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Original Job Post

Yahoo · 2 days ago

Senior Big Data Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$128K/yr - $267K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

You will research and develop innovative algorithms for information retrieval, processing, and ranking.

Take end to end ownership of Machine Learning-based distributed data systems - especially focused on data pipelines for data collection, validation, and active learning and batch inference.

Work with other engineers to implement algorithms and systems in an efficient way.

Interact with data analysts, data scientists, product managers, and software engineers to understand business problems, technical requirements to deliver data solutions.

Lead data investigations to troubleshoot data issues that arise along the data pipelines.

Maintenance and improvement of released systems.

Engineering consulting on large and complex warehouse data.

Qualification

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Hadoop technologiesMap/reduceOoziePigHiveSparkKafkaHbaseStormAlgorithmsDistributed computingData structureDatabaseJavaPythonC++Self-drivenChallenge-lovingDetail orientedTeamwork spiritCommunication skillsMultitaskMachine LearningAnalyticsData MiningData MartData WarehouseDeep LearningTensorflowKeras

Required

BS with 7+ years of relevant Industry experience/M.S. in Computer Science with 5+ years of relevant Industry experience. Computer Science graduate ideally with specialization in Data Engineering or Machine Learning

Experience in Hadoop technologies (Map/Reduce, Oozie, Pig, Hive, Spark, Kafka, HBase, Storm,)

Strong fundamentals: algorithms, distributed computing, data structure, database

Fluency with at least one of: Java/Python/C++

Self-driven, challenge-loving, detail oriented, teamwork spirit, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask and manage expectations

Preferred

Experience in any of: machine learning, analytics, data mining, or data mart and warehouse

Experience with Deep Learning platforms (Tensorflow/Keras/Spark MLlib) and SQL/Unix/Shell

Experience with machine learning algorithms, NLP, and/or statistical methods a big plus

Benefits

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Company holidays

Vacation

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Company

Yahoo

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Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media.

Founded in 1994

Sunnyvale, California, USA

10,001+ employees