Applied Scientist

Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Category Technology Careers Job Id JREQ187604 Job Type Full time Hybrid

**Applied Scientist - Research Products**
Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? Thomson Reuters Labs in Toronto is seeking scientists with a passion for solving problems using state-of-the-art information retrieval, natural language processing and generative AI.
What does Thomson Reuters Labs do? We experiment, we build, we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research in informational retrieval and natural language processing. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user need and technical feasibility. Our team is designing the next generation of search technology for Legal and Tax Professionals globally. We drive AI innovation for Thomson Reuters’ Core Research Products, including Westlaw, Practical Law, and Checkpoint.

**About the Role**
Applied Scientists are experts in NLP, who contribute to the research and development of AI solutions that enhance Thomson Reuters' products. Their work ensures AI technologies are aligned with business objectives to drive innovation and deliver customer value.
As an Applied Scientist, you will:

- Take ideas through the end-to-end model development lifecycle (task design, data creation, training, evaluation and model governance)
- Think creatively about new capabilities generative AI can unlock for our customers
- Work with stakeholders to define scope, determine feasibility, and translate business/customer objectives into technical requirements
- Create functional POCs to test new capabilities and Product concepts
- Write clean code, participate in code reviews, and contribute to well-managed software delivery in a production environment

**About You**
You’re a fit for the role of Applied Scientist if your background includes:

- PhD or Master’s in a relevant discipline
- Experience researching, building, and evaluating NLP systems
- Solid engineering skills for prototyping; experience contributing to a shared codebase; and familiarity with workflows for remote development (AWS, Azure or similar)
- Outstanding communication, problem solving, and analysis skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate AI concepts to diverse audience
- Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models
- Relevant publications at ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD, or similar.
- Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery

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**What’s in it For You?**
- **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.
- **Flexibility & Work-Life Balance**: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
- **Career Development and Growth**: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
- **Industry Competitive Benefits**: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- **Culture**: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
- **Social Impact**: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
- **Making a Real-World Impact**: We are one of the few companies globally 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.

**About Us**

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