Lead Research Engineer, AI

Thomson Reuters Corporation • Ann Arbor, MI

33d • $147,000 - $314,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

In this opportunity as a Lead Research Engineer, you will: Be a Leader: Provide technical leadership partnering with other engineers and applied scientists to develop and improve methodology and evolve the technology stack. Develop and Deliver: Applying modern AI development practices, you will be involved across the software development lifecycle, building, testing and delivering high-quality solutions. Be a Team Player: Working in a collaborative team-oriented environment, you will share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross-functional and remote teams. Be an Agile Person:  With a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, you will deliver timely solutions. Be Innovative: You are empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. You will contribute innovative ideas, create solutions, and be accountable for end-to-end deliveries. Be an Effective Communicator: Through dynamic engagement and communication with cross-functional partners and team members, you will effectively articulate ideas and collaborate on technical developments. About You: Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field. 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years of NLP and/or AI engineering Proven experience leading technical workstreams and mentoring engineers in fast-paced, cross-functional environments. Technical Expertise: Deep proficiency in Python and its ML/NLP ecosystem (e.g., PyTorch, Jax, NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, spaCy, SentenceTransformers). Strong understanding of modern ML techniques and the ability to apply, integrate, and deploy them into real-world systems. Familiarity with empirical methodology and efficient AI Evaluation, agentic design and context engineering. Experience with cloud-native development and infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or similar), automation, and DevOps practices. Mindset & Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to move fast, prioritize impact, and deliver high-quality results in ambiguous or evolving contexts. Comfortable navigating and communicating across technical and non-technical teams to remove blockers and accelerate progress. Passion for innovation, continuous learning, and applying emerging technologies to solve complex problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years of NLP and/or AI engineering
• Proven experience leading technical workstreams and mentoring engineers in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
• Deep proficiency in Python and its ML/NLP ecosystem (e.g., PyTorch, Jax, NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, spaCy, SentenceTransformers).
• Strong understanding of modern ML techniques and the ability to apply, integrate, and deploy them into real-world systems.
• Familiarity with empirical methodology and efficient AI Evaluation, agentic design and context engineering.
• Experience with cloud-native development and infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or similar), automation, and DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to move fast, prioritize impact, and deliver high-quality results in ambiguous or evolving contexts.
• Comfortable navigating and communicating across technical and non-technical teams to remove blockers and accelerate progress.
• Passion for innovation, continuous learning, and applying emerging technologies to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership partnering with other engineers and applied scientists to develop and improve methodology and evolve the technology stack.
• Applying modern AI development practices, you will be involved across the software development lifecycle, building, testing and delivering high-quality solutions.
• Working in a collaborative team-oriented environment, you will share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross-functional and remote teams.
• With a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, you will deliver timely solutions.
• You are empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies. You will contribute innovative ideas, create solutions, and be accountable for end-to-end deliveries.
• Through dynamic engagement and communication with cross-functional partners and team members, you will effectively articulate ideas and collaborate on technical developments.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave.
• 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; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees