Sr. Back-End Developer

Yahoo Sports is one of the internet’s leading destinations for comprehensive sports news and innovative fantasy games. We produce insightful content across multiple platforms and curate quality coverage from around the web to inform and entertain fans. We're an original fantasy sports pioneer, with a legacy of innovation that helps us continue to be a fantasy leader. And as one of the most-visited sports platforms on the internet, we're one of the best places for brands to reach fans.

Yahoo! Fantasy Sports is looking for seasoned back-end developers who are passionate about technology and excited about the potential of AI-driven innovations in sports experiences. Join our growing team to help define and build cutting-edge sports applications while taking our top-rated sports and fantasy apps to the next level.

In this role as a Back-End Developer, you’ll be responsible for architecting and optimizing our Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) API stack in collaboration with our iOS, Android, and web teams. Your work will power real-time fan experiences at scale—supporting up to 100K requests per second on NFL Sundays. We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about scalable systems and redefining sports technology. 

What You’ll Bring:

Required Technical Skills and Experience:

• 6+ years of Java development experience, including building scalable RESTful APIs which are consumed by user facing mobile/web applications.

• 6+ years of experience with server-side API programming on Linux, focusing on scalable, high-performance web services

• Strong fundamentals in object-oriented design, design patterns, data structures, algorithm design, and problem-solving

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud infrastructure

• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation to support critical systems

• Commitment to well-designed, well-documented code

• BS in Computer Science or Engineering, MS preferred
   

Other Required Skills and Experience:

• Exceptional analytical aptitude and attention to detail

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills

• Self-motivated, well-organized team player

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
   

Bonus Points For:

• Experience in using AI to develop code and solve problems

• Experience in stream processing systems like Storm, Spark, Flink, Kafka, etc

• A passion for sports and fantasy sports

• Expertise in highly available distributed data services

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and unit testing

• Experience with AWS services like S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway

If you thrive on building next-generation experiences, are eager to explore AI-driven innovations, and want to work on high-impact projects in sports tech, join us at Yahoo! Fantasy Sports! 🚀

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 $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/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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