Sr. Principal Architect

Yahoo Finance is seeking a Sr. Principal Architect to define and implement the next generation of its cloud architecture, including AI platforms. This hands-on role requires deep expertise in platform architecture, backend systems, cloud-native solutions, database systems, caching, real-time data, ML, and AI platforms. The architect will guide engineering squads, drive technical alignment, empower self-service, and ensure cost-effective cloud solutions, contributing to state-of-the-art AI products.

Must Have

• Drive strong technical alignment across all platforms at Yahoo Finance.
• Define the architectural direction for platforms and advocate to platform teams.
• Empower self-service across platforms, allowing full-stack teams to iterate independently.
• Work with AI architects and researchers on application platform solutions for AI products.
• Work with production engineering and leadership to ensure cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with the quality engineering group to define platform QA standards.
• Establish idiomatic and self-documenting platform solutions that align to YF standards.
• Participate in architectural reviews and establish standards for architecture design.
• 12+ years of professional software development experience, with emphasis on scalable, cloud-native platform applications.
• Proficiency in designing serverless cloud-native solutions using AWS technologies such as Lambdas.
• Proficiency working with containerized workloads.
• Proficiency working with both real-time and static data systems.
• Experience working with a variety of database systems.
• Experience optimizing performance, latency, cost.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Good to Have

• Preference for experience in an agent orchestration framework such as AWS Bedrock, GCP Agentspace, Langchain.
• Product-Oriented Mindset: Demonstrates a strong understanding of user needs and business goals.
• Strong team player who values diverse perspectives and encourages open dialogue.
• Ability to articulate complex technical ideas and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail in implementation.
• Opinionated backed by evidence; strong at influencing others to follow.
• Experience leading technical projects or complex features while remaining deeply involved in coding.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide team members through active technical collaboration and code review.

Perks & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work options
• Healthcare
• 401k
• Backup childcare
• Education stipends
• Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions

Yahoo Finance is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.

We are seeking a skilled platform architect to define and implement the next generation of Yahoo Finance’s cloud architecture, including our newest AI platforms.

We expect you to be hands-on, actively coding with deep expertise in platform architecture, backend systems, cloud-native solutions, database systems, caching, real-time data, as well as ML and AI platforms. You will report to the head of engineering and act as a trusted advisor along with architects in other technical areas.

As a key member of the YFinance Engineering organization, you will leverage your knowledge, experience, and skills with the latest cloud technologies and ever-evolving AI space to guide squads with technology choices. You will help complete proofs of concept to illustrate approaches that teams can take. You will improve productivity of squads building consumer-facing experiences through smart design that allows self-service wherever possible.

Expected Outcomes & Responsibilities

• Drive strong technical alignment across all platforms at Yahoo Finance
• Define the architectural direction for platforms and advocate to platform teams
• Empower as much self-service as possible across our platforms, allowing full-stack teams to iterate and contribute independently
• Be an advocate for YF’s platform direction within the broader Yahoo engineering organization
• Work with AI architects and researchers on the best application platform solutions to deliver state-of-the-art AI products and features
• Work with production engineering and leadership to ensure the most cost-effective cloud solutions
• Collaborate with the quality engineering group to define platform QA standards
• Reduce time to onboard new engineers
• Establish idiomatic and self-documenting platform solutions that align to YF standards
• Build partnerships with other platform architects around the organization
• Participate in architectural reviews and establish standards for architecture design

Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Technical Skills:

• 12+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong emphasis on building scalable, cloud-native platform applications
• Proficiency in designing serverless cloud-native solutions using AWS technologies such as Lambdas
• Proficiency working with containerized workloads
• Proficiency working with both real-time and static data systems
• Experience working with a variety of database systems, including traditional relational databases, document stores, in-memory databases and cloud-native solutions like MemoryDB
• Experience optimizing performance, latency, cost
• Preference for experience in an agent orchestration framework such as AWS Bedrock, GCP Agentspace, Langchain

Soft Skills:

• Product-Oriented Mindset: Demonstrates a strong understanding of user needs and business goals, prioritizing work and making technical decisions that best serve the product and its users.
• Strong team player who values diverse perspectives and encourages open dialogue.
• Ability to articulate complex technical ideas and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail in implementation, balanced with a focus on delivering user value.

Leadership:

• Opinionated backed by evidence; strong at influencing others to follow
• Experience leading technical projects or complex features while remaining deeply involved in the coding and implementation details.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide team members through active technical collaboration and code review.

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 $160,965.00 - $349,885.00/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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