Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist in Data Mining/ML/Vis at Yahoo Research

As the center of scientific excellence for Yahoo, Yahoo Research delivers both basic and applied scientific leadership through published research, product innovations and new technologies powering the company's products.
The Data Science team at Yahoo Research solves some of the most challenging and interesting problems through data mining, machining learning and visualization. We are growing our team, and have an exciting job opening located in our office in New York City, one block from the Times Square.
We hire the best scientific minds who like to roll up their sleeves to make new discoveries that contribute to the success of the business, at the same time can be presented at the top scientific conferences. We are looking for a Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist with a PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields. Our scientists specialize in mining large amount of data to make or inform business decisions. We design and invent algorithms to push the intelligence, performance and security of our platforms, and to find patterns and anomalies. We evaluate the impact in Web-scale production settings. We actively contribute to the scientific and open source communities through conferences, journals and codes.
Your responsibilities Include:
- Deep dive into the data to find patterns and gain knowledge through innovation in and application of scalable algorithms
- Work closely with colleagues on the engineering team to put research results into action
- Provide thought leadership to guide the direction of Yahoo products and services
- Be a leader in your research area and contribute to the scientific and open source communities
You Must Have
- PhD in Data Mining, Machine Learning, Visualization, or related fields
- Strong academic research track record and publications in top-tier conferences and/or journals
- Deep understand of algorithms and strong problem solving skills
- Demonstrated expertise and desire to work hands-on in analyzing and modeling large scale data sets and implementation skills in Java, Scala, C/C++, Python etc.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
Areas of expertise we look for include: machine learning, deep learning, recommender systems, NLP & visualization, and related fields.
For more information about Yahoo Research, please visit: https://research.yahoo.com/
To Apply: please email yifanhu-AT-yahoo-inc.com with your resume.