Senior Backend Software Engineer (Java)

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?
What The Job Looks Like:
As a member of the team, you'll contribute to multiple codebases, participate in platform architecture discussions, and review coworkers' code. The team follows an agile workflow, daily stand-ups, multiple deploys a week, with bi-weekly sprint planning and reviews.
You Will

• Work with product and engineers from other teams to design and build new features
• Define technical architectures, guide development teams on implementation, and do hands-on coding
• Lead engineers on the team in implementing new features and improving existing functionality
• Perform code reviews, ensuring the code quality, functionality, and improvement of the team's engineering skills

Qualifications :

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of experience
• 5+ years experience with Java and related technologies, eg. Undertow, Junit/TestNG, JAX-RS/Jersey, Spring/Spring-Boot etc.
• 2+ years experience in owning, designing components of large scale system
• Experience designing, building, and integrating with HTTP APIs
• Lead, Mentor junior engineers in the team
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and taking initiatives
• Great communication skills, joy in helping people, ability to remain friendly and constructive under stress
• Passion for automated testing
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently as well as on a team
• Experience leading engineer teams, providing technical, and helping coworkers grow
• Solid understanding of system design principles, coding best practices, and growing these skills within a team.

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and deployment
• Experience with Document Stores and Queuing systems
• Experience deploying and optimizing applications on public cloud technologies such as AWS
• Experience leading engineer teams
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy

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.
The compensation for this position ranges from $130,875.00 - $272,500.00/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. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.
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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