Senior Software Engineer - Anti-Spam

About Yahoo

Yahoo is focused on making the world's daily habits inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. Yahoo is committed to building brands that people love, including Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, AOL & Techcrunch just to name a few. Our businesses span across Communications, Media, Search and many other verticals. We reach over one billion people around the world with a dynamic house of 50+ media & technology brands and are a global leader in digital and mobile, shaping the future of media. We create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses.

A Little About Us

Yahoo Mail AntiSpam Engineering: The Yahoo Mail Antispam team develops and maintains high-performing systems that reliably protect our users from spam, phishing, fraud, and abuse with advanced ML/AI algorithms. These systems require extreme reliability, resilience, and performance. We are tackling some of the toughest challenges in architecture design, algorithm development, and data engineering. There are innumerable opportunities to innovate in all these areas.

Yahoo Mail is the ultimate consumer inbox. It is 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. Come join this amazing team of Engineers, Product Managers and Designers to work on next generation innovative experiences transforming how users connect with each other every day.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field with a strong understanding of the fundamentals including Data Structures, Algorithms, OS, and Networking 

• 5+ years experience in software development with Java and/or C++

• 2+ years experience in owning and designing components of large-scale systems

• Experience in algorithm design and ML/AI

• Experience with public cloud technologies (GCP, AWS)

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex issues in cloud environments.

• Working knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Perl and or Ruby

• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior engineers in the team

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and taking initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, HBase, and Spark

• Previous exposure to anti-spam or anti-abuse engineering

• Familiarity with data mining, text processing, and classification algorithms

• Proficiency in statistical methods and exploratory data analysis

• at balance resources, constraints, requirements, and complexity

• Automate the provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and management of our infrastructure

• Lead projects and mentor team members

• Participate in agile development with weekly sprints, planning & estimating work, daily standup, & retrospective

• Effectively collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional teams

• Recommend alternative approaches to solving complex problems and use new technology to achieve goals 

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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