Sr Fullstack Software Dev Engineer, Yahoo Calendar

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.

A little about YAHOO!

Yahoo, with a strong foundation of 900 million users monthly, is in the midst of a renaissance; backed by substantial investment to drive meaningful, long-term growth, led by great products. Are you up for the challenge of writing a chapter on one of the biggest consumer product success stories in history? This won’t be easy, but if you’re motivated by huge opportunities, backed by an organization that is ready to invest in bold initiatives, and can’t wait to start building, Yahoo is the place for you.

A little about US

Yahoo is composed of organizations, each led by a GM, driving key product lines. This role is within the Yahoo Mail group, which includes its flagship product, Yahoo Mail. You will be starting on offense; the product line (4.5+ star apps & responsive web experiences), business, and tech (modern front-end stacks with significant backend re-architecture just beginning) provide a healthy start, with lots of upside to realize. Now, we need you to be a key part of our next chapter -  embarking on the mission to create the best consumer-focused platform for running the “business of life,” in email and beyond. The calendar engineering team develops solutions powering our mail brands, including a next-generation infrastructure that we are 100% moving to a native public cloud architecture. The calendar team is responsible for creating the next-generation calendar and notepad experience, along with the supporting infrastructure, to help users effortlessly manage their daily lives. 

A lot about YOU
You are passionate about growing your skills and value high quality BE development on modern tech stack and cloud. You will be designing and implementing the next generation calendar infrastructure and  services.  We are embarking on a transition from Yahoo data centers  to Public cloud infrastructure. Work on a complete Java stack that serves hundreds of billions of transactions daily.  Develop and maintain REST web-services that power Yahoo clients,  Caldav protocol services, Caching and data processing services. 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: 

• Provide technical leadership in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Drive and participate in design reviews, code reviews, continuous integration, and test-driven development.

• Champion technical excellence and the adoption of best engineering practices.

• Stay current with technology trends inside and outside Yahoo and lead hands-on implementation work.

• Design, build, and deliver high-quality, high-performance features for our users across Web and backend platforms.

• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and engineers across frontend and backend to deliver new features, enhancements, platform improvements, and bug fixes

• Write testable, reliable, maintainable code with continuous deployment to large-scale, globally distributed production systems.

• Deploy, monitor, and operate production systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.

• Analyze and optimize application/platform code and APIs for efficiency and speed.

• Contribute to a culture of learning through design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring.

Qualifications:

•  BS in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 6+ years of software engineering experience.

• Strong foundation in Computer Science, with solid skills in data structures, algorithms, and software design.

• Proficiency in both frontend and backend technologies:

  • Frontend: Responsive design, JavaScript frameworks (React / Angular / Ember), Node.js, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript, and object-oriented JavaScript.

  • Backend: OOP languages (Java), web servers (Tomcat, Apache, Jetty), relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, Spanner), cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), and backend frameworks.

• Experience with Web Technologies (Webpack, Superagent, Babel, Web Vitals, Redux Toolkit, Atomic CSS, Storybook, JSON and REST APIs).

• Experience with scripting languages (PHP, Python, Perl, or Ruby).

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with test-driven development, including frontend frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright) and backend frameworks (TestNG).

• Strong debugging skills for both frontend and backend systems, including multi-threaded, high-scale applications.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively in geographically dispersed teams. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing mail or calendar applications.

• Experience with AI Tools.

• Experience with mobile web development.

• Familiarity with Scrum, Squad, or similar agile development methodologies.

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 love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

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.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

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. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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