Frontend Software Engineer, AI and Optimization, Yahoo Search

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.

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach hundreds of millions of people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love – from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news – with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

About Us:

Yahoo Search is one of the most highly scaled applications on the planet. We hire world class engineers to support our ambitious product and platform goals. Our engineers work in a highly collaborative environment with a strong emphasis on technical excellence and innovation. This is a unique opportunity as we’re reimagining the future of Search, to reinvent how users find information and accomplish their goals. To achieve this vision, we’re integrating new technology and expanding our infrastructure. This role demands strategic partnership, analytical thinking, exceptional planning and execution skills, ambitious innovation, obsession with quality and user needs, and a passion for solving complex problems. If you’re someone who enjoys being part of high performing teams, this role is for you!

The AI and Optimization team at Yahoo has a major impact on the user experience of various products and services at Yahoo Search. Our team powers the understanding, orchestration, optimization and generative AI engine that provides our users with the modern search experience they need.

A Lot About You:

You are passionate about web development, frontend engineering, and crafting beautiful user interfaces and experiences with modern web technologies. You look for ways to grow your skill set and value high quality application development on modern tech stacks and in the cloud. You are interested in how best to drive tasks to completion, collaborate to achieve your goals, think through scenarios and edge cases, learn from your leadership, and understand the broader impact of your work. You will closely work with the product and design teams to plan, experiment and release features in collaboration with other engineering partners and business stakeholders. If you are interested in joining a world-class team of passionate people and industry veterans who care about code quality, architecture, design and user experience as much as having fun together, then we’d like to talk to you.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the definition, design, development and timely completion of major new features in current and future AI-powered and optimized search experience

• Perform code reviews for your peers where you will be learning from and contributing to a collaborative working model

• Develop, design, and maintain simple, intuitive, and feature-rich dynamic interfaces and components, providing an optimized and responsive experience for users

• Collaborate with user experience designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver new features, enhancements, platform improvements and bug fixes

• Collaborate with other engineers to write testable, reliable code, continuously deploying to production systems

• Drive and enforce modern web application technologies, processes, and methodologies to continually craft and improve applications for speed, usability, performance, scalability, and maintainability

• Drive adoption of industry standards for building user interfaces including accessibility, internationalization, performance optimization, SEO, cross-browser compatibility, caching, etc

• Develop and promote a library of reusable web components as part of a larger design system

• Monitor, analyze, and improve the performance and responsiveness of web applications, components, and infrastructure

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, or equivalent degree/experience

• 3+ years experience developing user interfaces for large scale applications

• Deep technical knowledge of web application development with strong command of browser-side client technologies including AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript

• Understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, and object-oriented programming

• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Next, etc

• Experience with full stack JavaScript development with Node, Express, Next,, etc

• Experience with test driven development, functional testing, and unit test/UI test frameworks such as Mocha, WebdriverIO, Selenium, Puppeteer, etc

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven history of being able to work and collaborate effectively with non-technical team members and stakeholders in a remote environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience and knowledge of best practices around CI/CD (build, document, test, deploy)

• Experience with SCRUM or similar agile development methodology

• Experience with containerization technology like Docker, Kubernetes, etc

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.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

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.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome. 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. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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