Software Engineer II

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.

Position & Responsibilities

Join the Monetization Sales Tools team at Yahoo and make a direct impact on our revenue growth and client success. We build and optimize advanced sales enablement solutions, that empower our sales and B2B teams to forge strong client partnerships and deliver cutting-edge digital media solutions.

You will work across our entire technology stack, from the user interface to the API layer, and will have the exciting opportunity to contribute to the integration of cutting-edge AI features into our applications. We're a team that thrives on efficiency and creativity, driven by data and results, offering you the chance to contribute significantly to Yahoo's continued leadership in the dynamic digital advertising landscape.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Experience: Professional experience in a full-stack or software engineering role, developing and shipping web applications.

• Back-End Programming: Strong programming proficiency in Java (with frameworks like Spring Boot) or Python  is mandatory.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills and a collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively in an agile team environment.

• API Development: Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs.

• Front-End Development: Hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies, including a JavaScript framework (e.g., React, Angular etc), HTML5, and CSS3.

• Version Control: Proficiency with Git and common Git workflows

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• AI Application Knowledge: Familiarity or hands-on experience implementing applications that leverage AI/ML services on AWS (e.g., Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda) or GCP (e.g., Vertex AI, Cloud Functions). This includes experience calling generative AI APIs or other machine learning models.

• Cloud Platforms: Exposure to deploying and managing applications on AWS or GCP.

• Containerization & CI/CD: Exposure to Docker and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

• Testing: Experience with unit, integration, or end-to-end testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito).

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.

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