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?

A Little About Us
 

Under the office of the CTO, the Yahoo Platforms Engineering (YPE) group enables all of the Yahoo verticals to develop and deliver the best possible products to our customers globally with the highest standards. Yahoo’s Platforms Engineering organization creates modern, secure, and efficient software platforms to power all of Yahoo’s brands at scale. 

Within YPE, the Infrastructure Engineering and Operations team provides high-performing infrastructure, network, engineering, and operations support, powering Yahoo and enabling the delivery of innovative technology solutions. We drive industry-leading innovation, passionately catering to our partners while maintaining an unwavering commitment to the development of our people. With a wide range of roles across engineering, operations, software development, service management, and infrastructure support, IEO is an excellent organization within Yahoo to start and grow your career.

We offer a variety of internships to students who want jobs with real responsibility, outstanding training, and the chance to learn from the best through 1:1 mentorship in a small team setting. As an intern, you will gain valuable work experience while developing your skills and establishing a track record to set you up for a potential full-time position after graduation. 

During the course of your internship, you will take part in an exciting lineup of intern events and engage in important projects that significantly impact the success of our businesses. At the end of your summer, you will have the opportunity to present your work to our leadership and network with our hiring managers.

Your Day

• Document, and Support end-to-end networking solutions to support global deployment of Yahoo! services including Global backbone—WAN, Metro, Data Center—LAN

• Implementation on newly introduced technologies, designs, and equipment.

• Contribute to the evaluation of new platforms for Yahoo! networking including development of test plans for current and next generation platforms, working closely with test engineers through test cycles, and partner with industry vendors on next generation platforms that will meet Yahoo!’s needs in the future platform selection

• Continued support for all Yahoo! technology, design, and platforms

• Contributed automation code for network configuration and troubleshooting

You Are 

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Masters or Phd program in Computer Science or related major, and have a strong record of academic achievement

• Experience with network environments

• Experience with Cisco. Juniper is a plus.

• Experience with python

• Experience in TCP/IP, L2/L3 protocols, LAN, Spanning-tree, WAN, IPv4, IPv6, BGP, ISIS, OSPF, MPLS

• Experience with and ability to demonstrate network troubleshooting

• Excellent problem resolution skills

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.

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.