Research Scientist

Company: Yahoo!
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love-from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news-with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.About YahooYahoo is a global media and tech company. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we also provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.As a center of scientific excellence within Yahoo, Yahoo Research delivers both fundamental and applied scientific leadership through published research, product innovations and new technologies. We power the company's most significant products, supporting innovations in content discovery, search assistance, personal communication, commerce and advertising. Our work is innovative and impacts millions of users every day.About the TeamWithin Yahoo Research, the Knowledge Graph Science team develops the technologies and solutions behind the Yahoo Knowledge Graph and the various products built upon it across Yahoo. Our team's work has a direct impact on product quality and powers user experiences and services across Search, Media, Commerce, and Advertising.ResponsibilitiesAs a research scientist in our team, you will be in charge of developing innovative solutions for a wide variety of knowledge graph problems and products. You will apply and advance state-of-the-art machine learning techniques in the field of information extraction, knowledge graph and information retrieval, and solve a broad set of Web-scale, real-world, computer science problems.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 servicesYou 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 communityRequirements
    • 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 skillsYahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.US Only: Please be aware that Yahoo requires all employees entering a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events) are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to obtain and show proof of a vaccination to enter a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events). Yahoo is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.The compensation for this position ranges from $117,000.00 - $243,125.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don't require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you'll be given notice to make arrangements.If you're curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.

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