Back-end Web Engineer, Sunnyvale, CA Yahoo! News is hiring talented software engineers to design, maintain and build software and infrastructure in support our Elections, Social Media, Tools and Core Editorial projects.ÊYahoo! News Engineers daily face compelling and challenging tasks in building, refining, scaling and supporting the software and infrastructure running news.yahoo.com, the Web's most visited online news website. Ê Challenges include: Ê Conceiving, designing and implementing the next generation of online news Building high performance systems to ingest, process and distribute breaking news from thousands of sources, including hundreds of newspapers Lovingly crafting tools that enable editors to orchestrate multiple content sources Creating compelling, immersive experiences for news customers Architecting, developing and optimizing massively scaled database-driven applications Troubleshooting and resolving complex issues on live sites, during heaviest traffic Ideal candidates should have: Sponge-like ability to rapidly absorb and apply the most appropriate technology to difficult problems Proactive, driven to excel at getting things done well, on time Superior analytical, debugging and problem solving skills Persuasive written and oral communication skills, in English (multi-lingual a plus) Passion for building top-quality consumer products & services Exceptional ability to collaborate effectively on cross-functional project Consummate ability to create an optimal experience for internal and external customers Ê Pertinent technical skills & experience: Ê Mastery of the LAMP stack, common web protocols, RFCs and associated tools Fluency in SQL && (PHP | Perl | Python) && shell && regex Proficiency with HTTP, SOA, REST, XML, RSS, NewsML, HTML, DOM, CSS, and JavaScript Ops-level admin skills in BSD/*nix environments 5+ years experience developing scalable, fault-tolerant web applications and services BS in Computer Science, or equivalent (advanced degrees a plus)