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Company

Yahoo · 1 week ago

Research Scientist

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$128K/yr - $267K/yr

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Capability to understand the technical challenges of a real world problem. Ability to think and formulate problems from first principles and map them to one or more Machine Learning paradigms or create a new Machine Learning paradigm for it.

Strong desire and ability to code up algorithms with good understanding and champion them to be used in products.

Review state-of-the-art approaches, explore new ones, propose appropriate solutions

Identify opportunities in existing products to enrich them with Machine Learning ideas.

Defining the technical requirements, which involves but not limited to, data collection, evaluation mechanism and production serving strategy. Ability to analyze data and realize patterns in them.

Design solutions that can scale

System extensibility, i.e., considering how the systems can evolve over time

Communication skills in terms of conveying technical ideas

Design metrics and experiments to analyze problems and measure results

Collaborate with engineering teams to put research results into action

Explain complex ML concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Use examples and analogies

Generate intellectual property with patent applications and publications at relevant forums

Qualification

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Machine LearningAIDeep LearningNatural Language ProcessingJavaScalaPythonData AnalysisCollaborative ResearchTechnical Requirements DefinitionSystem ExtensibilityMetric DesignIntellectual Property Generation

Required

3+ years of track record driving impact in the industry

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Applied Math or related field

Expertise in AI, machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing

Advanced coding skills in languages such as Java, Scala, Python or similar

Experience with collaborative research, as evidenced through solid publications or proven track record of designing and leading integration of state-of-the art ML techniques into products

Benefits

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Company holidays

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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

10001+ employees