FullStack Sr. Software Engineer - GRC

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. 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.

Are you a passionate and innovative software engineer eager to make a profound impact in the vital and evolving landscape of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)? We are actively seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our thriving team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in developing cutting-edge solutions that not only ensure the effectiveness of IT internal controls but also drive our critical privacy initiatives forward. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your technical expertise in a domain that is increasingly central to every successful enterprise, directly contributing to our company's security, integrity, and future-readiness.

Reporting directly to the Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance, you will be the driving force behind the ownership, development, and support of the software responsible for the comprehensive assessment, rigorous testing, and insightful reporting of the effectiveness of IT internal controls over financial reporting, alongside our essential privacy initiatives. Your contributions will be broad and impactful, including but not limited to the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

You will spend your days doing things like:

• Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deeply understand product requirements for new governance and compliance features, translating complex needs into actionable technical specifications.

• Shaping those requirements into robust, scalable design documents and implementing them through efficient, high-quality software solutions.

• Rigorously testing and debugging both your own software and code developed by others, ensuring exceptional quality, performance, and reliability.

• Proactively analyzing and strategically refactoring existing software to continuously enhance its reliability, performance, supportability, and operability, ensuring our systems are always at their best.

• Automating deployments through sophisticated CI/CD pipelines, upholding high availability and seamless integration of our critical systems.

• Designing and developing multiple robust and scalable frontend and APIs for backend services, enabling seamless data flow and functionality.

• Working extensively on intricate integrations with various vendor APIs, creating fluid and efficient workflows that enhance our capabilities.

• Managing complex database changes and stored procedures on MySQL, optimizing data integrity, access, and performance for critical GRC data.

• Contributing significantly to front-end development using modern technologies like JavaScript, AngularJS, and ReactJS, crafting intuitive and powerful user interfaces for GRC applications.

• Writing comprehensive JMeter and Selenium tests for web services and web page test automation, ensuring rigorous validation and functional excellence.

• Providing crucial support for production deployments and actively troubleshooting any issues to maintain operational excellence and system stability.

• Actively helping the team prioritize tasks, refine agile development processes, and strategically plan for future initiatives, contributing to our collective growth and success.

What You'll Bring (Must-Haves):

• A solid Computer Science foundation, evidenced by a degree in CS or a similar engineering pursuit, with deep expertise in data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, and modern software engineering practices.

• Proven proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java or C++, alongside strong skills in scripting languages like Python or Perl, and comfort working within Unix systems and containers.

• Exceptional design, coding, debugging, and testing skills, coupled with an unwavering commitment to detail and software quality.

• Extensive hands-on public cloud experience, specifically with AWS, including a strong understanding of its services for building scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.

• The expertise to effectively manipulate and derive insights from data using various query languages, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.

• Hands-on experience with artificial intelligence tools to support software development and productivity.

• Hands-on experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, NoSQL databases like MongoDB or Cassandra)

• A demonstrated ability to work with and contribute to large-scale distributed systems, tackling complex architectural challenges.

• Solid written and verbal communication skills, enabling clear, concise, and effective collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills, allowing you to efficiently navigate and resolve complex technical challenges.

• Exceptional team-working capabilities within an agile development environment, fostering a collaborative, productive, and innovative atmosphere.

• A willingness to engage productively with others in the industry through the mechanisms of open source software, contributing to the broader community and staying at the forefront of technological advancements.

• A genuine passion for building impactful products, collaborating with exceptional people, and making a tangible difference in the world of GRC.

If you are interested in this position and are ready to contribute your expertise to a critical and rapidly evolving domain, please submit your resume and a compelling cover letter outlining your experience, passion for GRC, and how your skills align with this exciting opportunity. We eagerly look forward to hearing from you!

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.

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.

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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.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

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 will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. 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 +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $111,000.00 - $231,250.00/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. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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