Job: Microsoft adCenter Labs Database Engineer at Microsoft adCenter

Seattle area, WA: Microsoft adCenter Labs Database Engineer at Microsoft
adCenter

The Microsoft adCenter Labs team provides applied research, data analysis,
and data mining services to support MSN/Windows Live monetization
strategies worldwide. This position requires someone experienced in solving
marketing and business problems using appropriate data analysis and data
mining methodologies. This is an exciting and challenging position,
providing the successful candidate an opportunity to generate high
industry-impact analyses and solve business-related research problems. Work
on projects may include segmentation studies, methodology research, tool
evaluations, model development/refinement and deployment. The ideal
candidate will also serve or grow into a subject matter expert on user
modeling, business intelligence, CRM and ad targeting needs for Microsoft.

Job Description and Qualifications

Core Job Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have:

Experience solving ad targeting, marketing and business problems using
applied research, data analysis and data mining on large real-world
business data sets
User segmentation modeling and research background
Broad experience with various data analysis tools, data mining tools, and
statistical packages
Familiarity with applying data mining techniques (i.e. classification,
clustering, association mining, forecasting), statistics and information
retrieval methods to real-world data
Superior communications skills, both verbal and written
Ability to work independently and in a team to research innovative
solutions to challenging business problems
Attention to detail and data accuracy
Good scripting and rapid prototyping skills, i.e. preferred fluency in the
following: SQL, Perl, C#
Preferred fluency in one or more of the following languages: French,
Spanish, German, Japanese
MS degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent is
required for this position

Contact:
This position is located in the Seattle metropolitan area. For more
information on MSN adCenter and careers at Microsoft, please go to:
advertising.msn.com/microsoft-adcenter and www.whywillyouworkhere.com .
If interested, please send your resumes to [email protected] .