Principal Back-end Engineer, Yahoo News - JR0024985_TX

$143,625 - $299,375/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Richardson, TX

Full-time - Principal

Onsite - Richardson, TX

About the position

As a Principal Back-end Engineer at Yahoo News, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the infrastructure that supports millions of users daily. This position focuses on developing and maintaining robust web applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement best practices in software development. Your expertise will help shape the future of Yahoo's products, ensuring they are efficient, scalable, and user-friendly.

Responsibilities

• Work in existing architecture that serves millions of requests via Java web applications.
• Define the foundations of the infrastructure that will power the next generation of products at Yahoo, using the latest in cloud services, frameworks, and open source tools.
• Help to scope, plan, and implement best-in-class software practices, procedures, and delivery.
• Contribute to implementation guidelines and execution strategy for your team's goals.
• Collaborate with peers, product managers, and engineering leaders on new features and enhancements.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• Experience with architecting infrastructure in AWS.
• Experience architecting, implementing, and maintaining web server applications.
• Familiarity with back end web application frameworks and open source tools.
• Predisposition towards testing, instrumentation, and documentation.
• Proficiency in managing APIs and integrating third-party APIs.
• Solid experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and version control.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.
• In-depth knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB).
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Python.

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred experience with Java or Node.js.

Benefits

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