Senior Platform Dev Engineer — Node.js & AI Tooling

Yahoo Holdings Inc. in; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k)

Education stipends

Backup childcare

Job summary

Yahoo is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to own Yahoo's enterprise Node.js development environment, including runtimes, packages, container images, and automated release pipelines. You will develop reusable CI/CD workflows and integrate AI tooling to boost engineering productivity across teams.

You will monitor security updates, manage releases, and collaborate with security, OS, container, and application teams while maintaining documentation and platform operations.

Qualifications

• Strong software development skills in Node.js and JavaScript or TypeScript; experience with Python, Go, or other programming languages is a plus.
• Experience building or maintaining shared developer platforms, runtime environments, or infrastructure used by multiple engineering teams.
• Strong Linux, container, and CI/CD experience, including build automation and system troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Git, GitHub, GitLab, and modern source code management practices.
• Working knowledge of AI programming tools such as Claude AI and Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot, with the ability to use them effectively in software development and automation.
• Experience managing software releases, dependencies, security updates, and supported-version lifecycles.
• Experience with RPM packaging, enterprise Linux, native Node.js addons, or compiling language runtimes from source is preferred.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the lifecycle of Yahoo's supported Node.js runtimes, including adopting new releases and retiring end-of-life versions.
• Build and maintain Node.js packages, container images, internal-library integrations, and automated release pipelines.
• Develop and support reusable CI/CD and GitHub Actions workflows for Node.js applications and libraries.
• Monitor upstream releases, security updates, and dependency changes, translating them into timely platform updates.
• Troubleshoot complex runtime, build, packaging, container, and dependency issues affecting engineering teams.
• Automate platform maintenance, testing, release validation, and other recurring operational work.
• Partner with security, operating system, container, CI/CD, and application teams on platform changes and migrations.
• Support the team's GitHub Enterprise and GitLab Enterprise services and develop tools that improve the source code management experience.
• Use and help integrate AI programming tools such as Claude AI and Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to improve engineering productivity and automate development workflows.
• Document platform operations and clearly communicate releases, migrations, deprecations, and required actions to internal users.

Skills

Node.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Go

Linux

CI/CD

Build automation

System troubleshooting

Git

GitHub

GitLab

AI programming tools

Claude AI

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

RPM packaging

enterprise Linux

native Node.js addons

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Git

GitHub

GitLab

RPM packaging

Job description

Yahoo is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to own Yahoo's enterprise Node.js development environment, including runtimes, packages, container images, and automated release pipelines. You will develop reusable CI/CD workflows and integrate AI tooling to boost engineering productivity across teams.

You will monitor security updates, manage releases, and collaborate with security, OS, container, and application teams while maintaining documentation and platform operations.