The Data Engineering and Integrations team provides vital data processing and application services that are used for a variety of critical functions and strategic initiatives at Yahoo. We deal with a variety of data sources ranging from enterprise to big data and work on the very latest technology within the Yahoo grid ecosystem. We also engineer applications that enable our users to gain better insights to their data as well as to act on it. 


A Lot About You 



You are a self driven and motivated individual that wants to make an impact by offering innovative solutions in the big data and custom applications space. You are a free thinker, have a hunger to learn, willing to try out new tools and technologies and willing to look for the best and most practical solution to any given problem (rather than the quickest or easiest). You take on challenges head on and work well under pressure. No task is too big or small or you and you treat everything with equal merit. You are a good team player and thrive as part of a team of equally talented and motivated individuals. You are a strong communicator. 


Your Day 

• Work on development initiatives as part of a scrum team on sprint cycles. 
• Closely interact with our stakeholders (Product Owners/Managers, Business Analysts, others) for clarity on sprint items and for verification of developed solutions.
• Participate in team activities such as sprint grooming sessions, project or product discussions, brown bags as well as the occasional team outing. 
• Follow appropriate coding standards and best practices as applicable. 
• Document your work well. 
• Participate in code reviews for your peers.  
• Collaborate with your peers for finding solutions to complex problems. Share knowledge with your peers and also learn from them as required. 
• Work on operational and production support for the applications we build and maintain.
• Work towards quarterly team and organizational goals that should be result oriented  and measurable.

You Must Have 

• 3+ years of overall experience in software development. 
• Strong data engineering experience.
• Strong scripting experience using Python/Perl.
• Strong experience with relational database systems such as Oracle, MySQL. 
• Experience with any BI tool such as Microstrategy, Looker, Tableau etc would be a plus.
• Experience with big data technologies - HDFS, Pig, Hive etc would be a plus.