It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of 1 billion. Nearly half of Verizon Media employees are building the code and platforms that help us achieve that. 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 4 trillion data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business—and the world. Want in? As Verizon’s media unit, our brands like Yahoo, TechCrunch and HuffPost help people stay informed and entertained, communicate and transact, while creating new ways for advertisers and partners to connect. With technologies like XR, AI, machine-learning, and 5G, we’re transforming media for tomorrow, too. We're creators and coders, dreamers and doers creating what's next in content, advertising and technology.

About Us

Verizon Media (formerly Yahoo!, now a subsidiary of Verizon), is a values-led company committed to building brands people love. We reach over one billion people around the world with a dynamic house of 50+ media and technology brands. As a global leader in digital and mobile, Verizon Media is shaping the future of media. Our mission: build brands consumers love, build platforms customers love, and build a company talent loves.

Do you want to be part of an exciting & historically-significant product that millions of users use everyday? Have you ever thought of impacting 1 out of every 2 people online by innovative and imaginative ways that are unique in Yahoo! ? We do just that each and every day, and you could too. After all, it's big thinkers like you who will create the next generation of Internet experiences for consumers and advertisers across the world.

Yahoo! Search and Advertising Engineering team is looking for an experienced, self-motivated, and passionate software engineer to work on building the next generation Search UX & Native Advertising product.

About You

Software Engineer with professional experience in backend system development, who is motivated by our mission and want to ensure that our Search product and Native advertising platform play a critical role in improving the experience of our users, publishers, and advertisers.

Your Day

In this role you will independently research, plan, design, develop, test, and release software for new features and product enhancements, and revise and refine as required. You will develop on top of real-time measurement frameworks and evaluate the impact of new features with Big Data technology. You will directly work with product management, marketplace, and other outside organizations in an agile way where we ship frequently for making real impact to the users. Your peer engineers and scientists will be in multiple locations and you will cooperate together in developing internationalization/localization features and deploying to global markets.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master Degree in Computer Science or a related Engineering discipline.

• Strong CS foundation, substantial understanding of data structures and algorithms.

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid C/C++ or Java programming skills.

• Knowledge in Machine learning, IR or NLP is an advantage.

• Big data know-how in Hadoop, MapReduce/Pig programming, SQL/NOSQL technologies desirable.

• Familiar with Agile product development methodology desirable.

• Experience in using or developing open source software is a plus.

• Proactive attitude and problem solving skills.

• Team player, good interpersonal and able to work independently.

Verizon Media 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. Verizon Media 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 email ApplicantAccommodation@verizonmedia.com or call 408-336-1409. Emails/calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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