Principal Software Dev Engineer - Newsletters, Yahoo News - JR0024094_TX

$143,625 - $299,375/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Richardson, TX

Full-time - Principal

Onsite - Richardson, TX

About the position

The Principal Software Development Engineer for Yahoo News will play a crucial role in enhancing the newsletter products that serve millions of users daily. This position involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain innovative web components and email products, ensuring a delightful user experience through technical excellence and customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape the future of Yahoo News' newsletter products.
• Develop reusable newsletter web components with existing platforms and modern infrastructure.
• Make full-stack contributions for newsletter email products: enhancing email tracking and reporting, creating email templates and modules, and improving email personalization.
• Design, integrate, and maintain solutions for integrating ads into email.
• Scope, plan, and implement best-in-class software practices, strategies, and procedures, migrating and refactoring core technology components for Yahoo News as necessary.

Requirements

• Strong programming skills in Javascript, React, and Node.js.
• Experience with HTML/CSS and related frameworks.
• Experience with architecting infrastructure in AWS or GCP.
• Predisposition towards testing, instrumentation, and documentation.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and version control.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency with Next.js.
• Experience building HTML email templates.
• Usage of email platforms such as Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP) or Stensul.
• Any prior experience with AdTech, Google Ad Manager, etc.

Benefits

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