Yahoo · 2 weeks ago
Principal Backend Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $299K/yr
5+ years expYahoo is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will collaborate with key stakeholders to define a strategy for the AI platform of Yahoo Finance, focusing on building scalable AI pipeline components and event-driven microservices architectures for financial datasets.
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Responsibilities
Define and lead the vision for building scalable AI pipeline components, databases, and API endpoints
Design event-driven microservices architectures for processing large-scale financial datasets
Write production and prototype code for containerized data processing workflows
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to gather requirements and drive feature development
Develop integrations with multiple LLM providers and machine learning platforms
Implement real-time data processing pipelines with message queuing and fanout patterns
Collaborate effectively as both a visionary leader, a team player, individual contributor, and mentor junior engineers
Qualification
Required
Strong computer science fundamentals (MS or equivalent in CS): Python, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems and information retrieval
5+ years experience in platform engineering with focus on data-intensive applications
Experience with ETL/ELT processing and data management tools
Deep functional knowledge and hands on experience with: AWS cloud services, RESTful Web Services, Containerization (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform)
An excellent understanding of networking, I/O, and Linux/Unix
Strong coding background; experience writing production code
Excellent communication skills
Preferred
Experience building AI applications and LLM integrations
Familiarity with machine learning concepts and model deployment
Knowledge of vector databases and retrieval systems
Experience with prompt engineering and AI workflow orchestration
Understanding of financial datasets and market data processing
Experience with financial APIs and real-time data feeds
Knowledge of financial analysis concepts and metrics
Familiarity with regulatory data processing requirements
Benefits
Healthcare
401k
Backup childcare
Education stipends
Much (much) more
Company
Yahoo
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.8MKey Investors
SoftBank GroupSequoia Capital
2021-05-03Acquired
1996-04-12IPO
1995-11-30Series B· $4.8M
Leadership Team
Monica Vorn Mijaleski
Chief Financial Officer
Mike Gupta
SVP Finance / Chief Treasury Officer
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