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We are looking for smart, talented, independent, and experienced software development engineers. Successful candidates will have 5-50 years of software engineering and product delivery experience, with strong background in algorithms and high performance distributed systems. Experience in search software is a plus, but not a requirement. Candidates must have a proven ability to design reliable, maintainable code in C/C++, Java, and Perl, and a firm understanding of UNIX, Web technologies, and application programming.
Candidates must be innovative, flexible, and self-directed; they should be passionate about what they do; they should show a willingness to share, discuss, and brainstorm ideas; they should strive to invent and implement new software products that help people. A graduate degree in computer science or related fields, or equivalent experience, is required.
We offer an open dynamic work environment, competitive benefits, and all the excitement that comes from doing something new and being there right from the beginning. At A9.com you will be independent, with long term goals, working on your own creations, pushing the envelope. You will be rewarded by seeing your creations used by tens of millions of people.
Just submit your applicationonline, and we&#8217;ll take it from there.
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        <title><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer &ndash; Search Relevance]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer &ndash; Search Relevance
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for highly motivated engineers interested in improving the quality of Amazon's product search. As part of A9's Relevance team, you'll participate in all parts of the R&D process, from experimenting with new ideas and exploring new techniques to implementing the code used by millions of Amazon.com customers every day. You'll work on a variety of problems related to the search experience, ranging from relevance ranking to spelling correction to query classification. You'll invent algorithms for improving search quality and develop methodologies for measuring search effectiveness. You'll work in A9's small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. You must be an innovative thinker, a strong communicator, and a rock-solid engineer with a record of working on industrial-strength software systems.Requirements:
* Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
* C++ development in a Unix environment
* Algorithm design and analysis
* Domain expertise in ONE OR MORE of the following fields:
* Information Retrieval
* Data Mining
* Machine Learning
* Computational Linguistics
* Artificial Intelligence
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        <description><![CDATA[Software Development Engineer - Search Analytics
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com and the leader in Product Search, is looking for outstanding engineers to join our team in improving the quality and relevance of search. You will work on technology that powers one of the largest search engines on the web. This is an exciting opportunity to design and implement scalable systems that process, summarize, and provide a web interface to large volumes of user behavior data, and to devise methods for evaluating search relevance. You will work in A9's small company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies.
Besides possessing rock-solid software engineering skills and a passion for excellence, you will need to be a strong communicator and have a proven track record of delivering high-quality products. You will need skills in the following areas:
* expertise in designing and developing systems using object-oriented programming and relational databases
* two to five years of implementation experience with at least three of the following: Java, Perl, SQL, PHP, Linux
* algorithm design and analysis
* engineering process, design and testing methodologies
You must have an advanced degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience. Domain expertise in the following areas are pluses:
* information retrieval
* data mining and machine learning
* exposure to MapReduce paradigm and Hadoop
* evaluating relevance of search results
* systems for clickstream and log files analysis
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A9, a Palo Alto-based company wholly owned by Amazon.com combines the best of all worlds - a Silicon Valley small company environment with an exciting charter - A9 powers search for Amazon.com, enabling users to efficiently browse this one of the world's leading online shopping destinations. With Clickriver Ads, A9 delivers targeted advertisements directly to Amazon.com. Together, these initiatives help people find what they want on the world's leading e-commerce sites.
What A9 Operations Does:
Join us and be part of the team running one of the Internet's largest search infrastructures. Every day, we run an infrastructure consisting of thousands of servers, supporting millions of customers performing hundreds of millions of queries. All delivered in milliseconds. Come push the envelope into the next phase of distributed computing and work with a lot of smart people.
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the daily operations of Amazon Product Search
* Identify fleet improvement opportunities and optimize the fleet investment
* Lead efficiency efforts in coordination with development, operations and finance
* Ensure reliable release management of search index and software
* Troubleshoot service problems and issues, escalating issues within the organization
* Lead projects for service changes and improvements
* Develop tools and scripts to assist with routine maintenance tasks
* Drive scalability and performance improvements across the platform
* Provide oncall support in a shared international rotation pool for production search services
* Maintain site servers and hosted search application components, ensuring uptime and site responsiveness
Requirements:
* At least 2 to 3 years of recent systems administration experience in a large scale production Linux or other UNIX environment
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
* At least 1 year of scripting and development skills in Bash, Perl, C, Python, etc.
