Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

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?
The Marketing Systems team builds systems and data pipelines that enable the Marketing org to grow our audiences through multi-channel ad campaigns, user journeys and personalized newsletters. We deal with data at massive scale, leverage cutting edge technology to engineer applications for effective campaign targeting, optimized ad spend and measuring campaign performance.
Responsibilities
You are a self driven and motivated individual that wants to make an impact by offering innovative solutions in the big data and custom applications space. You are a free thinker, have a hunger to learn, willing to try out new tools and technologies and willing to look for the best and most practical solution to any given problem (rather than the quickest or easiest). You take on challenges head on and work well under pressure. No task is too big or small or you and you treat everything with equal merit. You are a good team player and thrive as part of a team of equally talented and motivated individuals. You are a strong communicator.

• Work on development initiatives as part of a scrum team on sprint cycles.
• Closely interact with our stakeholders (Product Owners/Managers, Business Analysts, others) for clarity on sprint items and for verification of developed solutions.
• Participate in team activities such as sprint grooming sessions, project or product discussions, brown bags as well as the occasional team outing.
• Follow appropriate coding standards and best practices as applicable.
• Document your work well.
• Participate in code reviews for your peers.
• Collaborate with your peers to find solutions to complex problems. Share knowledge with your peers and also learn from them as required.
• Work on operational and production support for the applications we build and maintain.
• Work towards quarterly team and organizational goals that should be result oriented and measurable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related area
• At least 5 years experience as a key member of a UI design team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of several successfully launched software applications.
• Experience in Web design, UI design
• Familiarity with Front-end frameworks/libraries (jQuery, Bootstrap, Ember, Grunt, versioning via Github) and responsive web design
• Coding experience in HTML, CSS, Javascript
• Thorough understanding of object oriented programming.
• Thorough understanding (through relevant coursework or experience) of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data and data processing.
• Thorough understanding and experience with unix or unix-based OS.
• Thorough understanding and experience with relational database systems such as Oracle, MySQL.
• Good analytical, problem solving and debugging skills.

Preferred:

• Proficiency with one or more additional Web technologies
• Experience in Javascript using React and GraphQL

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 $117,000.00 - $243,125.00/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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