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, to lead a team of high performing ML scientists and research engineers.
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 responsible for designing the next generation of tax, accounting and audit compliance software for Tax Professionals and Corporates in the US, and across the global markets. We own AI innovation for Thomson Reuters’ core tax products, including UltraTax, Cloud Audit Suit, SurePrep and ONESOURCE. We work with the latest LLM prompting and agentic AI approaches to build cutting edge products.
About the role

In this opportunity as Manager, Applied Research you will:

• Experiment and Develop: You will execute the entire model development lifecycle, from prototype to delivery, while applying best practices for 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.
• Deliver: You will be accountable for timely, well-managed deliverables.
• Innovate: You will be empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. You will implement innovative ideas to solve real-world challenges.
• 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.
• Manage: Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers ensuring a high-performance culture, nurturing your team’s career development and managing their performance expectations through servant leadership and active coaching.

About you
You’re a fit for the role of Manager, Applied Research if your background includes:

Basic qualifications

• PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience
• 8+ years hands-on experience building IR / NLP systems for commercial applications
• Prior management experience – coaching & developing high-performing teams
• Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery
• Experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment
• Demonstrable experience translating complex problems into successful AI applications
• Expertise in several of the following areas: robust Python development, MLOps, containerization, cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure), advanced search and recommendation technology, orchestration of ML pipelines for real-time inference, microservices architecture, model monitoring and governance.
• Outstanding communication, problem solving, and analysis skills

Preferred qualifications

• Experience innovating state-of-the-art research to solve real-world problems.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models
• Relevant publications at ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD, or similar.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala

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