Software Dev Engineer, II

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. 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. Want in?

A Little About Us:

Yahoo is a values-led company committed to building brands people love. We reach over one billion people worldwide with a dynamic house of 50+ media and technology brands. As a global leader in digital and mobile, Yahoo is shaping the future of media. Our mission is to build brands consumers love, build platforms customers love, and build a company talent loves.

The User Data team plays a crucial role in empowering consumer businesses by providing a unified, 360-degree view of their users. We transform fragmented data into actionable insights that drive personalized experiences and measurable growth. As part of this team, we focus on data aggregation, where we gather data from every touchpoint to create comprehensive user profiles and segments. We also emphasize contextual relevance, enabling business units to deliver relevant ads, offers, and recommendations tailored to each user. Additionally, we prioritize performance measurement by providing robust measurement and tracking capabilities to optimize overall performance. Our work directly impacts essential areas such as monetization, marketing, commerce, and the consumer business teams.

A Lot About You:

You have professional experience in highly scalable, distributed data processing systems. You are motivated by our mission and want to ensure that our platform plays a critical role in enhancing user experience. You have a passion for solving technical problems, from the network layer to user interface issues. Thinking outside the box, you create tools and systems that facilitate quicker and easier deployment experiences while maintaining low latency and high performance.

Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for new feature development, code enhancements, debugging, and investigating user issues.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to designing and delivering the product.
• Foster best practices and cultivate a positive team culture.
• Collaborate with product managers to devise technical solutions.
• Design and implement reusable frameworks, libraries, and components, as well as product features, in partnership with business and IT stakeholders.
• Ingest data from various structured and unstructured sources into Big Data systems.
• Support the maintenance and delivery of an automated ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline.
• Validate data extracted from sources like databases and other repositories using scripts, automated tools, logs, and queries.
• Enrich and transform the extracted data as needed while monitoring and reporting on the data flow throughout the ETL process.
• Execute data extractions, purges, and fixes in accordance with current internal procedures and policies.
• Troubleshoot production support issues post-deployment and develop necessary solutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with users, technical teams, and senior management to gather requirements and articulate software product features, technical designs, and product strategies
• Additionally, mentor junior engineers in their professional development.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• Experience in designing and developing system or middleware software products
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in software engineering with strong programming skills and hands-on experience

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Java and related technologies such as Spring, JUnit, JAX-RS/Jersey, gRPC, Apache Storm, NoSQL databases, Redis, etc.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, event-driven programming, large-scale software architecture, and networking
• Experience with distributed systems and UNIX/Linux environments
• Familiarity with web technologies including REST APIs, JSON, and Node.js
• Knowledge of data loading tools like Flume and Sqoop
• Understanding of workflow/scheduler tools such as Oozie and Airflow
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in the Big Data domain
• Proven experience with Hadoop (Dataproc), HBase, Hive, and Pig
• Familiarity with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure
• Expertise in version control tools like GIT

Additional Experience:

• Industry experience with Agile product development methodologies is preferred
• Exposure to AI/ML is a plus

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

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 is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $111,000.00 – $231,250.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives.  Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

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.