Lead Research Engineer

<p>Do you love creating innovative solutions for customers?</p><p>We are seeking a passionate Lead Research Engineer who will bring expertise in AI and ML and is interested in building data-driven capabilities that drive transformation. As a member of Thomson Reuters Labs, you will have a direct impact on our company by helping to create new and innovative capabilities that will delight our customers.</p><p><b>About the Role</b></p><p>In this opportunity as a Lead Research Engineer, you will:</p><ul><li><p><b>Be a Leader:</b> Provide technical leadership partnering with other engineers to develop and improve methodology and evolve the technology stack.</p></li><li><p><b>Develop and Deliver:</b> Applying modern software development practices, you will be involved in the entire software development lifecycle, building, testing, and delivering high-quality solutions.</p></li><li><p><b>Build Scalable ML Solutions:</b> You will create large-scale data processing pipelines to help researchers build and train novel machine learning algorithms. You will develop high-performing scalable systems in the context of large online delivery environments.</p></li><li><p><b>Be a Team Player:</b> Working in a collaborative team-oriented environment, you will share information, value diverse ideas, and partner with cross-functional and remote teams.</p></li><li><p><b>Be an Agile Person:</b> With a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, you will deliver timely solutions.</p></li><li><p><b>Be Innovative:</b> You are empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. You will contribute innovative ideas, create solutions, and be accountable for end-to-end deliveries.</p></li><li><p><b>Be an Effective Communicator:</b> Through dynamic engagement and communication with cross-functional partners and team members, you will effectively articulate ideas and collaborate on technical developments.</p></li></ul><p><b>About You</b></p><p>You are a fit for the Lead Research Engineer role if your background includes:</p><p><u>Essential skills & experience:</u></p><ul><li>A Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Related Field.</li><li>Significant software engineering experience.</li><li>Demonstrable experience working on a Machine Learning related product or solution.</li><li>Experience leading technical workstreams within a software engineering organization.</li><li>Deep understanding of Python software development stacks and ecosystems; experience with other programming languages is ideal.</li><li>Ability to understand, apply, integrate, and deploy Machine Learning capabilities and techniques into other systems.</li><li>Familiarity with the Python data science stack through exposure to libraries such as Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Dask, spaCy, NLTK, scikit-learn.</li><li>Take pride in writing clean, reusable, maintainable, and well-tested code.</li><li>Demonstrate proficiency in automation, system monitoring, and cloud-native applications, with familiarity in AWS or Azure.</li><li>Proficient in system analysis and design; consider DevOps and automation as fundamental pillars of your work.</li><li>A desire to learn and embrace new and emerging technology.</li><li>Familiarity with probabilistic models and understanding of the mathematical concepts underlying machine learning methods.</li><li>Experience leading and/or mentoring teams.</li><li>Experience providing guidance around roadblocks for the team.</li><li>Experience providing updates to internal stakeholders.</li></ul><p><u>Preferred skills & experience:</u></p><ul><li>Experience integrating Machine Learning solutions into production-grade software with a sound understanding of ModelOps and MLOps principles.</li><li>Exposure to Natural Language Processing (NLP) problems and familiarity with key tasks such as Named Entity Recognition (NER), Information Extraction, Information Retrieval, etc.</li><li>Experience successfully integrating Machine Learning solutions into production-grade software.</li><li>Hands-on experience in other programming and scripting languages (Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, etc.).</li></ul><p><b>Whats in it For You?</b></p><p>You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:</p><ul><li><b>Hybrid Work Model:</b> We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role).</li><li><b>Wellbeing:</b> Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance.</li><li><b>Culture:</b> Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity, and inclusion.</li><li><b>Learning & Development:</b> LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company.</li><li><b>Social Impact:</b> Employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; ESG initiatives for local and global impact.</li><li><b>Purpose Driven Work:</b> We help our customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.</li></ul><p>Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.</p><p><b>Accessibility</b></p><p>As a global business, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, or any other protected classification under applicable law.</p><p>We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.</p>

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