Bing, a division of Microsoft, is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Bellevue, WA. The post states, “We are looking for a Senior SDE to join us in developing a structured data repository that will enable Bing teams to quickly experiment and manage structured data in a multitude of formats and schemas. Write, validate and deploy distributed software and tools that will scale to multiple partners and process large amounts of data. Example challenges include: managing storage of large numbers of structured data entities, enable incremental updates for a connected graph of entities, managing the set of entities and their relationships while being able to efficiently extract a group of entities from a repository. Injesting structured data defined in a variety of formats and schemas and making it usable for publishing to the web index, and developing a rich meta-data repository of structured data feeds and schemas.” Read more

Amazon.com is looking for a Research Scientist – Search in Seattle, WA. The description of the ideal candidate states, “You’re a scientist looking for a career where you’ll be able to lead, to deliver, and to influence. You look at problems holistically, and thrive on the intricate complexity of designing multi-factor experiments and analyzing large quantities of data. You want to work on projects where you are implementing creative solutions to real problems and develop deep understanding of the problem space. You challenge yourself and others to constantly come up with better solutions. You’re a thought leader, and you back up your ideas with data. You want to create value and impact the direction of entire industries.” Read more

Amazon is looking for a Data Scientist in Seattle, WA. The post states, “Are you a data analysis ninja? can you seamlessly transition between OLAP/Relational, Graph/RDF and Hive/EMR without breaking a sweat? want to dive deep into the world’s largest financial/contract transaction system and help formalize our ability to make it automatically actionable for our mission critical LOB systems? This is a new effort within Vendor Systems that requires the ability to work independently and efficiently and come up with solutions that are sustainable and efficient and directly impact Amazon’s bottom line, if you want to leave a mark on the future of Amazon, this is your chance.” Read more

Amazon.com is searching for a Software Development Engineer: Semantic Knowledge and Discovery in Seattle, WA. The post states, “The Amazon’s Semantic Knowledge team is solving challenging practical problems. We use semantic knowledge to power next-generation product discovery systems on the web and mobile devices. Bring your love for machine learning, data analysis, natural language processing, Bayesian inference, Big Data, semantic web, or massively scalable systems. Add your ability to solve practical problems with agile coding. Web development skills will be put to good use building new experiences for customers. We’re inventing new forms of product discovery for mobile devices, so don’t forget about passion for new technologies such as the Kindle.” Read more

MindMode is looking for a Software Architect in Bellevue, WA. According to the post, “MindMode is building a platform that will support secure, trusted interactions between software agents and the people that use them.  These agents will generate and consume enormous data sets, as well as have access to the unique perspective of the people that use them.  The result is a semi-autonomous system that can better decide and then execute upon a course of action on behalf of its users.  MindMode is looking for an architect with a demonstrated background in building and delivering scalable, highly available, high performance systems in new and unique business domains.” Read more

Bing is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Bellevue, WA. The post states, “In Knowledge Web team we think about where search and the web is going to be in two years, incubate technologies and algorithms that will advance search to the next paradigm. We not only incubate these technologies but also bring these to life to the Bing users… We are looking for a technical lead to design and implement the infrastructure to combine the semantics, social network and recommendation engines. We offer fast paced environment where quick and iterative development and deployment of services is expected. This position offers and requires working with senior researchers and bring machine learning algorithms to the web.” Read more

IdInteract is looking for a Senior Developer with Semantic Expertise in Bellevue, WA. The post states, “The senior developer is responsible for leading the creation of IDInteract’s Social Interaction Platform (SIP) components and integrating them into the overall SIP architecture. The senior developer will reference technical requirements and user stories to guide the creation and integration of the assigned SIP components.  The senior developer will report to the product strategy & development lead and provide technical guidance to one or more less experienced developers.” Read more

Bing is looking for a new Senior Software Development Engineer in Bellevue, WA. The post states, “We are looking for a technical lead to design and implement the infrastructure to combine the semantics, social network and recommendation engines. We offer fast paced environment where quick and iterative development and deployment of services is expected. This position offers and requires working with senior researchers and bringing machine learning algorithms to the web.” Responsibilities include: “Design and develop scalable infrastructure for knowledge web backend. Build next generation recommendation engines. Build and enhance the graph store and graph algorithms, integrate with social graph. Automation of the backend processes. Working with researchers and translate them into engineering solutions for algorithms that plug-in to the backend processes.” Read more

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is looking for a Post Bachelors RA – Semantic Technologies Developer in Richland, WA. According to the post, “A well-qualified candidate will have both knowledge engineering skills and software development skills. Knowledge engineering skills should include, but are not limited to, ontology authoring, knowledge elicitation from subject matter experts, a strong ability to use knowledge representation languages such as Ontology Web Language (OWL), a working knowledge of semantic rule languages such as SWRL, a working knowledge of semantic web query technologies such as SPARQL, and the ability to use semantic technology development tools for editing and testing.” Read more

Microsoft is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join their SQL Server Engine Team in Redmond, WA. According to the post, “Extracting semantics and other forms of data inference at enterprise and web scale and making it easily searchable is really where the game is at today. Microsoft is locking horns with the competition and making big bets to win this challenge. We are building a new Database Search and Semantics data extraction and machine learning team inside of SQL Server (a $3.5 bil. business) with the larger vision of creating a new niche for SQL Server ‘beyond relational’ and extending out to Data Warehousing, in order to add more value to our enterprise product offerings.” Read more