Data Engineer II; IC

Yahoo Mail is the ultimate consumer inbox with hundreds of millions of users. It’s 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.

Please Note:
To support collaboration in this newly established team, the role requires on-site attendance at our Dublin office two days per week.

As a global email provider, Yahoo Mail is the ultimate Consumer Inbox with over 220 million monthly active users. It is the best way to access your email and stay organized from a computer, phone or tablet. We create technology that changes the internet while handling billions of inbound connections per day to manage trillions of messages requiring petabytes of efficient storage.

Be the best consumer email platform to help users run the business of their life.

The Mail Intelligence Org develops intelligent capabilities at scale to uncover interests, reveal habits, and personalize user journeys across Yahoo Mail and the entire Yahoo ecosystem.

We seek innovative, entrepreneurial, and passionate engineers dedicated to delivering exceptional user experiences. Your passion and ownership mindset are as vital as the high engineering standards, code quality, and world-class architectural skills we uphold.

We manage billions of mail messages with advanced backend systems and algorithms, including NLP, GenAI, and ML techniques. Our infrastructure extracts information, creates enhanced content, and integrates diverse data sources to amplify key insights. This work presents rewarding technical challenges for high-caliber engineers eager to tackle impactful problems.

Sounds Exciting? Then, come join us!!

• Contribute to Mail Intelligence Mission:
  Support the development of AI/ML capabilities that enhance user personalization and insights within Yahoo Mail and the broader Yahoo ecosystem.
• Innovate and Personalize:
  Assist in building scalable solutions that identify user interests and habits, contributing to personalized user experiences.
• Data Pipeline and Insights Development:
  Design and implement robust data pipelines using frameworks like Data Proc, Dataflow, and Composer. Streamline data processing and orchestration, utilize Data Lake and Pub/Sub for storage and streaming, and create insightful visualizations with Looker Studio to support AI/ML initiatives.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with cross-functional teams in the USA to integrate data solutions that enhance user experiences.
• Data Governance:
  Implement robust data governance practices to maintain data quality and compliance across the organization.
• Optimization:
  Continuously improve data workflows for efficiency and scalability.
• Technical Strategy:
  Collaborate with tech leads to align data strategies with business goals.
• Feedback and Recovery:
  Implement mechanisms to handle data processing failures gracefully.
• Tradeoff Management:
  Balance cost, quality, and speed in data solutions to optimize performance.

• Educational Background:
  You have a strong foundation in computer science, data engineering, or a related field, with a focus on big data technologies and cloud platforms.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  You are proficient in programming languages such as SQL, Python, or Java, and have experience with big data frameworks like Hadoop, Spark, or Kafka. You excel in using stream and batch processing frameworks and data visualization tools, and are skilled in implementing data governance practices.
• Data Engineering Expertise:
  You have advanced skills in designing and implementing data pipelines, ensuring data quality and integrity.
• AI Tools Usage:
  You have experience with AI development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, and Claude.
• Problem-Solving Ability:
  You possess strong analytical skills and a knack for solving complex data challenges using innovative approaches.
• Collaboration:
  
  You are a team player who can work effectively with cross-functional teams, including tech leads and architects, to deliver high-quality data solutions.
• Passion for Innovation:
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