Senior Software Engineer

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

About Yahoo!

Think about impacting 1 out of every 2 people online--in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely Yahoo!. We do just that each and every day, and you could too. After all, it's big thinkers like you who will create the next generation of Internet experiences for consumers and advertisers across the globe. Now's the time to show the world what you've got. Put your ideas to work for over half a billion people.

Yahoo! Mail Team develops and maintains high-performing systems that provide API (Web Services, IMAP, & POP), Metadata and Elastic Storage for the electronic mail and its auxiliary functions. The system handles billions of requests a day, and supports a variety of clients, mobile, desktop, & web. The team works on problems that cover a wide spectrum - from web services to operating systems and networking layers. You will help build the next generation backend for Yahoo! Mail.

Essential Job Functions
* Design and implement highly reliable, scalable, extensible, maintainable, global, and operable products and platforms.
* Build systems that balance resources, constraints, requirements, and complexity
* Work closely with product management and development teams to define the next generation of communications and data systems
* You must enjoy challenging engineering problems. We are looking for someone who can solve complex issues.
* We value architects who do enough hands-on implementation work to keep current with technology trends inside and outside the company

Minimum Job Qualifications

* MS/BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
* At least 5 years experience with OOP: Java preferred. 

* Expert in software development domain and principles, including design patterns, code structure, programming languages, continuous integration, and deployment architecture

* Demonstrated understanding in technologies that are core to Yahoo!s products (distributed systems, cloud computing, web services, multi-tier serving architectures, mobile devices, and communications protocols)

* Great communicator, enjoys helping people, remains friendly and constructive under stress

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings please visit http://careers.yahoo.com

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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The compensation for this position ranges from $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/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