"I'm particularly interested in working on challenging problems dealing with algorithms and big data" Give one of our competitions a shot - http://kaggle.com/

"I'm particularly interested in working on challenging problems dealing with algorithms and big data" Give one of our competitions a shot - http://kaggle.com/ http://kaggle.com/. They're a good way to experiment with algorithms and machine learning on well-defined problems, and collaborate with people who have similar interests. Also, we love hiring people who win competitions.