Senior Web Engineer (AI-Driven, High-Scale Inbox)

Yahoo; United States; Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work options

Job summary

Yahoo Mail is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead front-end features for our high-scale web inbox. You will own delivery from architecture to production monitoring, leveraging AI-assisted tools to accelerate development while upholding security and accessibility standards.

Bring strong React/JS/TS skills, modern tooling experience, and a track record shipping customer-facing features in a CI/CD environment. Hybrid work option available in the United States.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering (or equivalent) with 6+ years of professional software engineering experience on high-scale web applications.
• Strong fundamentals in Data Structures, Algorithms, Software Architecture, and Web Performance Optimization.
• Deep command of modern web frameworks (React, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript) and modern styling methods (Atomic CSS, CSS3).
• Hands-on experience with front-end build and testing tools (Webpack, Redux Toolkit, Storybook, Jest, Playwright, React Testing Library).
• Hands-on proficiency with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code) integrated into daily software design, development, and debugging workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to write structured prompts, evaluate AI-generated outputs, and iterate on AI suggestions to produce robust, secure production code.
• Active commitment to validating AI-assisted code to prevent security vulnerabilities, hallucinations, edge-case failures, and performance regressions.
• Strong track record of shipping and operating scalable customer-facing web features in a CI/CD environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a collaborative, growth-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, develop, and ship high-impact features for Yahoo Mail web products, owning deliverables end-to-end from technical architecture through production monitoring.
• AI-First Workflow Orchestration: Leverage AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate web application implementation and refactoring while maintaining architectural integrity, code quality, and security standards.
• Lifecycle Optimization: Identify and implement AI-driven efficiencies across the software development lifecycle, replacing boilerplate code and repetitive tasks with automated AI-validated workflows.
• Technical Judgment & Oversight: Balance AI-generated code outputs with rigorous manual review, ensuring correctness, security, and performance/adherence to a11y standards.
• High-Scale Impact: Take end-to-end technical ownership of Yahoo Mail web components, solving complex engineering and user experience challenges at massive scale.
• Quality & Collaboration: Perform thorough code reviews and collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and cross-functional partners to deliver platform improvements and fixes.
• Operational Excellence: Write clean, testable code and actively deploy, monitor, and maintain large-scale production web systems distributed across global infrastructure.
• Mentorship & Innovation: Mentor engineers to elevate standards, scale AI-assisted development, and evaluate new tooling for the team.

Skills

React

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Web performance

CI/CD

Code reviews

AI coding assistants

Security awareness

Technical architecture

Communication

Education

BS in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Webpack

Redux Toolkit

Storybook

Jest

Playwright

React Testing Library

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Yahoo Mail is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead front-end features for our high-scale web inbox. You will own delivery from architecture to production monitoring, leveraging AI-assisted tools to accelerate development while upholding security and accessibility standards.

Bring strong React/JS/TS skills, modern tooling experience, and a track record shipping customer-facing features in a CI/CD environment. Hybrid work option available in the United States.