In addition to rewarding and challenging work with exceptional colleagues, we offer the following benefits for your personal and professional growth:

• Learning & Development: On-the-job coaching & learning, tuition reimbursement, exposure to leading-edge technology

• Our Scientists and Engineers get to play with big data sets to discover new products, capabilities, and insights for our customers. Thomson Reuters is most well-known for the globally respected Reuters News agency, but our company is also the leading source of information for legal, corporate and tax professionals. We have over 60,000 TBs worth of legal, regulatory, news, and tax data.

• Benefits: Flexible work arrangements, comprehensive health coverage effective day one, savings and investment plans

• Perks: Social events & activities, employee discount programs

• Social Impact: Paid time off for volunteering virtually or in your community