# Sr. Data Engineer - Data Modeling & Governance at Yahoo

- Company: Yahoo
- What the company does: Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.yahoo.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States of America
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://ouryahoo.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/United-States-of-America/Principal-Software-Engineer---Analytics-Platform--Yahoo-Mail_JR0026111
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/yahoo-sr-data-engineer-data-modeling-and-governance/

## About the role

Yahoo Mail is the ultimate consumer inbox with hundreds of millions of users. It’s the best way to access your email and stay organized from a computer, phone or tablet. With its beautiful design and lightning fast speed, Yahoo Mail makes reading, organizing, and sending emails easier than ever.

## What they're looking for

- Technical Stewardship & Mentorship: Chair data design reviews, establish organizational data modeling standards, and mentor senior data engineers across Yahoo Mail
- Contribute to a culture: of continuous learning and growth
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
- 10+ years of professional software or data engineering experience, with a proven track record of architecting and owning significant, enterprise-scale data models (IC5 level)
- Demonstrated hands-on experience utilizing AI-assisted development platforms (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, LLM-driven query engines) to accelerate architectural design, SQL authoring, and pipeline optimization
- Deep technical expertise in cloud-native distributed data architectures, data warehousing, and schema optimization at petabyte scale