Director of Engineering - Yahoo Mail, Android

$160,965 - $349,885/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Moffett Field, CA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Moffett Field, CA

10,001+ employees

About the position

The position involves leading a team responsible for developing and enhancing Yahoo Mail products across various platforms, including Android, iOS, and Web. The role focuses on attracting and retaining top talent, setting the vision and roadmap for the team, and driving a culture of innovation and excellence. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with partners on business and product strategy while ensuring high-quality application development.

Responsibilities

• Engage, attract, and retain top talent
• Set vision and roadmap for the team, providing leadership in a fast-paced environment
• Drive a culture of innovation, excellence, best practices, and customer obsession
• Coordinate and collaborate with partners on business and product strategy
• Understand current technology trends and lead technical reviews
• Set clear expectations and goals for the team, measuring impact against goals

Requirements

• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related major
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in delivering large-scale mobile or web applications
• 5+ years of team management experience
• Experience in building mobile and/or web applications
• Strong programming experience in Kotlin, Java, C++ or similar languages
• Strong technical knowledge of Android mobile application development
• Understanding of large scale mobile applications (clustering, scalability, caching, performance tuning)
• Experience with web technologies such as TypeScript, NodeJs, HTML5, CSS3 and object-oriented Javascript
• Understanding of agile methodologies like scrum, Kanban, lean, and agile engineering practices
• Proficient in Unix/Linux environment, HTTP, Web services, and Restful APIs
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to manage and work with diverse groups of people

Nice-to-haves

• Experience developing mail applications
• Experience developing mobile applications, frameworks and/or SDK solutions for Identity, Privacy, Payments and/or Analytics

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 401K savings plan
• Company holidays
• Vacation
• Sick time
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program