Princ Software 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.

About TechCrunch

TechCrunch is a leading publisher of technology news, covering the biggest names in global technology to emerging startups and everything in between.  Famous for its annual Disrupt event, which attracts the top names in technology, TechCrunch is part of the Yahoo family of brands.

We are seeking a talented Principal Software Engineer to join the team and scale up a new team dedicated to modernizing TechCrunch’s software stack.  A successful candidate will have strong full-stack skills, a proven track record of team leadership and a desire to maximize operational efficiency while delivering a high quality, performant product experience.  You will be responsible for leading the engineering team that will deliver TechCrunch’s next phase of growth.

Who You Are

• You have a bias for action.  Wheny ou see problems, you’d like to solve them.

• You are curious and interested in how the software you interact with works “under the hood”

• You understand the value of writing idiomatic software and using proven solutions backed by the open source community

• You iterate and alter solutions if you feel they don’t quite fit the requirements

• You understand what makes a successful software engineer and know how to up-level your more junior peers

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development and leadership of the next generation of TechCrunch’s technology: a self-managed, cloud-hosted WordPress CMS with a React/NextJS frontend

• Help interview and onboard a colocated team of engineers

• Collaborate with your peers in product, design and others on new features and enhancements

• Learn how to become self-sufficient and deliver software solutions autonomously, if needed

• Navigate legal, editorial and compliance issues

• Manage projects with resources across multiple headquarters, including Bangalore, Dublin, New York and Mountain View

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or a related major, or equivalent experience

• 7-10+ years of software development experience.

• Familiar with HTML, CSS and CSS preprocessors (SCSS, etc).

• Experience with Typescript (or Javascript), NodeJS and PHP.

• Experience with WordPress CMS and backend preferred, but not required

• Strong working, development, and deployment knowledge of modern web-based tech, including React

• Familiarity with full-stack web frameworks like NextJS (or similarly equivalent tech)

• Experience consuming RESTful, GraphQL, or equivalent APIs for user facing applications.

• Well-versed in software development design patterns, code structure and debugging tools.

• Experience mentoring software engineers and leading by example.

• Strong team player: you are genuinely interested in opposing opinions and can support your own perspectives with thoughtful reasoning.

• Excellent listening and communication skills; able to communicate team and project goals clearly.

Important notes for your attention

Applications: 

All applicants must apply for Yahoo openings direct with Yahoo.  We do not authorize any external agencies in India to handle candidates’ applications.   No agency nor individual may charge candidates for any efforts they make on an applicant’s behalf in the hiring process.  

Our internal recruiters will reach out to you directly to discuss the next steps if we determine that the role is a good fit for you.  Selected candidates will go through formal interviews and assessments arranged by Yahoo direct.  

Offer Distributions: 

Our electronic offer letter and documents will be issued through our system for e-signatures, not via individual emails.

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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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