Data Scientist

Thomson Reuters

4.2

(277)

McLean, VA

Why you should apply for a job to Thomson Reuters:

  • Ranked as one of the Best Companies for Women in 2020
  • 4.2/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.6/5 in supportive management
  • 83% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 89% would recommend this company to other women
  • 91% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Flex My Way Program - This program builds upon our flexible work/hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance
  • Career Growth/Skills Development - We cultivate a learning culture that contributes to career growth, belonging, risk-taking, + innovation
  • Global Parental Leave - Teammates who are welcoming a new child through birth or adoption will receive a min of 16-weeks of paid leave
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    Position summary

    ly involved into the delivery of the proposed solutions. The role will interface with the customer and provide continuity of technical and data-exploration expertise to ensure we are delivering a workable solution that meets the customer requirements and technical capabilities. The position requires a proactive, mission-oriented person who strives to produce the best possible work for the customer.

    Key Responsibilities and Duties:

    Work with interdisciplinary engineering and research teams on designing, building and deploying data analysis systems for large data sets.
    Work closely with customers to apply data science to their mission specific content.
    Create algorithms to extract information from large data sets.
    Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for model development, model validation, model implementation and large-scale data analysis.
    Develop metrics and prototypes that can be used to drive business decisions.
    Provide thought-leadership and dependable execution on diverse projects.
    Identify emergent trends and opportunities for future client growth and development.
    Researches and identifies Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods - including Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods
    Identifies new applications of AI in the context of Thomson Reuters and TRSS content sets
    Explores existing data for insights and recommends additional sources of data for improvement

    Qualifications:
    Ability to obtain and maintain an Security Clearance
    Excellent programming skills in one major programming language (Java/Python/R/Scala)
    Must be creative, intellectually curious, and willing to experiment and work in dynamic organizations and situations, sometimes with little oversight or well-defined requirements.
    Must take ownership for defined areas of accountability, most critically the integrity of the technical and data design in terms of meeting customer needs, design delivery and supportability
    A good understanding of distributed computing concepts
    Experience with database, workflow and orchestration frameworks preferred (e.g. SQL, Kafka; NiFi, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
    Big Data analytics experience preferred
    Strong background in engineering, process data management, or service management in a medium size complex technology environment.
    Previous experience with data modeling for graphs.
    Experience in complex analysis of processes and tools
    Experience facilitating gathering input from subject matter experts.
    Excellent understanding of ML, NLP and statistical methodologies
    Ability to test ideas and adapt methods quickly end to end from data extraction to implementation and validation
    Experience with search engines, classification algorithms, recommendation systems and relevance evaluation methodologies a plus
    Experience leading project work focused on a specific process area.
    Strong planning, time management and organizational skills
    Good team player / self-starter with the ability to work using own initiative.

    #LI-SW1

    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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    Why you should apply for a job to Thomson Reuters:

  • Ranked as one of the Best Companies for Women in 2020
  • 4.2/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.6/5 in supportive management
  • 83% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 89% would recommend this company to other women
  • 91% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Flex My Way Program - This program builds upon our flexible work/hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance
  • Career Growth/Skills Development - We cultivate a learning culture that contributes to career growth, belonging, risk-taking, + innovation
  • Global Parental Leave - Teammates who are welcoming a new child through birth or adoption will receive a min of 16-weeks of paid leave