<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448294655623_4713" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33104"></span>Research Scientists, Yahoo Labs</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448294655623_4713" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448294655623_4713" dir="ltr">Yahoo
Labs is growing its strategic research teams to enable the company to
build cool products and platforms that our customers need, now and in
the future. We have exciting job openings in several technical focus
areas that are located in our new office in New York City located one
block from the Times Square.<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33531" clear="none"><br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33533" clear="none">We
hire the best scientific minds who like to roll up their sleeves make
new discoveries that can be presented at the top scientific conferences
and contribute to the success of the business. We are looking for
Research Scientists with a PhD degree in Computer Science or Electrical
Engineering. Our scientists specialize in designing and building
scalable and reliable distributed and parallel systems that serve all
the aspects of big data like data mining, optimization, machine
learning, and analytics. We design innovative algorithms to push the
capacity, performance and reliability of our platforms, exploit novel
hardware and software architectures, and evaluate the impact in
Web-scale production settings. We actively contribute to the scientific
and open source communities in foundations of Computer Science,
distributed computing, search, databases, and networking.<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33535" clear="none"><br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33537" clear="none">Responsibilities Include:<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33539" clear="none"><br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33541" clear="none"> Deep dive into the data to understanding and apply patterns, while maintaining a sense of the big picture<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33543" clear="none"> Work closely with colleagues on the engineering team to put research results into action<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33545" clear="none"> Provide thought leadership to guide the direction of Yahoo products and services<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33547" clear="none"> Push your own research agenda and look to influence our products and services with your expertise.<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33549" clear="none"><br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33551" clear="none">Required Skills and Qualifications<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33553" clear="none"><br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33555" clear="none"> PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33557" clear="none"> Strong academic research track record in one of the following areas: <span id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33662" class="">Data Mining/Visualization</span>, Machine Learning or related areas.<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33559" clear="none"> Strong design and implementation skills in Java, C++, <span id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33694" class="">Scala etc</span>. Experience with large-scale production code development a plus.<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33561" clear="none"> Ability to conduct research that is justified and guided by business opportunities<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33563" clear="none"> Strong communication and presentation skills.<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33565" clear="none"><br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33567" clear="none">For more information about Yahoo Labs, please visit: http//labs.yahoo.com/<br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33569" clear="none"><br class="" id="yiv6222356389yui_3_16_0_1_1448037598609_33571" clear="none">The
soft application deadline is November 30, 2015. Please send your CV and
a short letter of interest to Yifan Hu (yifanhu at yahoo-inc.com).<br></div></div></body></html>