A little about YAHOO!
Yahoo is a global media and technology company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love – from mail, finance and sports, to shopping, news and entertainment – with trusted products, communication, content and tech that fuel their day.
A little about US
The client experiences team develops products for Yahoo Mail on Android, iOS, and Web used by over 200 million users across 40 countries and 70 languages. Yahoo Mail continues to be one of the largest and most recognizable email services in the world. Delivering over 4.5B emails daily, and with consistently top-rated mobile apps, Yahoo Mail is a critical pillar in the company’s long-term growth strategy. You will join a team of engineers who strive to deliver our users best consumer mail experience and are willing to meticulously refine the details to achieve this goal.
A lot about YOU
You are passionate about growing your skills and value high quality application development on modern tech stack and cloud. You will enjoy building the next generation of communication products, web and mobile platforms. You are interested in how best to drive tasks to completion, collaborate to achieve your goals, think through scenarios and edge cases, learn from your leadership, and understand the broader impact of your work. If you are interested in joining a world-class team of passionate people and industry veterans who care about code quality, architecture, design and user experience as much as having fun together, then we’d like to talk to you.
Responsibilities:
Engage, attract, and retain top talent
Provide project and technical leadership to engineers in a fast-paced environment
Drive technical excellence and implementation of best engineering practices
Enforce design review, continuous integration and test driven development
Coordinate with partner teams when required, help unblock teams and resolve issues across teams
Lead hands-on implementation work to keep current with technology trends inside and outside Yahoo
Work closely with product management and development teams to define the next generation of communication products
Qualifications:
BS degree in Computer Science with 8+ years of hands-on experience in delivering large-scale backend applications, 2 years of team management experience
Experience with OOP: C++, Java, or similar
Experience with web servers like Tomcat/Apache/Jetty, Kubernetes framework, TestNG framework
Understanding of large scale web applications (clustering, scalability, caching, performance tuning)
Experience with scripting languages such as Javascript/Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Perl and Python
Understanding of agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and agile engineering practices like Test-Driven Development, Continuous integration, and other Extreme programming practices
Proficient in a Unix/Linux environment, HTTP, Web services, and Restful API
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience building web applications on cloud like AWS/GCP
Experience with SCRUM or similar agile development methodology
Important notes for your attention
Applications:
All applicants must apply for Yahoo openings direct with Yahoo. We do not authorize any external agencies in India to handle candidates’ applications. No agency nor individual may charge candidates for any efforts they make on an applicant’s behalf in the hiring process.
Our internal recruiters will reach out to you directly to discuss the next steps if we determine that the role is a good fit for you. Selected candidates will go through formal interviews and assessments arranged by Yahoo direct.
Offer Distributions:
Our electronic offer letter and documents will be issued through our system for e-signatures, not via individual emails.
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 (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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.
Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.
