Data Engineer II

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:
The Yahoo Data & Analytics Organization is searching for a qualified, passionate and highly motivated Data Engineer. We design, build, optimize and maintain data pipelines to transform large volumes of data into information for operational and financial decision making. This opportunity will require you to creatively approach problems from an analytical perspective in order to embrace our complex data ecosystem and deliver automated and scalable solutions in a fast paced, team oriented environment. Driven by your passion for data and your ability to embrace new and exciting programming technologies, you will work with both internal and external partners to define and craft innovative data pipeline solutions in support of our leading global digital advertising and consumer products.
Our Mission:
Build brands consumers love
Build platforms customers love
Build a company talent loves
A Lot About You:
Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain high-performance, scalable data pipelines to transform large volumes of data into information for operational and financial decision making
• Perform continuous integration to ensure that every step of a data pipeline is testable and automated
• Propose and implement technical solutions and mentor colleagues
• Partner with product owners to help refine business requirements
• Participate in code reviews and design discussions
• Understand and anticipate business needs and address issues reported by customers
• Be accountable for your work

Required Skills/Experience:

• Passionate about data and automation
• Intermediate knowledge of programming languages (Python or Java)
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL (Vertica/Postgres/Oracle/AWS Redshift/MySQL)
• Experience with Unix/Linux environment
• Experience with ETL workflow processes and tools (2+ years)
• Experience creating and maintaining data pipelines (2+ years)
• Experience working on data-driven products
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong time management and prioritization skills

Preferred Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering preferred
• Prior experience in a related analytics or developer role, digital advertising or media experience
• Experience with Airflow
• Experience with Hadoop/Hive/Hbase/Pig/Spark
• Experience with AWS or other cloud based environments

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.
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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.
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