Cloud Platforms Engineer at Yahoo! Inc. in Mountain View, California

Job Description:

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.

A Little About Us

The Yahoo Platforms Engineering (YPE) team provides central platforms and products, governance, security and cloud enablement to all Yahoo business units. The Cloud Platforms organization enables Yahoo teams to develop, deploy, and operate products efficiently and reliably on scalable, on-demand platforms with cloud-first principles. We automate, secure and govern Yahoo's significant public cloud presence. We are a high-performance team of passionate engineers who are enthusiastic about creating platform services, architectures, and programs to help our customers succeed.

Responsibilities

• Implement new features, architect, design, writing unit/integration tests, refactoring, fixing bugs and deploying the features


• Share responsibilities like system architecture/design reviews, code reviews, performance tuning, and production support


• Work collaboratively with engineers across the larger YPE organization to deliver new user facing features


• Apply agile development methodologies to build software

A Lot About You

You are a cloud engineer interested in helping guide Yahoo's transformation into the public cloud. You have experience working in the public cloud, leveraged many of its services, and built full stack solutions. In this role, you will work closely with other YPE teams to provide services which enable other business units in Yahoo to get more visibility into security, governance and cost savings for their applications in the public cloud.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent combination of experience


• 3+ years experience building and deploying large-scale systems in cloud


• Experience with AWS or GCP services


• Proficient in coding in their favorite language (Go, Python, Java)


• Excellent communication, problem-solving and debugging skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PostgresQL or similar query languages


• Ability to drive the problem resolution process from start to finish


• Great teamwork and communication skills

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.

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 ( www.yahooinc.com/diversity/ ) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $111,000.00 - $231,250.00/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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