Overview
It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. 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. Want in?
Mobile (Android) SDK & Ad-Formats developer
A Little About Us:
We are an industry leading direct to Consumer and Ad tech solution for advertisers and publishers. Our innovative ad tech gives one stop access to Yahoo, inc. trusted data, high quality inventory and demand, creative ad experiences and industry-leading machine learning, at global scale. Consumer Monetization team’s charter is to Find, Evaluate, Build, and Scale new monetization, subscription and internal campaign tools and products, ad formats and functionalities across all Yahoo brands including Yahoo Homepage, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News and AOL. This team is uniquely positioned to identify growth and revenue generation opportunities, design and implement solutions across consumer products and advertising platforms including video, display, native, and search.
A Lot about You
- Work with designers and other App developers (Android) to design , build and integrate innovative ad formats into popular native apps like Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance
- Design, Develop and contribute to Architecture solutions for subscriptions and Ads delivery on Android and SDK to achieve business and revenue growth.
- Write highly scalable Java code that is maintainable and testable.
- Be able to assess business requirements, translate them to development effort and raise issues proactively whenever scope/deadline is impacted
- Respond to high impact production incidents due to SDKs delivered to various Native App customers – internal or external
- Interact with consumers of Monetization SDK to understand their requirements, pain points and help them succeed.
- Participate in full application lifecycle (ideation, design, develop, test, build and deploy)
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- Experience in building SDKs/libraries used by mobile app developers
- Experienced in API design and developing clean and maintainable code
- Experience in automated testing of mobile application SDK code
- Prior experience building SDK’s for either iOS or Android, involving integration/building of RestFUL APIs
- Ability to mentor and/or coach junior developers
- Experience developing in Java/Kotlin or Objective C/Swift
- Prior experience building mobile applications using React Native
- Experience working with a large codebase and large enterprise environments.
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.
At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.
US Only: Please be aware that Yahoo requires all employees entering a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events) are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to obtain and show proof of a vaccination to enter a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events). Yahoo is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.
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, 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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