Senior Software Engineer, AI-Driven Email Delivery

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 160,125 - 266,875; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Healthcare

401(k)

Education stipends

Backup childcare

Accessibility accommodations

Job summary

Yahoo Mail is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (IC4) to drive technical solutions for anti-spam and delivery systems at scale. You will own architecture across high-concurrency microservices, mentor engineers, and lead AI-assisted engineering initiatives in a hybrid cloud setting.

You will operate with autonomy, translating ambiguous requirements into resilient designs, and you will influence the reliability of Yahoo Mail infrastructure while collaborating with a talented squad.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong fluency in Java, Go, or C++ (depth in Java is strongly preferred).
• 2+ years of experience designing, owning, and operating components of large-scale distributed server applications in production.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate coding, debugging, and system optimization.
• Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed networking.
• Proven experience building and deploying cloud-native applications (preferably in GCP or AWS) with CI/CD automation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, guide architectural choices, and mentor engineering peers.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain high-concurrency, distributed microservices in Java and Go that meet stringent SLA, reliability, and security constraints.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering practices on the team, leveraging tools like Claude, GitHub Copilot and Cursor to accelerate feature implementation, code refactoring, and automated test suite creation.
• Integrate agentic AI workflows and LLM capabilities to enhance real-time spam detection models, abuse pattern recognition, and automated root-cause diagnostics.
• Lead technical initiatives across the squad, driving architecture reviews, code quality standards, and continuous deployment to production.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, CI/CD pipelines, and telemetry monitoring across cloud-native (GCP) and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate emerging AI engineering tools and agentic frameworks, recommending safe, effective ways to modernize engineering workflows and eliminate repetitive manual tasks.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a strong culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving.

Skills

Java

Go

C++

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Cloud computing

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science/Computer Engineering

Tools

GCP

AWS

CI/CD

Claude

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Kafka

Hadoop

Spark

LLM APIs

Job description

Yahoo Mail is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (IC4) to drive technical solutions for anti-spam and delivery systems at scale. You will own architecture across high-concurrency microservices, mentor engineers, and lead AI-assisted engineering initiatives in a hybrid cloud setting.

You will operate with autonomy, translating ambiguous requirements into resilient designs, and you will influence the reliability of Yahoo Mail infrastructure while collaborating with a talented squad.