* Experience with capacity planning and performance measurement tools and reporting
* Experience in designing and implementing solutions for a large installed base of servers
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Familiarity with operational tools (Nagios, Remedy, RT, etc.) and 24x7 support processes and policies
* Proven technical troubleshooting experience, and a talent for solving hard problems
* Ability to learn technical concepts quickly with a strong sense of urgency
* Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
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        <description><![CDATA[Software Engineer - Search Relevance (Japanese Fluency)
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for highly motivated engineers with Japanese language expertise to help improve the quality of product search on Amazon.jp, and other Asian e-commerce sites. As part of A9&#8217;s Relevance team, you&#8217;ll work on a variety of problems related to the Japanese search experience, ranging from relevance ranking to spelling correction to query classification, with a focus on optimizing for the unique linguistic and cultural attributes of Japanese. You'll work in A9&#8217;s small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. You must be an innovative thinker, a strong communicator, and a rock-solid engineer with a record of working on industrial-strength software systems.
Requirements:
* Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
* C++ development in a Unix environment; Java, Python and Perl experience a plus
* Algorithm design and analysis
* Fluent in Japanese; fluency in additional Asian languages such as Mandarin or Korean a plus
* Domain expertise in ONE OR MORE of the following fields:
* Information Retrieval
* Data Mining
* Machine Learning
* Computational Linguistics
* Artificial Intelligence
* Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and able to demonstrate legal right to work in the US
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        <description><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Ad Technologies Backend

A9, a Palo Alto-based company wholly owned by Amazon.com combines the best of all worlds - a Silicon Valley small company environment with an exciting charter - A9 powers search for Amazon.com, enabling users to efficiently browse this one of the world's leading online shopping destinations. With Clickriver Ads, A9 delivers targeted advertisements directly to Amazon.com. Together, these initiatives help people find what they want on the world's leading e-commerce sites.
Job Summary:
A9 is seeking an experienced, talented, energetic and self-driven individual to develop and enhance the ad server systems for its online advertising services.
You are an ideal candidate if you:
* Have strong skills and experience in delivering robust large-scale online applications using Java, Map/Reduce and SQL relational databases
* Have experience developing highly scalable distributed systems with stringent throughput/response time requirements
* Strong analytical background
* Can take ownership of the delivery of an entire subsystem, working with other highly-skilled engineers on complex projects using best practice engineering standards
* Can lead and mentor software developers
* Master's degree in Computer Science or related field plus at least 8 years of experience; PhD preferred.
* Experience in Search, Distributed algorithms, Advanced data structures, Large volume data processing and Statistics is a plus
* Experience developing a Performance Ad Server or Display Ad Server is a plus
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        <title><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Search Analytics]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Search Analytics
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com and the leader in Product Search, is looking for outstanding engineers to join our team in improving the quality and relevance of search. A9 develops technology that powers one of the largest search engines on the web. You will work in A9's small company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies.
This is an exciting opportunity to design, implement, and apply state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to rich and voluminous user behavior and textual data. Employing innovative text mining and natural language processing techniques, you will work on problems that involve understanding user queries and other textual information.
Besides possessing rock-solid software engineering skills and a passion for excellence, you will need to be an innovative thinker and a strong communicator. You will need skills in the following areas:
* text mining and natural language processing
* machine learning using statistical techniques
* computational linguistics
* algorithm design and analysis
* engineering process, design and testing methodologies
You must have an advanced degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience. Domain expertise in the following areas are pluses:
* information retrieval
* OLAP and business intelligence
* large-scale customer behavior analysis
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        <title><![CDATA[Software Development Manager - Ad Technologies]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Software Development Manager - Ad Technologies

Job Summary:
We're looking for an experienced technical leader to drive the development of leading edge online advertising services. As a hands-on manager, you will lead an exceptional group of engineers with a strong team-oriented culture. You will lead all facets of the software development lifecycle - specifications, algorithms, implementation, and production deployments. You will have technical responsibilities that may include functional design and coding. A small team of engineers will report directly to you.You are an ideal candidate if you:
* Excel in leading and mentoring software developers
* Strong skills and experience in delivering robust large-scale online applications using Java, Map/Reduce and SQL relational databases
* Experience developing highly scalable distributed systems with stringent throughput/response time requirements
* Strong analytical background
* Master's degree in Computer Science or related field plus at least 8 years of experience; PhD preferred.
* Experience in search, distributed algorithms, advanced data structures, large volume data processing and statistics is a plus
* Experience developing a Performance Ad Server or Display Ad Server is a plus
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        <title><![CDATA[Software Development Test Engineer]]></title>
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If you have a passion for quality, you're fluent in C++ and/or Python and you'd like to work with a top notch team creating a search engine you are in the right place. We are looking for smart motivated engineers to test the search engine used by Amazon.com. You'll be working with the search team, participating in designing reviews and getting exposure to A9.com's search technology. It is a fast paced environment, you won't get bored!
