Yahoo · 13 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$128K/yr - $267K/yr
4+ years expYahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to improve search quality and evolve foundational systems through modern machine learning and AI, enhancing user experiences across Yahoo Search.
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Responsibilities
Partner closely with data scientists and ML engineers to productionize machine learning models, transforming research prototypes into scalable, reliable backend services
Design, build, and operate high-throughput, low-latency APIs that power Guided Search experiences at large query-per-second (QPS) scale
Own the end-to-end serving lifecycle for ML-powered systems, including model integration, feature retrieval, online inference, rollout, monitoring, and iteration
Build and maintain robust data pipelines for training, validation, evaluation, and online serving, ensuring data quality, consistency, and freshness
Define and uphold production-readiness standards, including scalability, reliability, observability, and fault tolerance
Optimize systems for performance, cost efficiency, and operational excellence in a distributed, cloud-based environment
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and platform teams to translate product requirements into backend architectures that can evolve over time
Instrument services with meaningful metrics, logging, and alerting to support experimentation, A/B testing, and continuous improvement
Contribute to technical design reviews, documentation, and engineering best practices, raising the overall technical bar of the team
Qualification
Required
4+ years of professional experience building large-scale, highly scalable backend systems
Strong programming skills in C++ and Python, with experience writing production-quality code
Experience designing and implementing backend APIs and services, including web or service-oriented architectures
Hands-on experience with data pipelines and large-scale data processing, using technologies such as PySpark, Spark, or similar frameworks
Experience integrating and productionizing machine learning models within backend systems
Experience developing, deploying, and operating services in AWS environments
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
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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