INVENT THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET

 

What are the big problems Yahoo! is working on? What are the major challenges facing our industry today? What will the next generation of the Internet look like and how will we get there? Yahoo! Labs scientists are asked these questions every day. The questions and answers have created some big opportunities for PhD students around the globe.

 

We are thrilled to announce Yahoo!’s fourth annual Key Scientific Challenges Program.

 

This is your chance to get an inside look at—and help tackle—the big challenges that Yahoo! and the entire Internet industry are facing today. As part of the Key Scientific Challenges Program you’ll gain access to Yahoo!’s world-class scientists, some of the richest and largest data repositories in the world, and have the potential to make a huge impact on the future of the Internet while driving your research forward.

 

THE CHALLENGE AREAS INCLUDE:

§  Search Experiences               

§  Machine Learning                   

§  Data Management                 

§  Information Extraction           

§  Economics                              

§  Statistics                                 

§  Multimedia

§  Computational Advertising

§  Social Sciences

§  Green Computing

§  Security

§  Privacy

 

KEY SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES AWARD RECIPIENTS RECEIVE:

§  $5,000 unrestricted research seed funding which can be used for conference fees and travel, lab materials, professional society membership dues, etc.

§  Access to select Yahoo! datasets through Webscope™

§  The unique opportunity to collaborate with our industry-leading scientists

§  An invitation to this summer’s exclusive Key Scientific Challenges Graduate Student Summit where you’ll join the top minds in academia and industry to present your work, discuss research trends and jointly develop revolutionary approaches to fundamental problems

§  In addition, the local winners from China universities will receive award of RMB 15,000/ person from Yahoo! Beijing Labs.

 

CRITERIA: To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled in a PhD program at any accredited institution.

 

The application window opens on January 20th and closes on March 9th 2012. Winners will be announced by mid April 2012. To learn more about the program and how to apply, visit http://labs.yahoo.com/ksc. If you have any questions, please contact us at ksc@yahoo-inc.com.

Are you looking for an opportunity of internship in a multinational company, where you can put your knowledge into practice and also meet some friends? 

Are you longing for the membership of a team filled with opportunities and challenges, with which you can enjoy your youth as an IT geek? 
Join us to make your progress and improvements with Yahoo! and turn us into excellence!
Here you can grasp the pulse of the internet utilizing leading edge core product technology.You can come into contact with real projects on your first day at work - making an impact on the real business of Yahoo! and the life experience of global internet users as well as the mobile internet users through your work.  
You will be surprised by your achievements in a few months:-- There might be millions of people using the codes developed by you;-- Or you could have successfully launched a new marketing campaign; -- Or you may have developed a leading product strategy;-- Or designed a striking user interface...
Yahoo! cares about every intern's development and work to help Yahoo! interns develop themselves both personally and professionally!  At Yahoo! numerous interns had completed their "transformation” and are now developing new goals and dreams. We believe you can also be one of them!

"Having fun" is a significant part of Yahoo! culture: are you tired from work? need more inspiration? You can take a break and play Ping Pong, Foosball and Xbox with colleagues. You like to have your afternoon tea? No problem. You will probably be dazzled by the various free coffees, teas, beverages and cookies. Interns whose birthdays occur during their internship are so lucky because every month we throw them a birthday party, which makes them a focus of our company!

Yahoo! provides you all these experiences and more:
-- Mentors who can help guide and educate you-- Trainings and workshops held by the leaders in the field-- Competitive salary and benefits -- The opportunity to convert to full time employment

Your classmates, friends and roommates will definitely admire you! 
Come on! Submit your resume to join Yahoo! Beijing R&D Center!  You will experience an unusual internship and jump start your career!
How to apply:Send your resume to jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com and indicate in the email that you got the recruitment information from the Yahoo career site. The email subject should be: Name_Position_Time to intern_Duration of internship. For example: Zhangsan_Intern System Engineer_Four days per week_Six months.

Company: Beijing Yahoo! Global R&DTitle: PM InternJob Location: Beijing, PRCContact: jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com
Prerequisites:

I.    Be able to work over 4 days a week for at least 3 months.
II.    Enrolled as student during the whole internship period.III.    Choose one of the topic for product analysis below before the interview:a.    twitter with sina weibo service;b.    yahoo messenger (or msn messenger )  with tencent qq
Responsibilities:

I.    Help to define the innovations and new user experience of Yahoo! consumer products. 
II.    Breakdown complicated ideas into simple principles. Help to convert product concepts into detailed product designs.III.    Work closely with the product manager teams/engineering teams and designers.IV.    Utilize data and broad business knowledge and to use these insights to determine what is important.V.    Collaborate with multi-functional/multi-regional teams to elicit, understand, rationalize and prioritize requests for new functionality.
Minimum Requirements:

I.    Education: master candidate.
II.    Experience: Rich experience of using internet products, especially communication & social network products.III.    Language: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Chinese and English.
Preferred Job Qualifications:

Product experiences in building mobile applications or social network applications.

