Principal Backend 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.

We build, improve, and maintain one of the highest scaling platforms in the world.  Our amazing team drives the future of CMDB for Yahoo.  The system collects multi-millions of data points per day and makes the data available instantly to drive hundreds of processes throughout the company.   Our system covers a wide spectrum of data, service access methods and process workflows that continues to grow as teams need the ability to make decisions based on fine tuned data.

Responsibilities will include engineering ownership in new feature work, improvements on existing code, debugging and investigation of user issues, participation in code reviews, designing and deploying the product. Contribute to standard methodologies and culture of the team. Participate in weekly sprints, planning & estimating work, daily standup, & retrospectives.

Qualifications:

• Strong object oriented programming development experience with Java

• Strong cloud computing experience with AWS

• Strong micro services and distributed systems experience 

• Strong relational and NoSQL database experience, Postgres, DocumentDB and DynamoDB

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a team-first attitude

• Experience architecting, developing, and deploying cloud applications

• Experience developing RESTful APIs 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with observability tools

• Experience with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) & DevOps practices and tools

• Experience with scripting languages, Python and Linux shell scripting preferred

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!

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The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/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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