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From: JS
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009
Subject: New York, NY: Senior Scientist at kgb web

As the Senior Scientist at kgb web you will be a foundational member of our Data Intelligence team, working intimately with the CTO and other developers. The Data Intelligence team is responsible for gathering, analyzing and making sense of a variety of data to be used in a major consumer facing product. The role of the Senior Scientist is instrumental to building the intelligence behind how our systems.

With so much to get done, every member of the team is encouraged to participate in all areas of the group. We expect this to excite our candidates and find that the right candidates often make great contributions outside of their area of focus.

Responsibilities:

  • Employ various informational retrieval and machine learning technologies to gain deep insight from the data; create innovative features out of the process for our product.
  • Develop practical predictive algorithms and employing them as part of a production system that constantly processes large volume of incoming data
  • Identify and implement ways to acquire and extract information from various external data sources.
Experience Guidelines (some of this should apply to you):
  • Strong machine learning background such as classification, clustering, collaborative filtering (specifically in relation to search and personalization)
  • Experience in utilizing machine learning techniques to build classifiers and predictive algorithms
  • Strong background in search technology and information retrieval such as n-gram analysis, text relevancy, search ranking, inverted indexing
  • Linux and open-source machine learning and text mining tools
We would be very happy if you:
  • Have an (advanced) degree in computer science, with a focus on information retrieval and/or machine learning
  • Know Python, Ruby or Perl
  • Have experience with Amazon Web Services and cloud computing
  • Have experience with Lucene, Hadoop, or other distributed systems that handle massive amounts of data
  • Work comfortably in a fast paced start-up environment
  • Work comfortably on multiple projects simultaneously
And Then:
If you think the kgb web would be that much better with you on board please send your resume along with a friendly note telling us a little bit about yourself.

(Note: Avoid formal cover letters and the procrastination that comes with them. Just let it flow!) Links to proven projects are highly encouraged.

_Contact_:
Please apply online.

We take pride in the work environment and culture we�ve fostered and are looking for the type of candidates to make us even better.

kgb web is an EOE employer


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