Company: Beijing Yahoo! Global R&DTitle: UED InternJob Location: Beijing, PRCContact: jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com
Prerequisites:

I.    Be able to work over 3 days a week for at least 3 months.
II.    Enrolled as student during the whole internship period.
Responsibilities:

Beijing Yahoo! Global R&D is looking for an innovative and talented interaction designer intern with good interaction and visual design skills to work on next-generation product prototypes for Yahoo!. We seek a candidate who has strong personal motivation and the ability to produce pixel-accurate mockups in Photoshop, intuitive user interface interaction flows, think creatively towards innovative user experiences, and rapidly turn ideas into prototype. 

I.    Create user interface wireframes based on requirement.
II.    Participate in concept development and design ideation.III.    Create visual designs and Produce design specifications, storyboards, scenarios, design prototypes.IV.    Work with web developers and engineers to deliver the final product.
Minimum Requirements:

I.    Bachelor/master in Design, Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Industrial Design, Architecture or related area, or equivalent experience.
II.    Mastery of Photoshop, Illustrator or other design tools.III.    Proven record of creating world-class icons and graphic design.IV.    Excellent team work.V.    Good English skills (comprehension, verbal and written).
Preferred Job Qualifications:

I.    Experience with all major design, multimedia, and operating system software: Flash, Imageready, Dreamweaver, FrontPage and Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
II.    Will be nice to have experience on using Maya, 3DMax, Director.III.    Full-time preferred. 

Company: Beijing Yahoo! Global R&DTitle: Quality Engineer InternJob Location: Beijing, PRCContact: jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com
Prerequisites:

I.    Be able to work over 3 days a week for at least 3 months (some positions require at least 6 months).
II.    Enrolled as student during the whole internship period.
Responsibilities:

Implement test automation framework. 

I.    Design and implement test cases. 
II.    Execute tests using automation framework and validate test results to ensure the product meeting product requirements.III.    Conduct White Box and Grey Box testing.IV.    Submit, regress, and verify defects.
Minimum Requirements:

I.    Unix/Linux experience.
II.    Can implementing test cases using C++ and PERL.III.    Hands-on experience with white box and grey box testing, automation testing and script languages, such as Perl/Shell/C++.IV.    Strong UNIX/LINUX command-line troubleshooting background.V.    Proficient test case writing and designing.VI.    Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.VII.    Experience with defect tracking systems and other software life cycle management tools (Bugzilla).VIII.    MUST be a self motivated, energetic individual who takes pride and ownership in their work. IX.    Strong written and verbal skills in Chinese and English are required for this position.X.    Able to work within a dynamic, often changing environment.
Specific requirements:

Quality Engineer  Intern (Frontend) 

I.    Familiar with html DOM/JS.II.    Enough understanding of QA cycles.III.    Solid coding skills, better to have more than 2 years’ of coding experience in/outside of college.IV.    Good English.V.    Better to have some web system development experiences.VI.    Better to have some Linux skills.
Quality Engineer Intern (Backend) 

I.    Familiar with Java/C++ language.
II.    Familiar with Linux/shell.III.    Familiar with PHP/JavaScript/CSS.IV.    Solid coding skill and system development skill.V.    Good problem resolving skill.VI.    Should better be able to self-driven. Familiar with Linux/shell.
Quality Engineer Intern (Black box Testing)

I.    Good English communication.
II.    Have good understanding about QE.III.    Have some testing knowledge/experiences.IV.    Passion about QE.V.    Studying in CS or related fields and familiar with CS knowledge.

Company: Beijing Yahoo! Global R&DTitle: User Intent and Experience Intern (UIE)Job Location: Beijing, PRCContact: jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com
Prerequisites:

I.    Be able to work over 4 days a week for at least 6 months.
II.    Enrolled as student during the whole internship period.III.    English resume is a must.
Responsibilities:

Join Yahoo's innovation track and work on Search Direct and other new innovative products. You will work closely with user experience designers, product managers and other engineers in an agile, highly collaborative team. You will develop everything from proof of concept to production quality code that demonstrates your technical expertise and provides a best-in-class user experience. Mainly you will focus on the good parts of JavaScript, both on the client- as well as the server-side, while developing new and exciting search products.

