Yahoo · 1 month ago
Director of Engineering - Developer Experience and Tools
United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$161K/yr - $350K/yr
15+ years expYahoo is a leading technology company known for its popular email service, Yahoo Mail. They are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Developer Experience and Tools team, focusing on creating innovative tools and frameworks that enhance developer productivity and experience across various platforms.
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Responsibilities
Lead the vision, strategy, and execution for the developer experience across web, mobile, and generative interfaces and the right tools to support the same
Build a high performing team focussed on improving developer experience and Build tools that improve engineer productivity by *10×* using code assistance, automated reviews, and context-aware documentation
Contribute to engineering efforts from planning and organization to execution and delivery to solve complex engineering problems in the area of Developer productivity apps and Developer workflows
Define and Tracking productivity metrics to encourage engineering efficiency and a high-performance culture
Analyze metrics at both team and individual level: velocity, refactoring frequency, bug resolution times—through reporting dashboards
Work collaboratively to design, implement and evolve high quality automation frameworks for functional and non-functional testing and design of visualization and reporting dashboards for monitoring and enabling data based decisions
Develop tools or implement features in existing tools for shortening the development cycle
Work with team members on detailed and constructive design and code reviews
Collaborate with the broader engineering team on design or architectural decisions
Be a role model for showcasing best practices, processes and culture to help Engineering teams improve their productivity
Make every engineer’s day-to-day productive and enjoyable!
Define engineering tooling roadmap
Qualification
Required
15+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of leading complex, high-impact projects
Demonstrated expertise in crafting and developing scalable, secure, and innovative software solutions
Demonstrated use of AI for coding, designing, planning and execution
Strong business insight, combining technical and business viewpoints to achieve strategic results
A growth mindset: curiosity, humility, and drive to explore how AI can reshape software development
Excellent leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leaders
Have extensive experience in building Developer productivity tools, metrics and dashboards
Have experience-driven empathy for the tools, frustrations, and processes that slow engineering teams down and lead to toil or burnout
Building AI based applications/workflows using LLMs with concepts like RAG and Agentic AI development
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, including quickly getting up to speed with new technologies
Preferred
Building, maintaining and supporting infrastructure
Benefits
Healthcare
A great 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
H1B Sponsorship
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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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