Principal Full-Stack Engineer, Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Holdings Inc. in; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Full-Stack Engineer to join their innovative Yahoo Finance team. This role offers the opportunity to lead the development of cutting-edge features that enhance user experience and community engagement. As part of a dynamic environment, you will utilize your extensive experience in modern web technologies, including HTML, CSS, and various JavaScript frameworks, to create impactful solutions. The company values curiosity and problem-solving, encouraging engineers to take initiative and iterate on their ideas. With flexible hybrid work options and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this role promises a rewarding career path in the financial technology sector.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid work options

Healthcare

401k

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Discretionary annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of relevant experience in software development.
• Strong knowledge of modern web technologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of next-gen features for Yahoo Finance.
• Collaborate with peers and product managers on new features.

Skills

HTML

CSS

SCSS

Typescript

Javascript

React

Vue

Svelte

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Education

BS in Computer Science

Equivalent experience

Tools

Node.js

NextJS

Nuxt

SvelteKit

Job description

Principal Full-Stack Engineer, Yahoo Finance (Finance)

Yahoo Finance is the world's #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.

We are looking for a talented Principal Full-Stack Engineer as Yahoo Finance undergoes a period of rapid innovation and expansion. A successful candidate will thrive with having high autonomy and agency. They will balance innovative and pragmatic approaches to integrating next-generation services and implementing frontend solutions for Yahoo Finance.

Who You Are

• You have a bias for action. When you see problems, you solve them.
• You are extremely curious. You are constantly interested in how the software you interact with works "under the hood."
• You enjoy developing small building blocks and composing them into larger solutions.
• You fearlessly iterate. Your first solution only exists so that a better solution can ship instead.
• You are customer focused-regardless of whether the customer is an external user or an internal team.
• You can go from zero to production ready, deployable, web-apps-including CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the hands-on development of next-generation features for Yahoo! Finance with a focus on personalization and community.
• Define, scope, plan, and implement best-in-class software practices, procedures, and delivery.
• Contribute to implementation guidelines and execution strategy for your team's goals.
• Collaborate with your peers, product managers, and engineering leaders on new features and enhancements.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or a related major, or equivalent experience
• 7-10+ years of relevant experience.
• Familiar with HTML, CSS and CSS preprocessors (SCSS, etc).
• Experience with Typescript (or Javascript) and Node.
• Strong working, development, and deployment knowledge of modern web-based tech, such as React, Vue, Svelte, etc.
• Familiarity with full-stack web frameworks like NextJS, Nuxt, SvelteKit, etc (or similarly equivalent tech)
• Experience consuming RESTful, GraphQL, or equivalent APIs for user facing applications.
• Well-versed in software development design patterns, code structure and debugging tools.
• Experience mentoring software engineers and leading by example.
• Strong team player-you are genuinely interested in opposing opinions and can support your own perspectives with thoughtful reasoning.
• Excellent listening and communication skills; able to communicate team and project goals clearly.

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!

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.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/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.