Senior Statistical Modeler/Senior Scientist - Yahoo (Santa Clara, CA)

Do you want to be part of the team that is changing the game in search monetization? Do you want to work in one of the most exciting groups in Yahoo!?

The marketplace engineering team at Yahoo! is looking for a strong statistical modeler to work among a multidisciplinary team of software engineers and statistical modelers to build out Yahoo!'s new search monetization engine. This position will bring analytical rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of improving search monetization.

As a member of the marketplace engineering team you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most visible projects at Yahoo. This group is a key contributor to the recently launched Panama advertising platform - one of the most significant platform releases in Yahoo's history. As a member of this team you will have opportunities to collaborate with world class researchers and engineers, use leading edge technology, and develop solutions for key marketplace features such as pricing, publisher incentive schemes, marketplace clusters, and keyword auctions. Yahoo also provides several opportunities to collaborate with your peers both internal and external. Yahoo engineers and scientists actively contribute papers and staff program committees at major conferences.

Responsibilities:

• Apply statistical methods to Yahoo! data to gain new insights about end users, advertisers, publishers and their interactions with the Yahoo! advertising system
• Develop new ways to model end user behavior, advertiser and publisher behavior
• Design and conduct statistical experiments to understand the impact of changes in the advertising system on ad quality, end user experience, and business metrics
• Work closely with product managers and engineers to turn understanding into system implementation

• PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research. Master's degree with equivalent experience will be considered.
• Substantial experience dealing with large volumes of data.
• Expertise in statistical software (R, S-Plus, Matlab, SAS, or similar).
• Proficiency with databases (SQL) and scripting languages (such as Perl, Python).
• Ability to draw conclusions from data and recommend actions.
• Demonstrated leadership and self-direction.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Prabhakar Krishnamurthy
pkmurthy@yahoo-inc.com

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