Sr. Backend Data Engineer - Streaming Data Platform, Yahoo! Mail

• Design and develop robust, highly scalable streaming systems and infrastructure on public cloud platforms (GCP).
• Identify and implement AI-driven efficiencies in day-to-day engineering work, utilizing AI pair-programming tools to accelerate development cycles and improve code quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support AI-driven product needs, including Mail Classification, Entity Extraction, and Summarization.
• Optimize streaming workflows by replacing manual monitoring or repetitive diagnostic tasks with automated, AI-assisted observability and alerting systems.
• Lead end-to-end feature development within a cross-functional team, ensuring solutions are both scalable and resilient.
• Exercise judgment in when to rely on AI-assisted code generation versus manual architectural design to ensure system reliability at Yahoo scale.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning through active participation in design discussions and code reviews.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of professional experience in software systems development, with 3+ years specifically in streaming platforms (GCP, Dataflow, Flink, Kafka).
• Demonstrated expertise in Java and high-throughput messaging technologies.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor) to level up thinking, design process, and coding speed.
• Familiarity with AI/ML deployment workflows and the data infrastructure required to support LLM-based features.
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles (CI/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes).
• Comfort operating in an evolving, AI-augmented environment with a focus on using automation to increase individual and team impact., * Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) at enterprise scale.
• Deep knowledge of real-time data governance and AI-generated output validation.
• Experience with Pub/Sub, Kinesis, SQS or other relative technologies.
• Interest in prompt engineering for automating technical documentation and system architecture mapping.

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.

The compensation for this position ranges from $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/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. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

Yahoo Mail is the ultimate consumer inbox with hundreds of millions of users. It's the best way to access your email and stay organized from a computer, phone or tablet. With its beautiful design and lightning fast speed, Yahoo Mail makes reading, organizing, and sending emails easier than ever. A Little About Us Digital Transformation is a highly critical initiative for Yahoo Mail and Communications. We are modernizing our tech stack on public cloud while building new cloud-native components and systems to support core features at massive scale. Yahoo Mail is the second largest email provider globally; we operate at a throughput and scale that few other companies face. We are looking for engineers to architect the next generation of our high-scale streaming infrastructure.