Sr. Production Engineer

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Champaign (IL); Hybrid; USD 128,250 - 266,875; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) plan

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking experienced DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure engineers with AWS expertise to join Platform Experiences.

You will own the reliability domain for high‑capacity distributed systems, driving automation, CI/CD, security and incident response while partnering with software teams to scale and improve performance. As a senior PE team member, you will mentor junior engineers, lead on‑call cycles, implement AI‑assisted tooling, and shape deployment strategies (canary, feature

Qualifications

• A minimum of five years of professional experience across SRE, Production Engineering, DevOps, and software development.
• Hands-on experience with AI pair-programming assistants to optimize development cycles.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, Java, or Node.js.
• At least 2 years of AWS cloud platform experience with Docker (ECS/EKS).
• Strong networking and security knowledge including TLS/SSL and certificate management.
• Experience designing reusable Terraform IaC solutions and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Datadog or CloudWatch for observability.

Responsibilities

• Analyze current frameworks and infrastructures to oversee high-capacity distributed systems and establish standards.
• Collaborate with development teams to scale, secure, and monitor systems.
• Lead on-call incidents and drive post-mortems to prevent recurrence.
• Implement AI-assisted tooling to accelerate IaC and automation scripts.
• Drive canary deployments, feature flags, and progressive delivery strategies.
• Mentor junior engineers and share cloud engineering best practices.

Skills

Five+ years of experience across SRE/P

Tools

AWS

Docker

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Datadog

CloudWatch

Nginx

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Redis

GitHub Copilot

Job description

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. Whether you're looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business-and the world.

About Yahoo Platform Experiences

Platform Experiences is a broad Yahoo organization that builds shared experiences and underlying platform capabilities across content, commerce, personalization, and site surfaces. The org includes squads such as Sites, Commerce AI, Catalog, Commerce Delivery System, Merchant Platforms & Data, and Recommendation Engine & Content Understanding. The team sits at the intersection of consumer experience and platform infrastructure. On the experience side, Sites focuses on organizing and presenting content in ways that maximize discoverability, SEO, and impact across properties. On the platform side, the org owns core systems for catalog ingestion and enrichment, merchant/data platforms, and affiliate or SKU-based product promotion through CDS. Platform Experiences is also in an important expansion phase. The org is taking on former News content hubs, standardizing them on the Platform layout, evolving the Commerce application into the Platform application, unifying the design system on Yahoo OS, and scaling experience configuration and taxonomy to support News verticals. The Production Engineering (PE/SRE/DevOps) team is the power behind engineering goodness for all above. By writing, designing and implementing software and infrastructure to drive velocity, operability, reliability and performance, the PE team ensures continuous quality and compliance on production systems. We also build and maintain tools and platforms for engineer productivity and are at the forefront of tech initiatives of infrastructure modernization with cloud platforms. We cultivate an environment open to experimentation, where continuous learning and AI-assisted automation are embraced to scale our impact.

Yes, we are DevOps! We are all about: Enabling a culture of ownership and excellence Engineering processes that are Automated and Agile Developing tools that are Self-Serve and (Re)Usable

Our goal is to:

Efficiently bring products to market Proactively prevent defects from reaching customers Swiftly address and resolve any production issues Solve problems using automation and software

If you believe in the above, come join us.

A Lot About You:

The Yahoo commerce team is seeking experienced DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure engineers with expertise in AWS and a strong knowledge of Web applications. If you have a strong focus on working in a dynamic environment and possess the required skills, we would love to have you on board with us.

We are looking for DevOps, Production Engineers (SRE's) who are problem solvers at heart, with solid ability to dig into code and own the reliability domain. As a senior member of the PE team, you will collaborate with developer partners to establish engineering and operational standards. You will drive reliability improvements, security structures, automation, CI/CD, and intelligent monitoring while helping mentor junior team members and accelerating developer velocity.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze current frameworks and infrastructures to oversee high-capacity distributed systems, pinpoint potential enhancements, and establish architectural operational standards.
• Engage with development teams to shape the product trajectory, offering senior-level expertise in scaling, capacity management, security, and operational monitoring.
• Address intricate networking and system difficulties to bolster overall platform stability and performance.
• Leverage AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Amazon Q) to accelerate the design, implementation, and refinement of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) scripts and custom system automation tools.
• Execute frontend visibility strategies, including Real User Monitoring (RUM), performance tracking for Core Web Vitals, and managing error budgets using Datadog or CloudWatch.
• Coordinate with frontend developers to establish performance thresholds, deployment protocols, and tools that enhance the developer experience.
• Drive progressive delivery-feature flags, canary releases, and A/B deployment strategies.
• Establish automated, AI-driven diagnostic pipelines using cloud tools (such as AWS Bedrock / Anthropic Claude) to ingest log streams, accelerate root-cause analysis, and streamline incident post-mortems.
• Take a leading role in the on-call cycle to troubleshoot and resolve live production issues, driving follow-up efforts to prevent recurrence.
• Mentor junior engineers within the immediate squad, leading small team initiatives and running knowledge-sharing sessions on cloud engineering and modern DevOps standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of five years of professional experience across SRE, Production Engineering, DevOps, and software development (or equivalent demonstrated engineering capacity).
• Hands-on experience utilizing AI pair-programming assistants (e.g., Amazon Q, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor) to optimize development cycles, review configurations, and accelerate script generation.
• Proficiency in developing with at least one language such as Go, Python, Java, or Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms, Docker & container deployment (ECS or EKS) for at least 2 years.
• Solid grasp of networking protocols and security standards, including TLS/SSL, HSTS, HTTPS enforcement, and certificate management.
• Proven track record designing and maintaining reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, specifically Terraform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub Actions.
• Experience utilizing Datadog or CloudWatch to maintain system observability.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive background in architecting and overseeing significant AWS infrastructure, including ECS, EKS, and multi-region/zone deployments.
• In-depth expertise in UNIX/Linux internals along with various troubleshooting utilities for networking and application stack analysis.
• Practical experience leveraging GitHub Actions for automated workflows.
• Knowledgeable in deploying software load balancing solutions such as Nginx.
• Adept with reliability and monitoring tools including Prometheus, Splunk, OpenTelemetry.
• Proficient in managing storage and database solutions like Redis, etc.

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. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call +1.866.772.3182 . Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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 $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/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.