Director of AI-Powered Search & Query Understanding

Yahoo Holdings Inc. in; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k)

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. seeks a Director of Engineering for Search Query Understanding and Guidance (Finance) to lead ML-based solutions across teams. You will align with product, design, and research to deliver scalable, data-driven guidance and production serving strategies.

You will drive data analysis, stay ahead of AI trends, and champion Agentic AI adoption to improve search capabilities for billions of users worldwide.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of significant impact with increasing responsibilities.
• Master's degree or equivalent with strategic technical leadership.
• Expertise in AI/ML, NLP, and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Guide design and implementation of large-scale ML-based solutions across teams.
• Define data strategies, evaluation frameworks, and production serving strategies.
• Drive cross-team communication among engineering, product, and research.
• Stay current on AI trends, including LLM/vision models, and guide adoption.
• Lead data analysis to identify patterns and inform product directions.
• Encourage Agentic AI usage to benefit the product and system.

Skills

AI/ML leadership

Python

Java or C++

NLP expertise

Query understanding

Data analysis

Education

Master's degree in CS/EE/Stats or related field

Job description

Yahoo Holdings Inc. seeks a Director of Engineering for Search Query Understanding and Guidance (Finance) to lead ML-based solutions across teams. You will align with product, design, and research to deliver scalable, data-driven guidance and production serving strategies.

You will drive data analysis, stay ahead of AI trends, and champion Agentic AI adoption to improve search capabilities for billions of users worldwide.