Jobs

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?
The Search and Advertising Sciences group at Yahoo! is looking for candidates with strong analytical and software skills to join our research team. As a member of our research group you will help improve the relevance and revenue of our contextual and search advertising products.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Apply probabilistic, machine learning and data mining techniques to build models to improve relevance, revenue, and user experience
• Deep dive into the data to understand and apply patterns, while maintaining a sense of the big picture
• Work closely with colleagues on the engineering team to put your research results into action
• Provide thought leadership to guide the direction of Yahoo! Search and Advertising

• Strong background in statistical modeling, machine learning and data mining
• Experience in data driven methods in computational linguistics, information retrieval, speech recognition, machine translation, image processing or other related fields
• Fluency in Python, Perl, or another scripting language. Experience in C or C++ a plus.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Ph.D. or MS with several years of relevant experience in computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, mathematics, or equivalent.
• Recent PhD graduates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

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