Scientist - Japanese Speaking About Yahoo! Think about impacting 1 out of every 2 people online-in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely Yahoo!. We do just that each and every day, and you could too. After all, it's big thinkers like you who will create the next generation of Internet experiences for consumers and advertisers across the globe. Now's the time to show the world what you've got. Put your ideas to work for over half a billion people. Yahoo! Labs is pioneering the new sciences underlying the Web. As the center of scientific excellence for Yahoo!, Yahoo! Labs delivers both fundamental and applied scientific leadership through published research and new technologies powering the company's products. The Yahoo! Beijing Labs are looking for candidates with strong analytical and software skills to join our team. You would help improve the search query understanding and tagging algorithms for Yahoo Japan. Job Responsibilities: * Apply probabilistic, machine learning and data mining techniques to build models to improve relevance, revenue, and user experience. * Deep dive into the data to understand and apply patterns, while maintaining a sense of the big picture. * Work closely with colleagues on the engineering team to put your research results into action. * Provide thought leadership to guide the direction of Yahoo! Japan search query analysis products and services. Required skills/qualifications: * Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, mathematics, or equivalent. * Strong background in statistical modeling, machine learning and data mining * Experience in data driven methods in computational linguistics, information retrieval, speech recognition, machine translation, image processing or other related fields * Fluency in Python, Perl, or another scripting language. * Fluent Japanese speaking. * Strong communication and collaboration skills. Preferred skills/qualifications: * Experience in C or C++ a plus Contact person: Xin Fan email: xinfan@yahoo-inc.com