Principal Backend Engineer- Yahoo Mail

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A little About Us:

The Yahoo Mail engineering team provides opportunities to work on challenges that are as exciting as the Yahoo Mail product itself at a scale that only a handful of companies can match. With Yahoo being private again, it’s a very exciting time to make a new history! We are transforming our business by migrating our technical stack to the cloud (GCP).

The Mail Intelligence team in Yahoo Mail powers all the smart features that help our users manage their Business of Life. The team works with the latest ML/AI technologies, handles big data, and builds systems that perform at large scale.

Responsibilities:

  • Tech Lead for projects involving many people (design, develop, ship and maintain)
  • Scope work and break it down into deliverables, and milestones; Estimate and manage project timelines, risk
  • Set technical direction for the team; Identify and reduce technical debt proactively
  • Understand tradeoffs between technical, product, user, security, legal and develop solutions based on them
  • Provide technical advice on projects involving multiple teams
  • Responsible for the quality of the team delivery and ensuring knowledge is shared

 

A lot About You:

If you are excited to work on and explore how AI can impact millions of users in a meaningful way, then this is the place to be. You will help Yahoo succeed and learn along the way by being a leader responsible for critical projects, business growth, and success.

  • 8+ years Software development experience with 2+ years experience as Lead Engineer
  • Working experience with cloud-native application development in GCP using Data Flow, Apache Beam, PubSub, Spanner, etc
  • Proficiency in Java and related technologies/frameworks, (e.g., Spring Boot, Hibernate, Maven/Gradle)
  • Expertise in distributed software systems such as stream/batch processing, highly scalable serving systems
  • Proven experience building software systems that are highly scalable and performant
  • Experience cross-collaborating with other functions such as Production Engineering, DevOps, Front End, Product Management, UX Design

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field
  • Ability to work well with diverse groups of people, geographically dispersed across the world
  • Passionate about and practical knowledge of working with Big data, AI/ML