Sr. Production Engineer
Core
Senior Production Engineer responsible for reliability, automation, and infrastructure modernization for Yahoo's massive ad tech stacks and commerce platforms.
Role type
Senior IC Production Engineer (SRE/DevOps)
Builds
High-capacity distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools for Yahoo's commerce and content platforms.
Domain
Internet / Ad Tech / E-commerce
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS cloud platforms, Docker & container deployment (ECS/EKS), Go/Python/Java/Node.js, Terraform, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Datadog/CloudWatch, networking protocols, security standards (TLS/SSL/HSTS), AI pair-programming assistants.
Preferred skills
Multi-region/zone AWS architecture, UNIX/Linux internals, Nginx load balancing, Prometheus/Splunk/OpenTelemetry, Redis.
Technologies
AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Datadog, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS, Nginx, Redis, Prometheus, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, Amazon Q, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude.
Responsibilities
Analyze frameworks to oversee high-capacity distributed systems and establish operational standards; collaborate with developers on scaling, capacity management, and monitoring; resolve networking and system difficulties; leverage AI tools to accelerate IaC and automation; execute frontend visibility strategies (RUM, Core Web Vitals); coordinate deployment protocols and feature flags; build automated diagnostic pipelines; lead on-call troubleshooting; mentor junior engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
