Sr Research Scientist

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. Whether you're looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business-and the world. Want in?
About the Team
The Consumer Research team pioneers and provides solutions and technologies in machine learning, recommendation and personalization, information extraction, knowledge graph construction and management, and information retrieval.
Our team's work has a direct impact on the quality of various products and services at Yahoo including Yahoo Mail, Yahoo's Home Page, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Search, Yahoo Advertising, and others.
Responsibilities
As a research scientist in the Consumer Research team, you will apply and advance state-of-the-art machine learning techniques in areas such as personalization and ranking, information extraction, knowledge graph construction and management, and information retrieval.
Leveraging your scientific expertise, technical skills, and relevant data, you will:

• Identify, scope, and formulate new problems
• Design metrics and experiments to analyze problems and measure results
• Review state-of-the-art approaches, explore new ones, propose appropriate solutions
• Prototype and evaluate effective solutions based on agreed-upon goals and metrics
• Work and communicate effectively with engineering partners to put research results into action
• Provide thought leadership to guide the direction of products and services

You will also:

• Generate intellectual property with patent applications and publications at relevant forums
• Stay current on state-of-the-art research and emerging technologies in related disciplines
• Maintain world-class credentials through publications, collaborations, and service to the research community

Requirements

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Applied Math or related field
• Expertise in machine learning, web mining, graph mining or natural language processing, and experience in information extraction, knowledge management, information retrieval or related field
• Solid programming skills in high-level languages such as Java, Scala, Python or similar
• Experience with collaborative research, as evidenced through solid publications
• Strong communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills

We are hiring for various levels of experience.
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If hired for this position in Colorado, the compensation range for this position is between $130,875.00 - $218,125.00. The compensation may vary depending on your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include additional incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, plus equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, retirement, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act.
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