Principal iOS App Engineer, Yahoo Mail

A little about YAHOO!

Yahoo, with a strong foundation of 900 million users monthly, is in the midst of a renaissance; backed by substantial investment to drive meaningful, long-term growth, led by great products. Are you up for the challenge of writing a chapter on one of the biggest consumer product success stories in history? This won’t be easy, but if you’re motivated by huge opportunities, backed by an organization that is ready to invest in bold initiatives, and can’t wait to start building, Yahoo is the place for you.

• Responsible for the definition, design, development and timely completion of major new features in current and future products
• Performing code reviews for your peers where you will be learning from and contributing to a collaborative working model
• Tackling hard engineering and user experience problems and solving them in an elegant and seamless manner.
• Taking ownership of features and areas of the mobile application that will impact millions of users.
• Working with engineering team members to explore and create interesting solutions while sharing knowledge amongst the team.
• Collaborating with user experience designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver new features, enhancements, platform improvements and bug fixes
• Collaborate with other engineers to write testable, reliable code, continuously deploying to production systems
• Growing in a culture of learning through design discussions and code reviews
• Own, deploy, monitor and operate large scale production systems distributed across the globe.
• Recommend alternative approaches to solving complex problems and use new technology to achieve goals

• BS in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 8+ year’s experience
• Strong OO programming experience:  Swift, Objective-C, C++, Java or similar
• Strong foundation in Computer Science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Deep technical knowledge of iOS mobile application development with a solid understanding of the framework components and their life cycles.
• Expert in software development domain and principles, including design patterns, code structure, programming languages, continuous integration, and deployment architecture
• Experience with mobile test driven development using XCUITest, Espresso, Roboelectric, Appium, Kiwi or similar technologies
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

• Experience in leading app user growth initiatives
• Experience with AI, ML and GenAI
• Shipped an app to the Apple Play store
• Experience developing Mobile applications frameworks and/or SDK solutions for Identity, Payments, Analytics
• Experience with Web Technologies (NodeJs, JSON, TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3)
• Experience with SCRUM or similar agile development methodology

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.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

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