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Yahoo Holdings Inc. Principal Backend Software Engineer, Yahoo Mail - JR0025231_TX in Richardson, Texas
Responsibilities: * Design, implement, test, and debug features in mail supporting client features; revise and refine as required * Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects * Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers * Request and participate in code reviews * Participate in agile development with weekly sprints, planning and estimating work, daily standup, and retrospectives * Learn from a multitude of sources, including on the job project experience, reviewing code from others, team education sessions, collaborating with peers, frequently soliciting advice and shoulder reviews from leaders and architects, as well as online or class-based learning * Take initiative to identify, solve, and pursue problems you discover to full completion * Contribute to best practices and work culture of our team * Promote and solicit ideas within project teams
A Lot About You: You enjoy solving problems within a collaborative team. You have an interest in the full life-cycle of a product - designing, coding, testing, reviewing, launching, and troubleshooting. You will have the opportunity to participate in projects with significant impact on the success of Yahoo.
- Experience in OOP. Java or C++ preferred
- Experience in cloud native application development and architecture preferably in GCP or AWS
- Strong understanding of the fundamentals including Data Structures, Algorithms, OS and Networking
- Experience with development on Unix (Linux) platform
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience leading teams by designing, building scalable high-performing distributed systems
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
Preferred Qualifications: * REST API (with Jersey and/or Servlets 3.0) * Multi-threaded programming and/or understanding contention issues * Large-scale, large user base development * Web-scale or enterprise-scale development
The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.
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The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives.