Jobs

Yahoo! Data Mining and Research Group (DMR) is looking for an outstanding data mining researcher who wants to work on real problems leading to solutions that make a direct and measurable business impact. This individual should enjoy formulating problems based on customer needs, selecting, modifying and/or building appropriate tools or methodologies, and providing true end-to-end solutions for diversified and challenging data mining and data research projects. We encourage our team members to stay abreast of novel academic work and seek patents and/or publish work when appropriate. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your data mining skills to the 10 terabytes of data that Yahoo! captures every day. The following criteria will be used in finding the ideal candidate:

Basic Requirements

• Experience in exploratory data analysis and data mining process
• Knowledge of data mining and machine learning methods and tools
• Experience and desire to work hands-on in analyzing and modeling large data sets
• Software development skills (C/C++, Perl, Java, SQL, etc.)

• Excellent communication skills and ability to understand business requirements
• Team spirit and ability to aggressively execute independently
• Creativity and passion in achieving goals
• Expertise in large industrial data sets
• Ph.D. in Data Mining, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
• Strong candidates with a Master's degree in an above field and rich industry experience will also be considered