The Role:

The R&D Search group is looking for an experienced software engineer to join us in building Machine Learning based models for improving ranking for a federated search engine. Bloomberg Search provides a single interface to search through millions of data points from dozens of structured and unstructured data stores including time-sensitive content (like news or events) and Natural Language Question Answering engines. We are exploring state of the art methods to learn and achieve optimal ranking and interleaving of results retrieved from such disparate sources.

Our current initiatives include:

• Researching and implement highly scalable and efficient ranking models for a federated

search system.


• Building query and user-intent classifiers using statistical methods. *Dynamically identify
and boost trending and time-sensitive content.

• Exploring using session context and user behavior to improve search results.

For this role we are looking for engineers who can immediately contribute to these projects and keep up with the state of the art in learning-to-rank, user intent classification and search engine evaluation metrics.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of industry experience in production-level software development using C++

(preferred) or Java.


• Very strong fundamentals in Machine Learning and Information Retrieval. *Industry
experience in solving search/discoverability related problems such as learning-to-rank,
intent classification, query reformulation, recommendations or personalization.

• Experience with a Lucene-based search system (SOLR/ Elastic Search) is a plus.

The Company:

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 315,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.