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Research Scientist
Yahoo!
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
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Description:
Yahoo is rapidly transforming itself into a mobile-first company. Along with mobile consumer products, Yahoo is investing heavily in mobile advertising. Yahoo has recently launched Yahoo Gemini (http://www.tumblr.com/search/yahoo+gemini) - the world's first advertising marketplace for both search and native ads. We are looking for research scientists (at all levels) with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas: Search Relevance, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Forecasting, or Optimization.
Job Responsibilities:
• Propose innovative ideas to improve the monetization and quality of the Gemini advertising platform
• Perform statistical analyses on large data sets, identify problems and propose solutions.
• Conceive, design, prototype, and evaluate complex algorithms and statistical models that can be integrated into the advertising platform.
• Document your software implementations and experimental results
• Work with business teams to gain acceptance of proposed policies and designs.
• Generate intellectual property with patent applications and publications at relevant forums
• Stay current on published state-of-the-art techniques for online advertising
Required Skills/Experience:
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research, Statistics, or similar field.
• Strong track record of developing novel and scientifically sound techniques to solve real world problems.
• Solid programming skills in Java, C++, or scripting languages like Python or R in a Unix environment
• Hands-on skills in cleaning, manipulating, analyzing, visualizing and modeling large data sets.
• Experience with machine learning, data mining, search relevance, natural language processing, forecasting or optimization.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial culture
Preferred Skills:
• Experience with large scale data processing on Hadoop is a plus
• Familiarity with online advertising is a plus