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About the role
We are seeking a Principal Engineer (IC5) to lead the architecture and development of AI-powered data intelligence platforms operating at Yahoo scale. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years building distributed systems and large-scale data platforms, or equivalent experience
- Degree in CS, AI/ML, Engineering, Math, or related field
- Deep Python expertise and strong software engineering fun
- Production experience with batch and streaming processing (Kafka, or equivalent)
- Shipped and operated RAG applications in production, search, and reranking
- Track record evaluating and validating AI-generated code correctness and operational safety
More about this role
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.
The Consumer Data’s Foundations & AI Platform Engineering team builds the foundational intelligence layer powering Yahoo's global ecosystem, processing over 100 PB of data daily for more than a billion users. We combine large-scale distributed data systems, enterprise knowledge and metadata, and modern AI to transform how data is discovered, understood, trusted, governed, and operated across the company.
Our mission is to build the intelligence and reasoning layer over Yahoo's enterprise data ecosystem—connecting metadata, lineage, operational telemetry, business context, and governance signals so teams can understand what is happening across complex data systems and take action with confidence.
We are seeking a Principal Engineer (IC5) to lead the architecture and development of AI-powered data intelligence platforms...
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