Yahoo is looking to solve the problem of delivering innovation and growth for the Search business by integrating new technology and expanding infrastructure, and is seeking a Sr. Full-Stack Software Engineer to take charge of the technical direction and execution of full-stack applications.
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science, or equivalent degree/experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience with web application development (Frontend and Backend).
- Expertise with modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, etc.
- Experience with full-stack JavaScript development (Node, Express, etc.) is a plus.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing (Jest, Cypress, etc.), and agile development.
- Familiarity with AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Cursor).
- Experience with cloud services and infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Develop, design, and maintain simple, intuitive, and feature-rich dynamic interfaces and components, ensuring optimized and responsive user experiences.
- Perform code reviews, contributing to a collaborative and high-quality engineering culture.
- Design and develop scalable, maintainable, cloud-ready backend services and APIs.
- Collaborate closely with user experience designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver new features, enhancements, platform improvements, and bug fixes.
- Write testable, reliable code and participate in continuous deployment to production systems.
- Drive and enforce modern web application technologies, processes, and methodologies to improve speed, usability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Promote and drive adoption of industry-standard user interface best practices, including accessibility, internationalization, performance optimization, SEO, cross-browser compatibility, and caching.
Other
- Strong communication and collaboration skills — you thrive in cross-functional teams.
- Proven ability to translate strategy into technical execution and measurable results.
- 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.
- Flexible hybrid work options, with occasional in-person events or team sessions.
- Yahoo is an equal opportunity workplace, and will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
