Jobs at Yahoo

Lead design of top-of-funnel discovery and acquisition surfaces for Yahoo Games across desktop and mobile web. Create delightful, data-driven entry points that move users from awareness to play, prototyping in Figma and AI-assisted tools, partnering with product, engineering, marketing, and analytics, and evolving design systems to scale experiences.

Design social and editorial content for Instagram, TikTok and emerging platforms; create carousels, explainers, motion graphics, interactive experiences and map-based storytelling using tools like Ceros and Mapbox; develop visual identity, scalable templates, AI-assisted workflows, and collaborate with social and editorial teams to prototype and optimize audience engagement.

Own end-to-end CRM lifecycle strategy (acquisition, activation, retention, re-engagement) for Yahoo's product portfolio. Design journeys, triggers, and messaging cadences across email and push; define requirements and success metrics; partner with Product Marketing, CRM Ops, and Analytics; lead experimentation, A/B testing, performance analysis, and AI-driven automation to optimize lifecycle KPIs.

Lead paid search strategy and execution across Google and Microsoft Ads, scale profitable acquisition, run campaign optimization and testing, integrate generative AI (Claude) for copy and reporting, improve attribution and measurement, partner with analytics/engineering/creative teams, mentor team and manage agency relationships.

As a Principal Product Engineer, you'll design and implement AI-driven frontend solutions, tackle engineering challenges, and lead technical guidance in a collaborative environment.

Lead strategy and execution for Yahoo Mail client platforms and shared services across web, iOS, Android and emerging surfaces. Own platform vision, roadmaps, and cross-team initiatives for authentication, identity, privacy, security, and client frameworks. Drive platform transitions, stakeholder alignment, and metrics for performance, reliability, cost, and developer productivity.

Build AI-native, employee-facing security products (agents, skills, plugins), own AI tooling infrastructure, advocate for developer experience, integrate APIs/MCPs, validate AI outputs, and produce clear documentation and lightweight UIs for broad internal audiences.

The Senior Software Engineer will architect and optimize AI-powered developer tools, enhance the SDLC, collaborate across teams, and mentor peers to improve engineering productivity.

Lead the global design organization for Yahoo Mail, defining design vision, collaborating with executives, and enhancing AI integration in user experiences.

Lead research and algorithm design for large-scale ranking, personalization, recommendation, ads targeting, causal uplift, dynamic pricing, and revenue forecasting. Design, train, evaluate, and productionize state-of-the-art ML, deep learning, and RL models (including transformer/LLM hybrids) on cloud platforms, establish experimental standards, and mentor research engineers.

Manage design, QA, launch, and operational health of transactional messaging across email, push, SMS and other channels. Translate product requirements into executable campaigns, validate payloads and personalization, troubleshoot production issues, run experiments, maintain documentation, and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure reliable, compliant messaging at scale.

Own strategy and execution of paid search campaigns across platforms. Manage keyword strategy, bidding, ad creative, landing page testing, audience layering, budget pacing, and performance analysis. Run A/B experiments, collaborate with Data Science on bidding and attribution models, adopt AI-driven features, and maintain platform relationships to drive efficient customer acquisition and growth.

Lead and scale a data science and experimentation organization for Growth & Media. Own experimentation platforms and causal inference, build predictive and audience models, architect data pipelines and model-serving infrastructure, embed ML into marketing workflows, increase testing velocity, and present actionable findings to senior leadership to optimize acquisition, engagement, and budget allocation.

Lead ASO strategy and execution for Yahoo's flagship apps across Apple App Store and Google Play. Build keyword intelligence, run metadata and creative A/B tests, leverage third-party ASO and analytics tools, influence product quality signals with Product and Engineering, hire and lead an ASO team, and prepare for emerging AI-driven app discovery surfaces to drive sustainable organic growth.

The role involves designing and developing enterprise-grade software solutions, integrating AI tools, collaborating with teams, and maintaining documentation while enhancing productivity for Yahoo personnel.

Build and maintain high-performance, reliable backend systems for Yahoo Mail AntiSpam and Delivery. Design and develop complex server applications on Unix, leverage cloud platforms (GCP/AWS), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and ML/AI models to detect and deliver messages. Troubleshoot, optimize performance, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure scalability and uptime.

Design, train, and deploy high-throughput ML/NLP models and pipelines at consumer scale. Build resilient production model services, migrate ML infrastructure to public cloud (GCP), process massive distributed datasets, integrate AI-driven workflows, and collaborate cross-functionally to embed personalization into Yahoo Mail while maintaining code quality and performance.

Own real-time programming and presentation of Yahoo Finance content across desktop, mobile web, and apps. Optimize story placement, headlines, thumbnails, and mobile alerts to drive engagement. Use analytics and approved AI tools to craft SEO headlines and alerts, collaborate with editors, reporters, video, product and analytics teams, and iterate on visual and copy choices to grow traffic while maintaining accuracy and trust. Role requires consistent weekend shift coverage.

Provide legal counsel on privacy, AI, identity, and advertising technology; embed privacy by design with product and engineering teams; draft and negotiate privacy provisions and DPAs; advise on cross-border transfers and SCCs; run privacy and AI risk assessments; support incident response; create scalable legal playbooks and AI-enabled workflows; represent Yahoo in industry standards bodies.

Lead architecture and development of high-performance, scalable backend systems for Yahoo Mail using Java and C++. Set technical strategy, establish architectural standards, validate AI-generated code, mentor senior engineers, collaborate cross-functionally, and ensure reliability through automated logging, telemetry, and debugging workflows.