information retrieval
Research Engineer
Job ID: BE742212
Job Title: Research Engineer
Salary: 100-140k
Location: Northern California
Job Description:
Our client is focused on making great products that solve real-world problems, and are looking friendly, curious, down-to-earth people to join their team.
Engineers on our client’s team are careful implementers who are curious about how things work. They lean on large levers to get more done, faster, and enjoy applying new tools to the new opportunities afforded by today’s web. They endeavor to solve real-world problems for real people (including the rest of the company), and aren’t afraid to think big.
Qualifications:
· must have some web experience (scripting, widgets, browsers, web servers, etc.)
· must have affinity for rapid prototyping and test-driven development
· must be flexible when faced with complex challenges
· should have previous startup experience
· must have experience with implementing high-performance natural language processing, information retrieval, or machine learning algorithms,
Company Culture:
· Challenging problems to solve
· Smart co-workers
· Significant momentum at an early stage
· Solid financial situation
· Transit-friendly San Francisco location
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Software Engineer
Job ID: GP728857
Job Title: Software Engineer
Salary: 100-130k
Location: Northern California
Job Description:
Our client needs world-class engineers to develop their information exploration technologies. The problem space includes everything from exploring huge information sets to presenting complex information in an easily digestible form for end-users.
They are looking for talented and passionate software engineers who love to code and ardent intimidated by challenging problems. They brew 5.0-style Java and know the open-source world inside out. They are designing algorithms to solve novel search problems across heterogeneous information. Their information exploration technology allows analysts to understand complex relationships. If you’re interested in working at a fast-moving, rapidly growing business– then they are the company for you.
Qualifications:
· must have a BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent (PhD or dropped-out-of-PhD a plus)
· should have previous job experience, Java experience a big plus
· must have enthusiasm for solving interesting problems and a willingness to take on new product features
· should have a background in distributed systems, machine learning, information retrieval, data visualization and/or developing enterprise software systems
· must have interest in working on a rapidly changing, ever-evolving system
Company Culture:
· Employs a very high caliber of engineers
· Successful, financially stable co
· Location easily accessible by public transport
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Principal Search Engineer
JobID: BE645587
Location: Northern California
JobTitle: Principal Search Engineer
Salary: $120,000 – 150,000
Job Description:
(Job ID BE645587) The search group with our client is actively working on a number of interesting IR problems and is looking for people who can take a lead role in one or more of the following areas: information retrieval, text classification, machine learning, collaborative filtering and data mining. The ideal candidate will have a strong theoretical background in IR combined with successful hands-on experience developing and deploying large-scale, real-world systems.
Our client is looking for a dynamic Principal Search Architect to join their our top-notch development team and continually innovate and improve their e-commerce platform.
As a technology leader in e-commerce, they are constantly engaged in the most challenging and interesting development projects. They have an entrepreneurial small-team environment, where individuals’ innovative ideas are rapidly adopted and rewarded. You’ll see the results of your efforts in days or weeks, not years.
Responsibilities:
- will work as part of a fast-paced web team and should be able to effectively lead and work in a team environment
- will be behind the development and deployment of complex Web applications
Qualifications:
- must have recent experience with in-house, open source or commercial IR systems
- must have significant experience with high traffic, database-driven Web applications
- must have significant experience with large scale, high performance systems
- must have a strong background with Object-oriented design and implementation
- must have a strong background in relational database design
- must have experience with SQL, Oracle, JDBC, J2EE application servers, JSP and servlets
- must have a minimum 8 years experience in software development with at least 3 year in Java programming
- must have good communication skills
- must have a Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science from a reputed US University
- must be able to effectively lead and work in a team environment
- must have a strong background in statistics
- should have significant research experience in information retrieval, machine learning, or a related field
- should have demonstrated contribution to a large-scale web search or e-commerce application
- should have well-rounded experience with an emphasis on backend/server development
- must have a passion for building great software
Company Culture
- 10 years in business
- consecutive months and quarters of profitability
- more than 18 million users per month
Please send your resume to jobs at bincsearch dot com and reference the Job ID Number
Top Talent Tuesday
Bay Area Top Talent
Candidate #1 – My most impressive candidate this week holds a PhD from a top 3 CS University and was integral in helping a top web search company build out a core component to their Search and Advertising Platform. This candidate leads development teams and splits his time between writing code, designing mass-scale algorithmic-driven applications and managing a team of direct reports. He is passively looking for a smaller technology-driven organization somewhere in the Peninsula where he can make a bigger impact while driving challenging development projects. If interested, call or email boris@bincsearch.com.
Candidate #2 – If good degrees are any indication of smart individuals then this person is a 15 out of 10 on the smartness scale. They have a dual Bachelors, a Masters, and then a PhD. Throughout their career they have been focused on both research as well as development. They currently are a Sr. Manager at a very reputable search firm and they are looking to join a company working with very cutting edge technology – machine learning, information retrieval, etc. Only opportunities in the
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