Backend Engineer II: AI-Powered Email Delivery

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Yahoo is seeking engineers for the AntiSpam and Delivery team to build high‑performing, scalable systems that detect spam and ensure billions of messages are delivered reliably. Join a team of engineers, product managers, and designers modernizing infrastructure with cloud-native and AI-forward initiatives.

You will work with Java, Go, or C++, leverage AI-assisted tools, review code, and design robust services.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field with strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate distributed systems for inbound protection, entity reputation, traffic shaping, and message delivery.
• Review peers' code, provide constructive feedback, and help with estimation.
• Translate requirements into readable, testable code and deploy to production.
• Troubleshoot failures and tune performance across high-throughput services.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Go

C++

Cloud computing

AI knowledge

Unix/Linux

Troubleshooting

Education

BS/MS in CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

Job description

Yahoo is seeking engineers for the AntiSpam and Delivery team to build high‑performing, scalable systems that detect spam and ensure billions of messages are delivered reliably. Join a team of engineers, product managers, and designers modernizing infrastructure with cloud-native and AI-forward initiatives.

You will work with Java, Go, or C++, leverage AI-assisted tools, review code, and design robust services.