Information Retrieval Engineer

Information Retrieval Engineer

Business.com is seeking a passionate Information Retrieval Engineer to work as part of an elite team in Santa Monica to design and develop next generation search and information retrieval applications.


Responsibilities

Reporting to the VP of Information Architecture, you will work as part of a team to evaluate and implement innovative new algorithms for information retrieval, information extraction, machine learning, and natural language processing.  You will design and develop products and systems capable of discovering, extracting and manipulating web data for use on the Business.com site and for network partners.  These systems work with large amounts of structured and unstructured data and must be scalable, high performing and fault tolerant. You will work closely with counterparts in Product Management to manage the development of all Information Retrieval and Search systems

 

Skills/Qualifications

· Background in information retrieval, machine learning, and Web data mining.

· 3-5 years of software development experience in Java or C++ and with demonstrated strong object oriented programming skills

· Experience working with large amounts of data

· Strong understanding of algorithm complexity and advanced data structures

· Experience with parallel/distributed systems, preferably Linux

· Exceptional problem solving skills

· Experience using relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2)

· MS Degree in Computer Science or related discipline. Ph.D. a strong plus

· Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

· Intelligent and creative

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism and integrity

· Experience with search engines is a strong plus

 

Business.com was named among the Best Places to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2007!

 

Join a creative, intelligent team collaborating with enthusiasm and integrity.  We offer competitive pay, 20 days PTO, health, dental, vision, 401(k), and more.

 

Business.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of R.H. Donnelley Corporation (NYSE: RHD), is the leading business search engine, directory and pay-per-click advertising network. The Business.com site helps business decision makers quickly find whatever they need to manage and grow their businesses, and the Business.com Network – including premier partners The Wall Street Journal Online, BusinessWeek, Hoovers, Financial Times, Internet.com, and more –enables B2B advertisers to reach qualified buyers wherever they are online. The company also operates Work.com, a B2B community publishing platform featuring more than 2,400 business how-to guides contributed by business experts. Business.com was named to the 2006 Inc. 500 and 2007 BtoB Media Power 50, Los Angeles Business Journal list of Best Places to Work and Deloitte Technology Fast 500.