[TW EC] Data Software Engineer

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. 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.

At the core of everything we do is cutting-edge technology that powers our retail brands and connects millions of users. Whether you're passionate about crafting intuitive UI experiences, building the scalable infrastructure behind massive cloud systems, or developing innovative algorithms to process and analyze trillions of data points daily — your work here will have a transformative impact on both our business and the world. If you're ready to innovate and make a real difference, we want you on our team. Ready to make your mark?

At Taiwan Yahoo EC, we drive e-commerce success through seamless B2C and C2C transaction processes, advanced analytics, and cutting-edge optimizations. We're committed to fostering a culture of innovation — embracing fresh ideas, experimenting with emerging technologies, and integrating the best into our robust infrastructure. Our mission is to develop high-quality products and tools that empower our customers and partners. With a focus on usability, efficiency, and driving business growth, we create solutions that help businesses thrive in an ever-evolving marketplace.

We're seeking talented, passionate individuals to join us, create the most advanced commerce platform. Be part of a team that works with cutting-edge technologies to deliver a state-of-the-art platform alongside top talent from around the world. If you're driven by innovation and eager to make an impact, we want you on our team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the design and development of end-to-end features in current and future products within domain of expertise

• Plan, design, develop, code and test software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products; revise and refine as required

• Participate in development of project timelines, implementation design specifications, system flow diagrams, documentation, testing and ongoing support of systems

• Maintain existing products, assisting in the maintenance of domains outside of main area of expertise

• Continually learning new skills and being self-development in the AI Era

Expected Qualification

• Proficient in developing Internet and data applications using Java / Python

• Experience in Backend API Development or Big Data Processing

• Experience on working with large scale distributed systems and container tech

• Good knowledge of Internet / data application development and architecture, ex: HTTP, Networking, Information Security, and Web industry standard

• Experience of development on Linux based systems, command line and scripting 

• Great sense of responsibility and attention to detail

• Communicative proficiency in Mandarin and English 

Preferable Qualification

• Have experiences in building and maintaining open source search engine solutions, e.q. VESPA.ai , Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene, OpenSearch etc.

• Knowing algorithm and data structures for text search indexing and ranking

• With AWS EKS or GCP GKE related cloud experience

• Hands-on operating applications on Kubernetes(k8s) environment, e.g. auto-scaling, storage plan, recovery, BCP plan

• Experience in troubleshooting and performance tuning in the server-side system

• Good knowledge to improve efficiency of DevOps (CI/CD), including unit & functional automation testing

• Good knowledge on cyber security, including authentication & authorization

• Be a skillful AI tools user to improve productivity

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 will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. 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 (

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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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