Lead Research Engineer at Thomson Reuters

Do you love creating innovative solutions for customersWe are seeking a passionate Lead Research Engineer who will bring expertise in AI and Deep Learning and is interested in building data-driven capabilities that drive amember of Thomson Reuters Labs you will haveadirect impact on our companybyhelping to create newand innovative capabilities that will delight our customers.What does Thomson Reuters Labs doWe experiment we build we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research and the development of new products and technologies. TR Labs innovates collaboratively across our core segments in Legal Tax & Accounting Government and Reuters News. As a Lead Research Engineer at Thomson Reuters Labs you will be part of a global interdisciplinary team of experts. We hire engineers and specialists across a variety of AI research areas tobuild the foundational intelligence layer that powers every major capability across our legal AI platformfrom search and information extraction to agentic reasoning in products like Westlaw PracticalLaw and CoCounsel. The science and engineering of AI are rapidly evolving. We are looking for an adaptable learner who can think in code and likes to learn and develop new skills as they are needed; someone comfortable with jumping into new problem spaces; who enjoys directing and supporting the efforts of others. Is this you Come join us! About the Role:In this opportunity as aLead Research Engineer you will:Lead and Deliver Large-Scale AI/ML Solutions: Lead significant AI/ML projects from concept to deployment designing and developing end-to-end solutions including large-scale data processing pipelines distributed search/retrieval systems and LLM-powered applications. Deliver high-quality software features that meet release commitments using modern development practices and agile methodologies.Drive Technical Innovation and Excellence: Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity in solving complex problems with little precedent. Evaluate and advise on emerging technologies to drive business growth. Contribute innovative ideas propose new approaches and establish team standards and best practices for scalable system development in large online delivery environments.Provide Strategic Direction and Ownership: Take operational responsibility by setting and meeting measurable goals for the team. Determine work priorities based on general direction from senior leadership. Break down business requirements into functional specifications and be accountable for end-to-end deliveries.Influence and Mentor Across Teams: Influence and collaborate effectively with cross-functional and remote teams through dynamic communication. Mentor less experienced colleagues and share knowledge as a thought leader in company-wide forums. Value diverse ideas and partner effectively in a team-oriented environment.Execute with Quality and Agility: Write high-quality code for complex software programs and build high-performing scalable systems. Actively lead agile ceremonies and SDLC processes with a strong sense of urgency. Deliver timely solutions in a fast-paced dynamic environment while maintaining exceptional quality standards.About You:You are a fit for the position of Lead Research Engineer if your background includes:Required Skills and Experience:A Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Related Field or Equivalent ExperienceAt least 7 years of software engineering experience.At least 2 years of building large scale data processing pipelines distributed search and retrieval systems.At least 2 years of working on Deep Learning or LLM related products or solutions.Demonstrate ability to provide technical leadership and influence without formal authorityHave a deep understanding of Python software development stacksand ecosystems.Demonstrate ability to write clean reusable maintainable and well-tested codeDemonstrate a desire to learn and embrace new and emerging technologyAbility to collaborate communicate effectively and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.Keen interest in real-world applications and impact.Strong experience with cloud computing development (AWS preferred).Have experience with Agile Methodologies.Have experience implementing CI/CD DevOps and SDLC concepts in the development of an application.Preferred Skills and Experience:Have experience integrating Deep Learning and LLM solutions into production-grade softwareand have an understanding of ModelOps and MLOps principlesHad previous exposure to Natural Language Processing (NLP) problems and have familiarity with key tasks such as Named Entity Recognition (NER) Information Extraction Information Retrieval etc.Can understand and translate between language and methodologies used both in research and engineering fieldsHands-on experience in other programming language/scripting langugage and development stack (Java Rust Scala Typescript etc.)Expertise with modern deep learning frameworks for distributed training (Transformers Accelerate DeepSpeed FSDP PyTorch DDP TorchTune LLamaFactory) optimizing large-scale model training on multi-GPU/multi-node clusters.Experience identifying and resolving bottlenecks in training and inference pipelines familiarity with GPU memory management OOM debugging and compute-communication overlapExperience optimizing LLM inference for throughput and latency hands-on with inference frameworks (vLLM TensorRT TensorRT-LLM DeepSpeed Inference) and knowledge of quantization techniques (INT8 GPTQ bitsandbytes)Experience with graph database technologies like Neo4j Amazon Neptune#LI-TH1Whats in it For YouFlexibility & 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 tomorrows 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.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 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 base compensation range varies across locations.

For any eligible US locations unless otherwise noted the base compensation range for this role is $147000 - $273000.

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 individuals 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.
This job posting will close 01/30/2026.About UsThomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal tax accounting compliance government and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data intelligence and solutions needed to make informed decisions and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice truth and transparency. Reuters part of Thomson Reuters is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.As a global business we rely on the unique backgrounds perspectives and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business 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 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. More information on requesting an accommodation here.Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings here.More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on . Key Skills Robotics,Machine Learning,Python,AI,C/C++,OS Kernels,Research Experience,Matlab,Rust,Research & Development,Natural Language Processing,Tensorflow Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 147000 - 273000