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The Live Search Dynamic Ranking team is looking for extremely talented individuals that will design and implement algorithms and techniques for solving the central problem in web search -- how to order results to maximize relevance.

To accomplish this, you will have enormous resources at your disposal; high-performance distributed systems, huge amounts of raw and processed data and the tools to work with this data. You will apply the latest, cutting-edge machine learning and information retrieval techniques. You�ll work with world-class researchers in uncharted, exciting new areas. You�ll explore new sources of data and invent techniques for squeezing the last bits of information from them. At the same time you will be working with low-level systems code to maximize our relevance while keeping user latencies at a minimum. You will have an opportunity to make a huge difference not only to Microsoft�s online businesses and bottom line, but to create a tool that allows everyone to find the information they need.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Research and exploration in the areas of ranking and selection, machine learning, computational linguistics, distributed systems, statistics, etc.
• Develop techniques/algorithms/measurement for research work mentioned above.
• Design, develop, and maintain runtime components for ranking, indexing, selection.
• Design and carry out experiments to evaluate research/development results and their real impact on Live Search production systems.
• Design and develop software systems/solutions to push research and analysis results into production systems.
• Own some of the features/problem spaces in this area and provide technical leadership to other developers and to other related teams in Live Search and Microsoft.

• Extensive knowledge and experience in at least one of the following areas: machine learning, statistics, information retrieval, ranking and selection, distributed systems.
• Strong theory/algorithm background and very good understanding on how to apply advanced knowledge to solve real problems.
• Superior communications skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work independently and in a team to research innovative solutions to challenging business/technical problems.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Extensive software design and development skills/experience with C/C++/C# (minimum 5 years, preferred: 7 years).
• Bachelors degree in computer science and Masters degree in the area of machine learning/ statistics/ distributed systems/ computational linguistics/ information retrieval or related areas are required. PhD is preferred.

Must currently possess legal authorization to work in the U.S.