Director, Research Engineering - CoCounsel For Tax

About the position

Thomson Reuters Labs in North America is seeking a seasoned engineering Director to lead a team of high performing research engineers and to guide delivery of cutting-edge AI solutions from concept to production. The Labs Tax & Corporates team is seeking an experienced software leader and manager to direct research engineering work in CoCounsel for Tax, Accounting and Audit which is formed around the recent acquisition of the startup Materia. Cocounsel for Tax provides LLM and agent driven experiences to automate workflow steps in tax preparation, tax research, advisory and audit.

Responsibilities

• Lead and structure a high performing team of 15+ research engineers, setting clear expectations, modeling expected behaviors and actively coaching.
• Work directly with customers as well as with TR product and technology leaders to shape the future of CoCounsel for Tax, Accounting and Audit.
• Enable your team to solve complex business problems and build solutions with clearly defined outcomes.
• Drive the end-to-end model development lifecycle partnering effectively with a collaborative cross-functional team.
• Help partners operate and maintain AI systems with operational excellency.
• Encourage and empower your team to try new approaches, learn new technologies, and take informed risks.
• Foster innovative ideas to solve real-world challenges.
• Manage the project portfolio, the budget, the priorities, and the staff allocation.
• Confidently present work to customers and other external venues.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or the equivalent. A Master's or PhD in a relevant specialization is preferred.
• 10+ years software development experience, of which at least 3 years working on Machine Learning related products and solutions.
• 5+ years of management experience - coaching & developing high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated experience with integrating machine learning solutions to production-grade software.
• Experience spearheading technical development in a cross-functional setting.
• Experience contributing to and overseeing large-scale rollouts and infrastructure initiatives.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models, including RAG frameworks and agentic frameworks.
• Expertise in robust Python development, libraries such as Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Dask, spaCy, NLTK, scikit-learn, MLOps, containerization, cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure), advanced search and recommendation technology.

Nice-to-haves

• 8+ years of management experience - coaching & developing high-performing teams.
• Previous exposure to Natural Language Processing (NLP) problems.
• Hands-on experience in other programming and scripting languages (Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, etc.)

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance.
• Two company-wide Mental Health Days Off.
• Work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year.
• Headspace app subscription.
• Retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Employee-driven Business Resource Groups.
• Two paid volunteer days annually.
• Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs.
• Competitive 401k plan with company match.