Minimum Requirements:

I.    Good object-oriented programming skills.
II.    Good analytical/problem-solving skills.III.    Strong interest in Computing Science and willing to learn new skills quickly.IV.    Ability to communicate in English.
Preferred Job Qualifications:

V.    Experience with JavaScript.
VI.    Experience with UNIX/Linux tools and utilities  .

Company: Beijing Yahoo! Global R&DTitle: Frontend Engineer InternJob Location: Beijing, PRCContact: jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com
Prerequisites:

I.    Be able to work over 3 days a week for at least 3 months.
II.    Enrolled as student during the whole internship period.

Frontend Engineer Intern for Search team

Responsibilities:

I.    Collaborate with product managers, UI designers and backend engineers to deliver products with best user experience.
II.    Develop optimized/cross-platform front-end code in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX.III.    Develop mockups and functional prototypes to demonstrate concepts and to enable rapid iterative support for evaluative research.IV.    To track latest trends and emerging technologies on user interface related domain.
Minimum Requirements:

I.    Solid academic background in human-computer interaction or related field
II.    Good development skills across a range of technologies, including:III.    CSS, HTML/XHTML and W3C DOM methods and properties.IV.    AJAX/JavaScript.V.    Adobe Photoshop or related tools. VI.    Flash/Flex and ActionScript.VII.    Excellent communication and team interaction skills in Chinese and English.VIII.    Good visual design sense.IX.    Coding skill in server-side scripts, such as PHP and python, is a big plus.

Frontend Engineer Intern for Advertising Technology team

Responsibilities:

Yahoo! Beijing R & D Center is looking for an innovative and talented Web Developer/ Prototyper intern with strong developing skills to work on a diverse portfolio of Yahoo! projects. We seek a candidate who has strong personal motivation and the ability to get up to speed quickly on new web technologies, think creatively towards innovative user experiences, and rapidly turn ideas into concrete software prototypes.

Minimum Requirements:

I.    Bachelors/master in computer science or related technical major/equivalent experience.
II.    CSS/Html/Java script/Java script libraries (YUI/JSON)/JavaIII.    Self-directed learning, ability to learn new technologies quickly.IV.    Excellent team work.V.    Good English skills.
Preferred Job Qualifications:

I.    Better to have Linux experience.
II.    Full-time preferred.

Company: Beijing Yahoo! Global R&DTitle: System Engineer InternJob Location: Beijing, PRCContact: jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com

Prerequisites:

I.    Be able to work over 3 days a week for at least 3 months. (some positions require at least 6 months)II.    Enrolled as student during the whole internship period.

System Engineer Intern for Advertising Technology team

Minimum Requirements:
I.    Good programming skills using C/C++/Java, with solid experience on leveraging software development toolset under Linux platform.
II.    Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.III.    Good communication and teamwork spirit.IV.    Minimum 3 months, preferred 6-month, at least 3 days a week.
Preferred Job Qualifications:

I.    M.S. or PhD candidate in Computer Science or related fields.
II.    Fluent in a scripting language such as Python, Perl, or UNIX shell.III.    Prior exposure to Hadoop and distributed programming.
System Engineer Intern for Globalization Team

Minimum Requirements:

I.    B.S. or M.S. student in CS or related fields.
II.    Good programming skills with C/C++.III.    Good problem solving skills and communication skills.IV.    Experience with Linux platform, web development with Perl/PHP/JavaScript is preferred.V.    Minimum 6-month full-time availability.

Company: Yahoo LabsTitle: Intern ScientistJob Location: Beijing, PRCContact: jobs-bj@yahoo-inc.com

Prerequisites:

I.    Be able to work over 4 days a week for at least 6 months.II.    Enrolled as student during the whole internship period.

Minimum Requirements:

I.    Solid understanding of Machine Learning, Data Mining, NLP, or Computational Optimization.II.     Fluent in a scripting language such as Python, Perl, or UNIX shell.III.    Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.IV.    Minimum 6-month full-time availability.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

I.    M.S. or PhD candidate in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Automation, Mathematics or related fields.II.     Good programming skills using C/C++/Java or Matlab.III.     Good communication and teamwork spirit.IV.    Prior exposure to Hadoop and distributed programming.