[JOB OPP] [polinsky@yahoo-inc.com: Jobs at Yahoo!]

From: "Charles Kelemen" 
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:21:37 -0500
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Subject: [JOB OPP] [polinsky@yahoo-inc.com: Jobs at Yahoo!]
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Hey Friends, 

Here's another chance to work for a great former Swattie.
I am sure Cathy is a hard-working, fun, and supportive boss.

--charles


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From: Cathy Polinsky 
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:47:42 -0800
Subject: Jobs at Yahoo!
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Hi Charles and Lisa,

 

Hope you're doing well.  I just wanted to let you know that I recently
started a new job managing a small development team at Yahoo!  It's a fun
company and I'm really happy with the new role. I have a couple of open
positions on my team and would love to bring another Swattie on board.
Could you post this job description to the cs jobs list?

 

Yahoo! is doing a lot of hiring right now, so if this job doesn't sound like
the right fit for some students, you can point them to our university
recruiting site to look at other posting:
http://careers.yahoo.com/university.html.  I'd be happy to help get anyone's
resume in front of the right team.  Also, I'd be more than willing to
talk/email with any students who want some pointers for any upcoming
technical interviews at other companies.

 

Thanks for your help!

-Cathy

 

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Cathy Polinsky '99

SMC Engineering Manager

Yahoo! Search

polinsky@yahoo-inc.com

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Software Engineer, SMC

 

Do you have a passion for elegant solutions?  Does the prospect of
extracting meaning out of a chaotic set of data excite you? Can you really
get into the heads' of our users and see the world as they see it?  The
Yahoo! Search team is seeking a software engineer with a good sense for user
interface design to help enhance the reporting capabilities of the Site
Match Center (SMC).  Site Match Center provides both customers and Yahoos
visibility into the complex metrics that reflect performance related to the
content that we index for our search results.

 

Essential Responsibilities

 

Design, develop and test new reporting functionality for SMC and enhance
existing functionality.  Work with other Yahoos to understand their
reporting needs.  Determine how to most effectively present sometimes
overwhelming data to the user.  Take ownership for a complex module that
slices, dices and aggregates metrics.  Optimize to return results as quickly
as possible.  Meticulously ensure that the output of all reports is
accurate. Work closely with both technical and non-technical Yahoos to
ensure that needed information is available and understandable.  Work with
the SMC engineering team to brainstorm, implement and strengthen the shared
SMC infrastructure.

 

Required Knowledge

. Solid understanding of object-oriented principles and design

. Strong algorithm skills

. Coursework or experience with relational database design

. Experience with web technologies (Javascript, HTML, CSS2, etc)

. Ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical
people

. Strong attention to detail

. Strong writing skills

 

Desired Background:

. Working knowledge of Perl

. Linux/Unix experience

. HTML/Mason experience

. Apache experience

 


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Charles F. Kelemen, Edward Hicks Magill Professor
Chair, Computer Science Department
Swarthmore College 
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kelemen@swarthmore.edu
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