Yahoo!

Position: Data Mining Engineer (req# *9055) Location: Sunnyvale, CA Web: www.yahoo.com
Each day Yahoo! collects approximately ten terabytes of data- more than the entire Library of Congress. We analyze this data and act on it to constantly better our user experience, while building the world’s best consumer-centric data platform.
Strategic Data Solutions (SDS) is looking for outstanding individuals for a variety of positions. SDS’ mission is to create value to consumers and marketers by delivering a consumer-centric data platform and insights services that maximize user engagement and enable innovative marketing solutions.
Data Mining Engineer (req # *9055)
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Data Mining engineer to help develop algorithms and software systems to unveil the value of Yahoo's tremendous amount of data (> trillion bytes).
The candidate should have:
Excellent Data Mining and Machine Learning background; Ph.D. in Computer Science/Data Mining/Artificial Intelligence/Statistics or related field;
Two references from well established Data Mining professionals reflecting on candidate's abilities;
Desire to work with data (vs. to research machine learning algorithms);
Research track or proven record of doing industrial Data Mining;
Ability to develop software systems;
Creativity (this is a must).
The following skills are pluses for the position:
Experiences with Data Mining Tools (SAS, WEKA, SPSS, etc.) and Data Base;
Strong understanding of business;
Ability to present & publish;
WEB Analytics;
Statistics, math, algorithms.
Contact:
Please send resumes with req# 9055 to Tina Duccini, tduccini@yahoo-inc.com