The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.
In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you. How Big Can You Think? Do you refuse to take things for granted, preferring instead to subject hypotheses and opinions to scientific tests? Do you like figuring out what the right questions are, and designing the most efficient and comprehensive ways of generating meaningful answers to them automatically? The Yahoo! Search and Advertising, Metrics and Analysis group is seeking an experienced software engineer to join its Automated Metrics and Process Tools team (AMPT). We're passionate about building the best search engine on the planet, and our team brings together some of the best and brightest minds from across the search industry. Our product now powers hundreds of millions of queries a day, and the AMPT team plays a key role in informing decisions about its direction. As part of the team, you will be responsible for designing and implementing automated processes for measuring Search Engine performance. You will work with the Relevance Tools, Analysis, International and other Yahoo! Search Technology teams to help maximize the efficiency of our development and testing processes. You will play an important part in the design and building of systems that measure our product's performance and compare us to our competitors. Essential Responsibilities Collaborate across Yahoo! Search development groups to help define meaningful Web Search product metrics and design processes that generate them automatically and reliably. Develop robust database applications with a strong web-based UI component that tell the product's story, summarizing complicated metrics in clear and meaningful ways. Generate metrics based on internally-produced data and on feeds of external panel data. Effectively design, develop, and deploy tools and applications based on open-source technologies such as Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl and PHP. Diagnose causes of abnormal data spikes. Minimum Job Qualifications * Proven industry experience that includes building tools for use by development teams. * Demonstrable expertise in Object Oriented Perl. * Experience in building web-based tools, using PHP, JavaScript and/or Perl. * Experience in building database applications on Unix/Linux platforms. * Experience in the design and implementation of automated production and/or testing systems. * Outstanding track record of teamwork and excellent communication skills. Preferred Job Qualifications * BS in Computer Science (or equivalent experience). * 5+ years of industry experience that includes building tools for use by development teams. * Search Engine/Information Retrieval experience. * Background in statistics and/or data mining. * Experience with MySQL. * Experience in data modeling. * Java and/or C/C++ programming experience. * Experience in user interface design. Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com. If you would be interested in a fabulous opportunity to work for Yahoo in our Sunnyvale location, Please forward a copy of your resume to Bianca Medina at biancam(at)yahoo-inc.com and let me know the best number and time to contact you.
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