We are looking for a talented Principal Full-Stack Engineer as Yahoo Finance undergoes a period of rapid innovation and expansion. A successful candidate will thrive with having high autonomy and agency. They will balance innovative and pragmatic approaches to integrating next-generation services and implementing frontend solutions for Yahoo Finance.
Who You Are
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 enjoy developing small building blocks and composing them into larger solutions.
You fearlessly iterate. Your first solution only exists so that a better solution can ship instead.
You are customer focused–regardless of whether the customer is an external user or an internal team.
You can go from zero to production ready, deployable, web-apps–including CI/CD workflows.
Responsibilities
Lead the hands-on development of next-generation features for Yahoo! Finance with a focus on personalization and community.
Define, scope, plan, and implement best-in-class software practices, procedures, and delivery.
Contribute to implementation guidelines and execution strategy for your team’s goals.
Collaborate with your peers, product managers, and engineering leaders on new features and enhancements.
Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or a related major, or equivalent experience
7-10+ years of relevant experience.
Familiar with HTML, CSS and CSS preprocessors (SCSS, etc).
Experience with Typescript (or Javascript) and Node.
Strong working, development, and deployment knowledge of modern web-based tech, such as React, Vue, Svelte, etc
Familiarity with full-stack web frameworks like NextJS, Nuxt, SvelteKit, etc (or similarly equivalent tech)
Experience consuming RESTful, GraphQL, or equivalent APIs for user facing applications.
Well-versed in software development design patterns, code structure and debugging tools.
Experience mentoring software engineers and leading by example.
Strong team player–you are genuinely interested in opposing opinions and can support your own perspectives with thoughtful reasoning.
Excellent listening and communication skills; able to communicate team and project goals clearly.
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.
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The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/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.
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