As a Software Development Test Engineer (SDET) you will work as part of the development team to ensure that A9's software meets or exceeds quality, performance, and reliability standards. You will build software that, in turn, works to break the production code for the purpose of improving quality. The team's vision is to drive the quality upstream and test to ensure high quality code in the final product at launch. You must meet the same technical bar as SDEs with less emphasis on design and more emphasis on testing aptitude and expertise, and a passion for quality. You will be in charge of building test plans, use cases, and testing product in general.
Duties & Responsibilities:
* Participate in product requirement and design reviews
* Contribute to the improvement of our test infrastructure
* Develop and implement test plans
* Develop and implement automated tests for functionality, load and performance testing
Skills & Experience:
* Experience in a software development environment
* Experience with the Software Development Life Cycle
* Strong diagnostic, analysis, troubleshooting, problem-solving skills
* Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
* Demonstrated experience programming in Perl, Python and/or C++
* Basic familiarity with SQL is also required.
Education:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required; a graduate degree in Computer Science or a related field is strongly preferred
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        <description><![CDATA[Senior Oracle DBA - Ad Technologies Backend
A9 is looking for a talented and experienced Oracle DBA to join our Ad Technologies group.
The DBA will be responsible for:
* Oracle OLTP database environments supporting Amazon's advertising products
* Database and systems level troubleshooting and optimization
* Database and systems performance tuning
* Data Modeling and Schema design, PL/SQL package development and management
* Participation in shared pager coverage across Amazon databases.
Qualifications include:
* At least five years of experience as an Oracle DBA on Linux/Unix platforms
* Experience in 24x7 production environments
* Oracle 9i, 10g and 11g experience on databases of at least 500M in data segment size
* Performed installations, upgrades and patches across 9i, 10g and 11g databases
* Experienced in data guard, standby databases and advanced queuing
* Experienced in RMAN Backup and Recovery
* Implemented Capacity Management and Monitoring solutions
* Extensive experience with high-volume OLTP database systems
* Thorough SQL and PL/SQL skill set
* Excellent Shell scripting skills in Bash and/or Perl
* Extensive Understanding of Oracle Instrumentation for Internal Diagnostics and Application Metrics
* Ability to manage multiple tasks with shifting priorities
* Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with DBA and application teams
* Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
Nice to have:
* Web development skills is desired
* Some MySQL experience
You'll work in A9's small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. You must be an innovative thinker, a strong communicator, and a self directed professional with a record of working on production systems.
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        <description><![CDATA[Product Manager
The Product Manager is responsible for the planning and product marketing (inbound and outbound activities) of a new and highly visible initiative. This includes managing the entire product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering to deliver a winning solution. You will work with Sales, Marketing and Business Development to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager's job also requires ensuring that the product and marketing efforts support the overall strategy and goals of A9.com. You will report directly to A9's VP of Product Search.
The Product Manager is expected to:
* Work with technical leaders to define product vision, strategy and roadmap
* Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
* Be an expert with respect to the competition
* Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product, and evangelize
* Perform product demos internally and to potential customers
* Develop a financial model
* Post launch, deliver a monthly revenue forecast
* Develop sales tools and collateral based on existing standards
* Brief and train the sales force and the Business Development team
* Act as a leader within A9's organization
Required experience and knowledge:
* Minimum of 8 years experience as a Product Manager or Product Marketing Manager
* Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products; experience with Search is a plus.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Master's degree in Business Administration
* Technical background, with experience in ecommerce, search, large scale distributed systems, or cloud computing.
* Excellent teamwork skills
* Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
* Must be able to travel up to 33% of the time to meet with partners and customers
* Examples and at least one sample of an effective document delivered in the past
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        <description><![CDATA[Software Engineer - European Search Relevance
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for highly motivated engineers with Western European language expertise to help improve the quality of product search on Amazon's European e-commerce sites. As part of A9's Relevance team, you'll work on a variety of problems related to the European search experience, ranging from relevance ranking to spelling correction to query classification, with a focus on optimizing for the unique linguistic and cultural attributes of European languages. You'll work in A9's small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. You must be an innovative thinker, a strong communicator, and a rock-solid engineer with a record of working on industrial-strength software systems.Skills:
* Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
* Perl, Python, Java and C++ development in a Linux environment
* Algorithm design and analysis
* Fluent in at least one, preferably two, Western European Languages
* Domain expertise in ONE OR MORE of the following fields:
* Information Retrieval
* Data Mining
* Computational Linguistics
* Natural Language Processing
* Tokenization Experience
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        <description><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Ad Technology Applications

A9 is seeking an experienced, talented, energetic and self-driven individual to develop the applications for its online advertising services.
