Principal Scientist, AI Ventures

Lead applied research in AI Ventures at Thomson Reuters. Driving innovation in agentic AI and multi-agent systems to produce impactful solutions.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeZug • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandLeadWebsite

Tools & technologies

CloudPythonSDLC

Key responsibilities & impact

Set and drive the applied-research agenda for the flagship platform and new incubation candidates.
Explore the frontier of agentic AI and multi-agent systems.
Own end-to-end experimentation and development across the research lifecycle.
Translate practitioner workflows and business objectives into technical requirements.
Partner with Engineering to shape an agentic SDLC.
Champion developer productivity by embedding AI agents.
Be accountable for research deliverables across the unit’s projects.
Mentor and coach scientists and engineers.

What you’ll need

Deep knowledge of agentic AI and multi-agent systems — orchestration, planning, tool use, and memory — with active experimentation across LLMs, RAG, and prompt engineering.
Strong grounding in modern NLP methods, with experience using knowledge graphs.
Excellent coding skills in Python, proficiency with Git and cloud technologies, and experience writing production-quality code.
Demonstrated ability to set a research agenda and design experiments.
Experience working with real-world, messy data in commercial contexts.
Experience co-designing an agentic SDLC and evaluation processes with engineering.
Outstanding communication and analysis skills.
Domain familiarity with risk, compliance, fraud, or adjacent enterprise workflows.
Passion for staying ahead of advances in agentic AI.

Comp & perks

Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role)
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development
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.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually

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Hard Skills & Tools

agentic AImulti-agent systemsorchestrationplanningtool usememoryNLP methodsknowledge graphsPythonproduction-quality code

Soft Skills

communicationanalysismentoringcoachingsetting research agendadesigning experiments