Backend Software Engineer

Company:  Yahoo
Location: Little Ferry
Closing Date: 09/11/2024
Salary: £100 - £125 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. Whether you’re looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business—and the world. Want in?

A Little About Us:

Platforms Engineering is driving a Yahoo-wide, industry-leading technology transformation and cloud journey. The Key-Value Store & Messaging Team is building the next generation of highly scalable systems and we are searching for a qualified, passionate, and highly motivated engineer. We handle millions of requests per second and store petabytes of data around the globe. This opportunity requires you to creatively approach problems from an analytical perspective and deliver automated and scalable solutions in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Driven by your passion and your ability to embrace new and exciting programming technologies, you will work with internal partners to define and craft innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain high-performance, scalable NoSQL and messaging platform systems that balance resources, constraints, requirements, and complexity
  • Deploy, monitor, and operate large-scale production systems distributed across the globe
  • Perform continuous integration to ensure that every step is testable and automated
  • Devise approaches to solving complex problems and utilizing new technologies to achieve goals
  • Participate in code reviews and design discussions
  • Automate the provisioning, scaling, and management of our infrastructure

A Lot About You:

  • 5+ years experience with Java and related technologies, eg. Undertow, Junit/TestNG, JAX-RS/Jersey, Spring/Spring-Boot etc.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and developing software with a focus on large scale distributed systems handling large amounts of data
  • Experience designing, building, and integrating with APIs
  • Excellent systems programming development, testing, and debugging skills using Java
  • Solid understanding of system design principles, coding best practices, and growing these skills within a team
  • Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline; or equivalent combination of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud-based environments such as deploying and optimizing applications on public cloud technologies
  • Knowledge of NoSQL, distributed systems, and streaming

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 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 ( or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion ( page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $111,000.00 - $231,250.00/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, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

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.

Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.

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