You are an ideal candidate if you:
* Have experience developing web application using Java technologies and an MVC Framework
* Familiarity with the Spring/Hibernate stack is a plus
* Have experience implementing highly dynamic browser UI functionality using HTML, JavaScript & CSS
* Have experience working with the backend database in SQL
* Able to work in Linux environment
* Can take ownership of the delivery of an entire subsystem, working with other highly-skilled engineers on complex projects using best practice engineering standards
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or related field, with at least 3 years of web application development experience

You'll work in A9's small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. You must be an innovative thinker, a strong communicator, and a strong engineer with a record of working on industrial-strength software systems.
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A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for highly motivated engineers interested in improving the quality of Amazon&#8217;s product search. As a Software Engineer in A9&#8217;s Search Relevance team, you'll assist senior engineers on the design, implementation and deployment of high performance systems that power search result relevance. You'll work in A9&#8217;s small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. Besides possessing rock-solid software engineering skills, you must be an innovative thinker and a strong communicator.
Requirements:
* Bachelor&#8217;s degree in computer science or related field.
* Ability to design reliable, maintainable code in Perl, C/C++, and Java. Familiarity with Python a plus.
* Strong algorithm design and analysis skills.
* A firm understanding of basic OS principles, UNIX, Web technologies, relational databases, and systems programming.
* A genuine passion for improving the Amazon.com search quality as part of an exciting and dynamic team.
Domain expertise in the following areas are pluses:
* Information Retrieval
* Data Mining
* Machine Learning
* Computational Linguistics
* Artificial Intelligence
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        <title><![CDATA[Senior Manager and Technical Team Leader, Search Query Engine]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Senior Manager and Technical Team Leader, Search Query Engine
We're looking for an experienced technical leader to help drive the development of leading edge search technology. You will lead an exceptional group of engineers with a strong team-oriented culture. You will have extensive experience with all facets of the software development lifecycle and will provide technical leadership in driving the design and implementation of extremely large distributed systems. You should be an experienced hands-on manager with an innovative spirit who loves technology and can wear many hats, including development manager, architect, and product manager. You must possess strong communication skills and should be comfortable with C++ and Java in a Unix environment as well as internet and middleware technologies such as Perl, Python, REST, SQL, HTML, XML, and JSON. You must display a deep understanding of the theory of distributed computing, object oriented analysis and design, and networking protocols.
Candidates should have at least 10 years of industry experience and at least 5 years of experience managing software development.
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        <title><![CDATA[Software QA Manager - Ad Technologies]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Software QA Manager - Ad Technologies

Job Summary:
We're looking for a technical Software QA Manager to lead the QA team for our Ad Technologies team. As a hands-on manager, you will lead an exceptional group of QA engineers with a strong team-oriented culture. You will lead all facets of the QA lifecycle - from test plans and test cases to successful production deployments.
A small team of QA engineers will report directly to you. In order to be an effective leader you should have expertise in testing backend and front-end components for high traffic websites, experience with customized QA and development tools, and the agility to operate within short release cycles. You are expected to do hands-on testing, own the delivery of tested software, and improve the test processes and tools for better software quality and time to market.
Experience and Skills:
* Software QA leadership experience
* Excellent problem solving and communication skills
* Expertise in GUI Web Front End Functional testing
* Expertise in testing backend components for high traffic websites
* Expertise in Functional and Performance testing using both automation tools and manual techniques
* Expertise with at least one scripting language Ruby, Perl, Python, or a similar language
* Experience in designing and developing test strategies and test harnesses for large scale web applications
* Expert in web architecture and technologies
* Strong working knowledge of Linux, Shell scripting, HTML, SQL, Apache, and JavaScript
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent required; Master's degree preferred
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        <title><![CDATA[Search Infrastructure Engineer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Search Infrastructure Engineer
Position Responsibilities: Design and develop high performance, fault-tolerant, multi-threaded software systems in C/C++, Python and Perl programming languages, using relational database technology, theories of information retrieval, and object oriented analysis and design. Use scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design. Maintain existing C++ and Python search software and modify the search software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, and upgrade interfaces to improve performance. Provide 24-hour on-call support for production problems with real-time search software or the deployment of that software on Unix/Linux. Execute regression tests for the real-time search system. Investigate data problems by examining XML messages and by querying relational databases using SQL.
