Principal AI Architect
Job Description
Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking a transformational leader to help maximize the impact of R&D investment and guide the delivery of cutting-edge AI solutions from concept to production.
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, natural language processing and generative AI. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user need and technical feasibility. Our team is designing the next generation of research technology for Legal and Tax Professionals globally. We drive AI innovation for Thomson Reuters' Core Research Products, including Westlaw, Practical Law, and Checkpoint.
About the Role
As Principal AI Architect, you will lead a cross-functional team responsible for scaling AI application development and designing robust, highly specialized applications of generative AI for legal and tax. In this hands-on leadership role, you will:
Design and direct the technology strategy for a new class of AI solutions that serve customer-facing human-in-the-loop applications.
Enable editorial workflows for AI-assist and task specific model customization at scale
Research and evaluate emerging technology to advance the state of LLM application development
Ensure solutions align with modern best practices for cloud across platforms and environments
Continuously improve ways of working with partner teams across product engineering
About You
PhD in a relevant discipline or Master's plus comparable experience
10+ years hands-on building AI / NLP systems for commercial applications
5+ years of management experience - coaching & developing high-performing teams
Expertise in cloud platforms for large-scale AI workloads and infrastructure.
Knowledge of model versioning, monitoring, and retraining practices, with experience building frameworks for maintaining model performance in production
Proven ability to collaborate effectively and align AI architecture with business needs
Strong desire to design innovative solutions with large language models
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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
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, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
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 cafe 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 have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we've been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news services - Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our 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/Affirmative Action 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.
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As a global business we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in 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 country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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