Sr. Engineer

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. Whether you’re looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business—and the world.

The Developer Productivity team is looking for an experienced software engineer to help evolve Yahoo’s Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) platforms and tools.  The Yahoo Developer Productivity team provides CICD, Source Control, Artifact Storage, Cloud Architecture, and AI/ML as a group within the larger CTO organization.  Our mission is to provide state-of-the-art developer platforms, standards, and tooling, serve the engineering community, and enable the acceleration of the business. The ideal candidate has worked with AWS or GCP services and is comfortable leveraging many of those cloud services.  The candidate will work as a key member of the Developer Productivity team by bringing their skills to help accelerate the engineering output of all Yahoo business units.  The Yahoo developer tools are undergoing an evolution, and you will be part of the team that drives that impact for the business.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications.

• Collaborate with product managers and engineers across different time zones to understand requirements and develop technical solutions.

• Debug and resolve software issues, providing technical support as needed.

• Write and maintain technical documentation.

• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and best practices.

• Establish and refine standards and best practices to streamline the development processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 2+ years of experience in building APIs, backend development and Devops.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python and Java.

• Great verbal and written communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience in GenAI and machine learning application development.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with strong attention to detail.

• A proactive attitude towards evolving skill sets and staying current with technology trends.

• Team player with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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