Position Requirements: Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, or related field plus one year of experience in the job offered or the related occupation of Software Developer, Software Engineer, or related occupation. The one year of experience in the job offered or related occupation must involve programming in C++, Java, or another object oriented language on a Unix platform. Hadoop experience is a plus. Requires 24x7 on-call support.

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    <job>
        <title><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Search Assistance]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Search Assistance
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for highly motivated engineers interested in improving Amazon's search assistance features, such as spelling correction and in-line search suggestions. As part of A9's Search Assistance team, you'll participate in all parts of the R&D process, from experimenting with new ideas and exploring new techniques to implementing the code used by millions of Amazon.com customers every day. You'll invent algorithms for improving search assistance features and develop methodologies for measuring their effectiveness. You'll work in A9's small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. You must be an innovative thinker, a strong communicator, and a rock-solid engineer with a record of working on industrial-strength software systems.Requirements:
* Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
* Ability to design reliable, maintainable code in Perl, C/C++, and Java in a Unix environment
* Algorithm design and analysis
* Domain expertise in ONE OR MORE of the following fields:
* Spelling Correction Algorithms
* Information Retrieval
* Data Mining
* Machine Learning
* Natural Language Processing
* Computational Linguistics
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        <expiration_date>2010-03-25</expiration_date>
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    <job>
        <title><![CDATA[Software Engineer - Search Assistance]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Software Engineer - Search Assistance
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for highly motivated engineers interested in improving Amazon's product search assistance features, such as spelling correction and in-line search suggestions. As a Software Engineer in A9's Search Assistance team, you'll assist senior engineers on the design, implementation and deployment of sophisticated, high performance systems that power search assistance. You'll work in A9's small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies. Besides possessing rock-solid software engineering skills, you must be an innovative thinker and a strong communicator.
Requirements:
* Bachelor&#8217;s degree in computer science or related field.
* Ability to design reliable, maintainable code in Perl, C/C++, and Java. Familiarity with Python a plus.
* Strong algorithm design and analysis skills.
* A firm understanding of basic OS principles, UNIX, Web technologies, and systems programming.
* Knowledge of engineering process, design and testing methodologies
* A genuine passion for improving the Amazon.com search quality as part of an exciting and dynamic team.
Domain expertise in the following areas are pluses:
* Spelling Correction Algorithms
* Information Retrieval
* Data Mining
* Machine Learning
* Natural Language Processing
* Computational Linguistics
* Relational Databases
Just submit your applicationonline, and we&#8217;ll take it from there.
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    <job>
        <title><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Visual Search]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Senior Software Engineer - Visual Search
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for a highly motivated senior engineer interested in enhancing A9's technology and products in visual search. Formerly SnapTell, the visual search team is engaged in multiple projects to make use of Amazon's vast catalog of images to provide new search experiences to its users in both web and mobile spaces. Your job duties will include everything from investigating important and unsolved problems in visual search to implementing, testing, and deploying full solutions in a production environment.
Requirements:
* Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field, or a Master's degree with equivalent industry experience
* Domain expertise in computer vision or image processing, with machine learning, information retrieval, or data mining a plus
* Proficiency in C++ or Java
* Proficiency in MATLAB
* Familiarity with scripting and web development languages such as Python, Groovy, and Grails
* Track record of successful projects in algorithm design and product development
* Excellent communication skills, solid work ethic, and a strong desire to write production quality code
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        <title><![CDATA[Manager, Search Ranking]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Manager, Search Ranking
A9.com, the search technology subsidiary of Amazon.com, is looking for a highly motivated engineering manager to lead a team focused on improving the ranking of search results on Amazon and other retail sites. You&#8217;ll be part of the Search Relevance organization, which includes several engineering areas for improving search quality and effectiveness. You&#8217;ll work in A9&#8217;s small-company environment, but have access to the resources of Amazon.com, one of the world's leading Internet companies
Responsibilities:
* Coordinate the development of new ranking techniques and new ranking features, building on the latest results from the research community
* Bring existing ranking improvement projects to successful completion
* Lead a team of senior software development engineers
Requirements:
* Experience in information retrieval or related search technology
* Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field
* 3 to 5 years of experience managing software development teams in industry setting, with more experience preferred
* 3 to 5 years of experience developing software in production environment, with more experience preferred
* Excellent communication skills
* Excellent analytical skills and practical judgment
* Experience delivering high visibility projects on time with measurable results
Pluses:
* Knowledge of applied machine learning methods
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