Jobs

Yahoo! is looking for big thinkers

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?

Do you want to help deliver the best search results to millions of users around the planet and make a direct impact to the bottom-line of a Fortune-500 company? Are you passionate about building products using a great combination of research skills and a just-get-it-done attitude?

As a Scientist in Sponsored Search, you will improve the relevance of our sponsored search products, working on challenging technical problems in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Responsibilities:

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

• Strong background in machine learning, data mining, machine translation, computational linguistics, information retrieval, or speech recognition, including practical applications.
• Solid statistical knowledge and intuition.
• Experience in applying algorithms to web-scale data sets.
• Fluency in Python, Perl, or another scripting language. Experience in C/C++.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Ph.D. in engineering, computer science, statistics, mathematics, or equivalent.
• Fluency in one or more major European or Asian languages a plus.

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.