Sr Research Scientist
Core
Designing and integrating machine learning solutions for query understanding, news ranking, search results clustering, and AI-powered search to improve Yahoo Search quality.
Role type
Senior Research Scientist (Search & ML)
Builds
Production search ranking systems and query understanding features for Yahoo Search
Domain
Internet Search, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, search ranking, algorithm design, data analysis, system scalability design, experimental design, Java/Scala/Python
Preferred skills
Patent generation, academic publications, first-principles problem solving
Technologies
Java, Scala, Python
Responsibilities
Formulate real-world problems into machine learning paradigms; code and champion algorithms for product use; review and propose state-of-the-art ML approaches; define technical requirements including data collection and production serving; design scalable and extensible systems; design metrics and experiments to measure results; collaborate with engineering teams to integrate research into products; explain complex ML concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
