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Job Title: Software Engineer

Company Name: Ask.com
Location: edison, NJ
Profession: Software Design/Development

Job Description:

Software Engineer
Software Engineering/Product Development | Edison, NJ, United States


Join one of the fastest growing web search properties on the Internet: Ask.com combines world-class search technology with one-of-a-kind search tools to help people get what they are looking for faster. Ask.com, a wholly-owned business of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), is one of the leading general search engines on the Internet. The Ask Network of sites has more than 174 million worldwide unique monthly users according to June 2009 comScore data. Ask.com syndicates its search technology and advertising solutions to a network of affiliate partners.
 
Ask.com part of IAC InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI).   Fortune magazine recognized IAC as the most admired company in the Internet Services and Retailing industry for 2007 and 2008.
 
 Job Description
 
Are you driven individuals who enjoy solving challenging problems in building next generation of web search?
 
At Ask.com, we are looking for candidates to join our Edison, NJ office, where teams push web search to the next level by finding the direct answers for user questions. User will no longer need to browse pages and pages to locate the piece of information he/she really wants.
 
It's an exciting and challenging mission with the issues such as learning the user intention, understanding the web data, entity and relation extraction, answer ranking, semantic invariance, etc.
 
Responsibilities

    * Improve existing answer products for the better precision and coverage as well as the user experience.
    * Propose and explore innovative methods for more effective question answering.
    * Build high performance software module or system to serve the user questions.
    * Contribute novel ideas to address constantly emerging challenges.

 
Requirements

    * Hands-on experience in information retrieval and related areas, with in-depth knowledge of NLP. Experience on text mining and machine learning is a big plus.
    * Solid understanding of algorithmic complexity and a proven ability to deliver quality code in C/C++.
    * Fast prototyping skills, familiarity with scripting languages, such as bash, Perl, or Python;
    * Substantial knowledge of UNIX/Linux, including development environment, command utilities.
    * Self-directed and capable of working effectively in a highly dynamic and fast-paced environment.
    * PhD degree in computer science/engineering, or Master degree with 2+ years related working experience.

 
Location:  Edison, NJ


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