Applied Research Scientist Intern

Applied Research Scientist Intern, Thomson Reuters Labs

Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? Thomson Reuters Labs in Toronto, Canada and Eagan, Minnesota is looking for a passionate Applied Research Scientist Intern with strong technical skills in NLP and Machine Learning and entrepreneurial spirit. In this role, you will demonstrate the art of the possible and have a significant and direct impact on our company's products.

What does Thomson Reuters Labs do? We experiment, we build, we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research and the development of new products and technologies. TR Labs innovates collaboratively across our core segments in Legal, Tax & Accounting, Government, and Reuters News.  We undertake a diverse portfolio of projects today, while investing in long term research for the future.

As a Labs intern, you will be part of a global interdisciplinary team of experts. We hire specialists across a variety of AI research areas, as well as Engineering and Design, to drive the company’s digital transformation. TR Labs is known for delivering the most innovative AI products that serve Thomson Reuters customers in new and exciting ways.

About The Role:

In this opportunity as a Applied Research Scientist Intern, you will:

We solve hard problems with real data. Through this opportunity you will advance your career by doing research and development for market leading, customer facing applications. Specifically, you should expect to:

• Experiment and Develop: You will contribute to the entire model development lifecycle, from prototype to delivery, while applying best practices for reproducible research.
• Collaborate: Working on a collaborative cross-functional team, you will share information, value diverse ideas, and partner effectively with colleagues across the globe.
• Deliver: You will be accountable for timely, well-managed deliverables. Time management is key, when the problems are this interesting and challenging!
• Innovate: You will be empowered to try new approaches and learn new technologies.
• Inspire: You will be a proactive communicator who is excited to share your work.

About You:

You are fit for the role of Applied Research Scientist Intern if your background includes:

Basic qualifications:

• Current PhD student in a relevant discipline or current Master’s degree student in relevant discipline w/ 1 to 2 years of full-time industry experience.
• At least one year experience building applications around NLP, LLM, or ML models in academic or industry settings.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala.
• Excellent research, organization, and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Proven communication skills and the ability to work on deliverables independently.
• Familiarity with the basics of academic research and publishing process

Preferred qualifications:

• 3+ years academic or industry experience building LLM, IR, or NLP systems with the demonstrated ability to translate cutting edge research into working applications.
• Publications at relevant venues such as ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD   or similar.

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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 café 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 comm