Senior Research Scientist (Foundational Research, Machine Learning) Are you a curious and open-minded individual with an interest in state-of-the-art foundational machine learning research? Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking a Senior Research Scientist with a passion for solving challenging machine learning problems in a data-rich, complex academic environment.About the RoleIn this opportunity, as Senior Research Scientist you will:Innovate : You will have the opportunity to try new and/or innovate new ML/NLP/IR/GenAI approaches and enjoy mentoring by world-leading experts. You will contribute ideas and work on solving real-world challenges using a wealth of data not otherwise available.Experiment and Develop : You can be involved in the entire research & model development lifecycle, brainstorming, building, testing, and delivering high-quality reports at leading international academic conferences.Collaborate : Working on a collaborative global team of research engineers both within Thomson Reuters and our academic partners at world-leading universities.About YouYou're a fit for the role if your background includes:Required Qualifications:PhD student or recent graduate with research experience in a technical discipline.First-author publications at relevant venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, or similar.Excellent communication skills to report and present research findings and developments clearly, both orally and in writing.Curious and innovative disposition capable of devising novel, well-founded algorithmic solutions to relevant problems.Self-driven attitude and ability to work with limited supervision.Comfortable working in fast-paced, agile environments, managing uncertainty and ambiguity.Preferred Qualifications:Experience working on relevant state-of-the-art research topics in large language models (LLMs) such as alignment, hallucination detection and reduction, model compression, data-centric techniques, efficient fine-tuning, long context length, synthetic data, combination of LLMs with knowledge graphs etc.Familiarity with cloud tools such as Amazon AWS, MS Azure, or Google Cloud.Previous experience working on large-scale machine learning systems.Strong software and/or infrastructure engineering skills, as evidenced by code contributions to popular open-source libraries.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.Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country.Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.Purpose Driven Work: We help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.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.AccessibilityAs a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.#J-18808-Ljbffr