Google Cloud Architect

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.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Staff Architect to join our Digital Transform team in Yahoo Mail. In this role, you'll be responsible for shaping and leading the Digital transform strategy of moving to GCP and align with business objectives, technical architecture, and long-term goals. This position offers the chance to play a pivotal role in the design and development of innovative, scalable solutions

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural development and migration of entire Mail Infrastructure (and Petabytes of Data) to Google Cloud

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including software engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders—to define requirements and deliver scalable, impactful solutions leveraging Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

• Design and implement Cloud-based solutions, with a strong emphasis on GCP (Google Cloud Platform), using industry best practices and design principles.

• Drive optimizations on Google cloud and reduce costs, Review architectural designs to ensure solutions are consistent, flexible, cost-effective, and maintainable.

• Provide high-level oversight on portfolio decisions, influencing both business and technical architecture roadmaps.

• Create and implement scalable solutions to complex business challenges, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and methodologies.

• Partner with Product Owners and Engineering Teams to align technical design with the product roadmap and business objectives.

• Prototype innovative, cross-platform business solutions to evaluate new technologies.

• Guide Application and Infrastructure Architects to ensure smooth development processes and timely releases.

• Provide architectural consulting to engineering teams to maintain consistency, security, and flexibility in product design.

• Foster strong, strategic relationships with product owners, vendors, and technology teams.

• Stay actively engaged in both architectural and engineering activities, maintaining a hands-on approach to technology.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on Java and modern backend technologies

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of experience with Google cloud

• Experience moving a product to Google cloud and have actively participated in migration

• 5+ years of solid understanding of database management (SQL/NoSQL), and the ability to query and analyze large datasets.

• Knowledge in Google Analytics 4 (GA4), with the ability to analyze data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.

• Proficiency in building highly available, performant systems, platforms including experience with distributed systems.

• Ability to think critically and strategically about system design, scalability, and performance.

• Advanced knowledge of Agile Development Methodologies.

• Excellent communication skills—both verbal and written—enabling effective collaboration with diverse groups at all levels.

• Bonus - Has one of the following GCP certifications: Associate Cloud Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect

• A balance of visionary thinking and pragmatic decision-making, considering both short-term and long-term business implications.

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.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees