A Lot About You:
The Software Dev Engineer II - Backend/Data will analyze, design, program, debug and modify software enhancements and/or new products. Lead development of data warehouse designs with our team of Big Data engineers Work in an agile Scrum driven environment to deliver new and innovative products. Duties include designing applications, writing code, developing and testing and debugging and documenting work and results. Keep up-to-date with relevant technology in order to maintain and improve functionality for authored applications.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement reusable frameworks, libraries and Java components, product features in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders
Ingest data from various structured and unstructured data sources into Hadoop and other distributed Big Data systems
Support the sustainment and delivery of an automated ETL pipeline and Validate data that is extracted from sources like HDFS, databases, and other repositories using scripts and other automated capabilities, logs, and queries
Enrich and transform extracted data, as required. Monitor and report the data flow through the ETL process
Perform data extractions, data purges, or data fixes in accordance with current internal procedures and policies
Track development and operational support via user stories and decomposed technical tasks in a provided issue tracking software, including GIT, Maven, and JIRA
Troubleshooting production support issues post-deployment and come up with solutions as required
Mentor junior engineers within the team for development
Requirements:
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
Three years of related industry experience
Experience in back-end programming, like Java, JS, Python, Node.js and OOAD and ETL Tools
Experience with one of Database technologies (Ex: Vertica, Oracle, Netezza, MySQL, BigQuery)
Experience of working with large scale databases
Knowledge and experience of Unix (Linux) Platforms and Shell Scripting
Experience in writing Pig Latin scripts, MapReduce jobs, HiveQL etc.
Good knowledge of database structures, theories, principles, and practices
Familiarity with data loading tools like Flume, Sqoop
Knowledge of workflow/schedulers like Oozie, Airflow
Analytical and problem solving skills, applied to Big Data domain
Proven understanding with Hadoop(Dataproc), HBase, Hive, Pig
Knowledge of Cloud providers like AWS, GCP, Azure
Writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code
Expertise in version control tools like GIT
Good aptitude in multi-threading and concurrency concepts
Effective analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency and drive
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.
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The compensation for this position ranges from $111,000.00 - $231,250.00/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.Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.