Yahoo · 22 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$121K/yr - $251K/yr
5+ years expYahoo is one of the internet’s leading destinations for comprehensive sports news and innovative fantasy games. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to develop new features for fantasy games, maintain game operations, and build APIs to enhance user experience.
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Responsibilities
New feature development for our season long and casual fantasy games in an Agile environment
Maintain game operations (e.g. seasonal launches)
Build APIs to support our mobile and web clients
Improve the code base and maintain engineering excellence
Interact cross functionally with Product and Design teams to plan and execute on fantasy projects
Architect infrastructure solutions to complex problems for new development
Qualification
Required
BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent certification
Working knowledge of Linux/UNIX
OOP and software design in PHP
Strong skills writing unit and functional tests
5+ years of experience
Preferred
Building and/or using RESTful APIs
Web servers like jetty or undertow
Familiarity with cloud services like AWS
Experience with MySQL or similar query languages
Track record of proactively establishing and following through on commitments
Passion for sports and for delivering products that users simply cannot live without
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
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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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