Assoc DevOps Engineer

Posted:
9/17/2024, 10:26:51 PM

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
DevOps & Infrastructure ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. Whether you’re looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business—and the world.

As Production Engineering (PE) you will have ownership of designing and leading the delivery of key components of Yahoo! Homepage and Backend supporting infrastructure to meet the high quality and performance bars. The team is the power behind engineering goodness for our production systems. By writing, designing and implementing software to drive velocity, operability, reliability and performance, the team ensures continuous quality on production systems as we embed deeply in the many layers and stages of software development.


Yes, we are DevOps! We are all about:


1) Enabling a culture of ownership and excellence,

2) Engineering process that are Automated and Agile,

3) Developing tools that are Self-Serve and (Re)Usable.

Our mission is to:

1) Deliver products to market quickly,

2) Prevent defects from reaching customers,

3) Repair production issues quickly.

If you believe in the above, come join us.At Yahoo we want engineers who are self starters and problem solvers with ability to do so with new and legacy code. Using innovative ideas to solve complex issues, while integrating easily with the running ecosystem, is a key trait that will fit very well in the organization. As a member of the PE team, you will drive such innovations with your developer partners and provide the operability arm by treating software as a first order responsibility.As the "world's largest startup", Yahoo's projects are fast-paced, challenging, specific and use a rich mix of data-backed science with test and experiment driven iterations. More importantly, in a fun and collaborative environment!

We are looking for software engineers who

Have a passion for solving difficult technical problems, from the network to the application stack; Like to relentlessly automate everything and anything at scale (tens of thousands of servers); Spend time trying to figure out how something works, not stopping with just knowing what it does;
Want to make real web applications and back-end systems faster, more reliable, more efficient; Think outside the box to build systems that collect, instrument, analyse data and provide insights about the system
Thrive on fast-paced projects, enjoy having broad and deep technical knowledge and are driven to iterate with new technologies.


You Must Have
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; Intermediate to advanced level of coding expertise in one of the languages Python, Perl, Go, Node, Java;Solid experience with writing, understanding and enhancing algorithms, data structures, scripting, and software design practices;

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with build & deploy technologies such as version control, Maven, Docker, Chef. Experience with containers and container orchestration technologies such as Mesos, Kubernetes.Experience with building CI/CD pipelines is a plus; Strong experience in administering, debugging and tuning web apps and containers and related tech; Deep understanding of UNIX/Linux system internals and tools for troubleshooting application stack dumps and networking;Experience in driving incident resolution and in addressing technical aspects (during and after) to both tech and non-technical audiences;

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.

Yahoo

Website: http://www.yahoo.com/

Headquarter Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States

Employee Count: 5001-10000

Year Founded: 1994

IPO Status: Delisted

Last Funding Type: Series B

Industries: Email ⋅ Internet ⋅ Native Advertising ⋅ Online Portals ⋅ Search Engine ⋅ Social Media