Senior Applied Scientist, NLP/KG/GenAI

Thomson Reuters; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist specializing in NLP and Machine Learning. The role involves designing AI solutions that enhance products and collaborating with stakeholders to drive innovation. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in AI technologies and a strong academic background.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance

Career Development and Growth

Industry Competitive Benefits

Social Impact Opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building NLP/ML systems.
• Experience writing production code and ensuring software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage end-to-end model development.
• Partner with Engineering for model monitoring and evaluation.

Skills

NLP

Machine Learning

Problem Solving

Communication

Python

Education

PhD in a relevant discipline

Master’s plus comparable experience

Tools

Git

AWS

Azure

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Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking scientists with a passion for solving problems using state-of-the-art machine learning, 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 natural language processing and machine learning. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user needs and technical feasibility. Our team is responsible for designing the next generation of risk and fraud investigation software. We own AI innovation for Thomson Reuters’ core Risk and Fraud products, including CLEAR, CLEAR Adverse Media, and CLEAR Risk Inform.

About the Role:

Senior Applied Scientists are experts in NLP and Machine Learning, responsible for the design and delivery of AI solutions that enhance Thomson Reuters' products. They leverage model training and evaluation design, graph-based AI, and information retrieval techniques, prompting workflows, to build and optimize solutions. Their work ensures AI technologies are effectively aligned with business objectives, driving product innovation and value.

As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will:

• Own and manage end-to-end model development, guiding others in research, data engineering, and evaluation.
• Operate in an agile way, pushing for quick iterations guided by customers’ needs.
• Be accountable for all research deliverables on small to medium-sized projects.
• Work with stakeholders to define scope, determine feasibility, and translate business/customer objectives into technical requirements.
• Partner effectively with Engineering to ensure well-managed software delivery and co-design ML Ops processes related to model monitoring, evaluation, and retraining.
• Support and coach junior scientist by providing advice, mentoring, and training.
• Be an NLP expert

About You:

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

• PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building NLP / ML / Knowledge Graph / GenAI systems for commercial applications
• Practical experience with traditional and state-of-the-art NLP methods, Knowledge Graph algorithms, and GenAI (including RAG and agentic frameworks)
• Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery
• Demonstrable experience translating complex problems into successful AI applications
• Outstanding communication, problem-solving, and analysis skills
• Collaborating with Product, Engineering and Business Stakeholders in an agile manner to demonstrate value and iterate with customer feedback
• Excellent coding skills in Python
• Proficiency with Git, AWS, Azure for remote model development and deployment

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

Thomson 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.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

Industries

• Financial Services, Legal Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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