It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. 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. Want in?
About the Team
Yahoo is looking for engineers to join the Yahoo Hadoop team. Yahoo is the birthplace of Hadoop and has the largest Hadoop install in the world. The server count has grown from a few hundred nodes, to over 30,000 in the past few years. We have over 400,000 cores that process nearly 300PB of data spread over 20 clusters running a mix of Hadoop, Storm, and Spark.
About the Role
We are looking for motivated operations engineers to help build and enhance solutions to ensure the availability & reliability of the systems managed. If you are interested in distributed systems, love to solve complex and challenging problems, can work independently, and want to participate in some of the most exciting open source projects, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
Work on a combination of tasks & projects such as analyzing and assisting in the resolution of production software and infrastructure issues, reporting, deployments, and monitoring.
Understand all aspects of Yahoo’s Big Data Stack and learn select components in detail
Work closely with engineering, operations, and Hadoop users to engineer cutting-edge solutions that allow Yahoo to answer today’s most challenging big data questions.
Qualifications
BS/MS in Computer Science or in process of completing such degree
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong, methodical troubleshooting skills.
Interest in a technical role involving platform and infrastructure operation and management.
A desire to learn and perform individual research to improve technical proficiency.
The ability to use an object oriented programming language like Java or C++, scripting languages like Python or Perl
Knowledgeable of operating system fundamentals and computer architecture
An understanding of network protocols
Comfortable working in a Linux environment
Experienced with systems programming concepts like C, sockets, virtual memory, and the process life cycle
System administration experience is a plus, whether that’s from course work, time spent as a systems administrator for your campus computer lab, side projects.
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.
At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.
US Only: Please be aware that Yahoo requires all employees entering a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events) are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to obtain and show proof of a vaccination to enter a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events). Yahoo is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.
The compensation for this position ranges from $45,760.00 - $135,200.00/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. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.
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.
