Job: Data Mining Applications Engineer (Senior) (Job ID: RX1000020046) at Yahoo!

Sunnyvale, CA: Data Mining Applications Engineer (Senior) (Job ID:
RX1000020046) at Yahoo!

About Yahoo!
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?


Yahoo! collects over 10 terabytes of clickstream behavioral data each day,
the equivalent of all the information within the Library of Congress.
Yahoo!’s user data warehouse is in the order of 'petabytes' -- the largest
in the world.
Yahoo! serves nearly half a billion unique users.
Yahoo! is one of Fortune’s "100 Best Companies to Work For".
Yahoo! is looking for key hires to leverage all of this data for actionable
strategies and systems.
Data Driven Applications (DDA) Group is a part of SDS and is chartered to
rapidly spread the power of data mining to business centers to help
generate brand and top-line growth by being able to target users with
personalized advertisements and content. DDA is looking for the following
positions immediately:
Data Mining Applications Engineer (Senior)

Job Responsibilities:
Build accurate and scalable recommendation models, deploy and test these
models in production in our recommendation platform, and upgrade them as
necessary to deliver reliable performance.

Specific challenges include analyzing and developing, in partnership with
business units, reliable and scalable applications that integrate
recommendation engine technologies into the DNA of the business units by
providing end-users targeted content and/or advertisements

Essential Job Functions

Assume ownership of recommendation engine modeling, delivery and
maintenance
Drive the model performance experimentation strategy and tune the models
based on these tests.
Develop extensible, scalable, reliable software for deployment.
Interact with recommendation platform team to define interfaces and
understand dependencies
Write detailed technical documents of the models.
Understand and affect the direction of recommendation engine modeling.
Minimum Job Qualifications:

Demonstrated expertise in Data Mining, Machine learning, information
retrieval, model building, tuning, testing and interfaces, particularly in
the area of recommendation systems.
Good understanding of collaborative filtering, a-priori algorithm and time
series modeling techniques.
Experience working on systems used to provide customer relationship
management or targeting functions
Familiarity and experience in all phases of software development life cycle
Structured thinker, effective communicator, team player with ability to
work with dynamic teams
Solid programming skills that includes significant experience with C++,
PERL, and UNIX
Proven understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance
optimization techniques, and object-oriented programming
Experience with database access methodologies
Integration Standards (XML-centric) experience
Experience with Database access methodologies
Ability to work in dynamic environment with different teams at different
times
BS in computer science or related field for engineering positions
Preferable Job Qualifications:

MS/PhD in CS or related field
Knowledge of/experience with Data mining and modeling
methodologies/technologies
Knowledge of/experience with XML Standards for Data Interchange
Ability to translate technology to business problem solving
Ability to articulate technology match to user experience
Experience with technologies that help serve customers better - like CRM,
SFA
Services background
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to
search all of our openings please visit http://careers.yahoo.com
Contact:
If interested in this opportunity, please email your resume to

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