# Lead Applied Scientist, Search - NLP/GenAI

**Company**: Thomson Reuters
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for a Lead Applied Scientist to join our team in either Zug, Switzerland or London, UK.

As a Lead Applied Scientist, you will lead the design, build, test, and deployment of end-to-end AI solutions for complex document understanding tasks in the legal domain. You will direct the execution of large-scale projects, including advanced semantic chunking models, document enrichment systems, and LLM-based knowledge graph construction pipelines.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead the design, build, test, and deployment of end-to-end AI solutions for complex document understanding tasks in the legal domain

- Direct the execution of large-scale projects, including advanced semantic chunking models, document enrichment systems, and LLM-based knowledge graph construction pipelines

- Serve as the technical lead and primary point of reference, ensuring full accountability for all research deliverables

- Partner with engineering to guarantee well-managed software delivery and reliability at scale across multiple product lines

Requirements:

- PhD in Computer Science, AI, NLP, or a related field, or a Master's degree with equivalent research/industry experience

- Demonstrable hands-on experience building and deploying document understanding systems, information extraction pipelines, or knowledge graph construction using deep learning, LLMs, and NLP methods

- Proven ability to translate complex document understanding problems into innovative AI applications that balance accuracy and efficiency

- Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and influence without formal authority in an applied research setting

Benefits:

- Hybrid work model

- Flexibility and work-life balance

- Career development and growth opportunities

- Industry-competitive benefits, including 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

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- deep learning
- NLP
- LLMs
- semantic chunking
- document understanding
- knowledge graph construction

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