Engineering Manager, Yahoo News at Yahoo! Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

A Little About Us

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love-from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news-with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

At Yahoo News, we are laser-focused on making discovery delightful and becoming the world's best curator for our 35 million daily users and expanding our distribution to more platforms to meet millions more users where they are. Building the best guide to the Internet (and the world) requires building the best team.

A Lot About You

• You have a bias for action. When you see problems, you solve them


• You are extremely curious. You are constantly interested in how the software you interact with works "under the hood"


• You are customer focused-regardless of whether the customer is an external user or an internal team


• You are willing and able to write code from time to time, although that is not a day to day part of this role. You are excited to get into the weeds and be hands on, but you know when to trust engineers to execute


• You give continuous clear feedback to your direct reports. Engineers on your team know when they are below, meeting or exceeding expectations


• You excel at explaining technical concepts to anyone and everyone. People enjoy collaborating with you

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineers of mixed skill sets


• Responsible for the success of engineering product and initiatives


• Work with the team to scope, plan, and implement best-in-class software practices, procedures, and delivery


• Give continuous feedback to your team


• Contribute to implementation guidelines and execution strategy for your team's goals


• Collaborate with product managers, and engineering leaders on new features and enhancements

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)


• Experience managing engineering teams


• Experience architecting, writing and maintaining web or mobile applications and services


• Familiarity with a variety of popular frameworks like ReactJS, NodeJS, Java Spring, Python Flask


• Knowledge of modern CI/CD systems and methodologies


• Familiarity with popular cloud service providers and their offerings (GCP, AWS)

We encourage candidates who may not check all the boxes to apply

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 $120,750.00 - $251,250.00/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.