Senior Engineer (Global Commerce, Backend)

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:

Commerce is a fast-growing business for Yahoo in the US. We are expanding and looking for outstanding backend engineers to join our Global Commerce team. Our mission is to help the world's consumers save time and money - on their everyday purchases and purchases related to their passions. Towards this mission, we are building, experimenting, and iterating on various new and existing commercial experiences in Yahoo. Therefore, we need to build and scale highly performant, reliable, and secure backend platforms, APIs, tools, and systems.

A Lot About You:

You are a self-starter with a passion for creating software systems at scale. You are comfortable working in a dynamic environment, with the ability to juggle and prioritize multiple tasks to keep pace with a fast and innovative market. Your strong technical background, innovation, and clear communication skills will serve you well in this demanding role, as will your comfort working with our high-energy team.

Your Day:

Design, develop functional and object-oriented software

Build and deploy large scale systems

Work seamlessly in individual and team settings on cutting edge technologies towards innovation on commerce products across different device platforms

Participate in a culture of learning through design discussions and code reviews

Minimum qualifications:

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent and 2+ Years of experience

Experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages, including but not limited to Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go

Practical core knowledge of algorithms and data structures

Build and maintain production-grade distributed software systems

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Structured thinker, excellent communication, interpersonal skills

Preferred qualifications:

Solid programming experience in Java

Experience in modern development methodologies like CI/CD and Agile developing

Experience in cloud technologies, such as Hadoop, HBase, Storm, and AWS services

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 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 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

US Only: Please be aware that Yahoo requires all employees entering a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events) are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to obtain and show proof of a vaccination to enter a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events). Yahoo is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.

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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