Please see the email below from Paul Krakow, D'00 TH'00. =============================== Jennifer, One of the software dev teams that I work with at Yahoo! is looking to hire some devs (see below). It would be great if you could share this with the Thayer community. Paul D'00 TH'00 - ** ** About User Understanding Services**** The UUS (User Understanding Services) Team enables various teams across Yahoo! to deliver more personally relevant experiences. The UUS team is building a platform on Hadoop grid that provides its customers the data and the infrastructure to build models to understand users.**** **** About The Opportunity**** This is a unique opportunity to be part of the technical leadership team of a world-class engineering team focused on creating cutting edge platform at an unprecedented scale. You will be working as a Principal Software Engineer designing & implementing platforms and its components, selecting appropriate technologies, and leading other developers. The ideal candidate must be a self motivated, energetic leader with a strong background in designing and building complex data processing systems dealing with terabytes of data every day.**** ** ** Minimum Job Qualifications:**** * 8+ years of software development experience**** * Fluency in Java/C++ programming on Linux platform using Oracle/MySQL database**** * Excellent analytical and problem solving skills**** * Excellent written and verbal communication skills**** * Verifiable track record of bringing systems from inception to implementation**** * Extensive experience with object-oriented design and development techniques**** * Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization techniques**** * Advocate for software engineering best practices, including testing, release management, configuration management, and project planning**** * Self-starter and good team player, flexible to work with counterparts in other countries**** * BS in Computer Science**** ** ** Preferred Job Qualifications:**** * MS or PhD in Computer Science or related fields**** * Experience with grid computing technology and Hadoop, Pig/Map Reduce programming**** * Experience with scripting languages such as PHP, Perl, Python**** * Experience with ETL processes, large data management & operational data stores**** ** ** Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings please visit http://careers.yahoo.com <http://careers.yahoo.com>****