Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Company Name: Yahoo Sports

Job Url: https://ouryahoo.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/United-States-of-America/Senior-Backend-Engineer_JR0026622?source=jobright&jr_id=6933cd16a0dde7020e2f1e28

Job Description: A Little About Us:
We are sports fans. We love our teams, our code, products and users. We are also committed to improving ourselves and are looking for someone who shares our values (honesty, integrity, collaboration) to join our team and make us even better. Working in Yahoo Sports is an adventure in delivering first class experiences across multiple devices at scale for an avid fan base you won’t find anywhere else on the planet. 

Responsibilities:

New feature development for our season long and casual fantasy games in an Agile environment

Maintain game operations (e.g. seasonal launches)

Build APIs to support our mobile and web clients

Improve the code base and maintain engineering excellence

Interact cross functionally with Product and Design teams to plan and execute on fantasy projects

Architect infrastructure solutions to complex problems for new development

Requirements: 

BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent certification

Technical Experience:

Working knowledge of Linux/UNIX

OOP and software design in PHP

Strong skills writing unit and functional tests

5+ years of experience


Nice to Have:

Building and/or using RESTful APIs

Web servers like jetty or undertow

Familiarity with cloud services like AWS

Experience with MySQL or similar query languages

Track record of proactively establishing and following through on commitments

Passion for sports and for delivering products that users simply cannot live without

Experience in using AI to d