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Lead Research Engineer

Eagan, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$147K/yr - $273K/yr

7+ years exp

Thomson Reuters is a global business providing trusted content and technology to empower professionals in various fields. The Lead Research Engineer will lead the development of innovative AI/ML solutions that enhance the company's capabilities and support its mission to deliver impactful services to customers.

AdviceAnalyticsFinancial ServicesManagement ConsultingProfessional ServicesRisk ManagementSoftware

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

AIDeep LearningLarge-scale data processingPython software developmentCloud computing (AWS)Agile MethodologiesCI/CDDevOpsNatural Language ProcessingDesire to learnTechnical leadershipMentoringCollaborationCommunication

Required

A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Related Field, or Equivalent Experience

At 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 authority

Have a deep understanding of Python software development stacks and ecosystems

Demonstrate ability to write clean, reusable, maintainable and well-tested code

Demonstrate a desire to learn and embrace new and emerging technology

Ability 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

Have experience integrating Deep Learning and LLM solutions into production-grade software and have an understanding of ModelOps and MLOps principles

Had 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 fields

Hands-on experience in other programming language/scripting language 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 overlap

Experience 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

Benefits

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Company

Thomson Reuters

Glassdoor3.0

Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.

Founded in 2008

Toronto, Ontario, CAN

10001+ employees

http://thomsonreuters.com

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