Principal Backend Engineer, Yahoo Mail

Yahoo Mail is the ultimate consumer inbox with hundreds of millions of users. It’s the best way to access your email and stay organized from a computer, phone or tablet. With its beautiful design and lightning fast speed, Yahoo Mail makes reading, organizing, and sending emails easier than ever.

A little About Us:

The Yahoo Mail engineering team provides opportunities to work on challenges that are as exciting as the Yahoo Mail product itself at the scale that only a handful of companies can match. With Yahoo being private again, it's a very exciting time to make a new history! We are transforming our business by migrating our technical stack to cloud (GCP). 

The Mail Intelligence team in Yahoo Mail powers all the smart features which help our users manage their Business of Life. The team works with the latest ML/AI technologies, handles big data, builds systems which perform at large scale. 

Responsibilities: 

• Tech Lead for projects involving many people (design, develop, ship and maintain) 

• Scope work and break it down into deliverables, milestones; Estimate and manage project timelines, risk

• Set technical direction for the team; Identify and reduce technical debt proactively

• Understand tradeoffs between technical, product, user, security, legal and develop solutions based on them

• Provide technical advice on projects involving multiple teams 

• Responsible for quality of the team delivery and ensuring knowledge is shared 

A lot About You:

If you are excited to work on and explore how AI can impact millions of users in a meaningful way, then this is the place to be. You will help Yahoo succeed and learn along the way by being a leader responsible for critical projects, business growth and success.

• 8+ years Software development experience with 2+ years experience as Lead Engineer 

• Working experience with cloud native application development in GCP using Data Flow, Apache Beam, PubSub, Spanner etc

• Proficiency in Java and related technologies/frameworks, (e.g., Spring Boot, Hibernate, Maven/Gradle)

• Expertise in distributed software systems such as stream/batch processing, highly scalable serving systems 

• Proven experience building software systems which are highly scalable and performant 

• Experience cross collaborating with other functions such as Production Engineering, DevOps, Front End, Product management, UX Design

Preferred Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field

• Ability to work well with diverse groups of people, geographically dispersed across the world

• Passionate about and practical knowledge of working with Big data, AI/ML

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to
Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting
trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

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 (

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

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (

) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/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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