[Remote] Cloud Developer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is committed to building brands people love and serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally. They are seeking an experienced Cloud Developer to enhance their AI-powered cloud platforms and services, focusing on automation, developer productivity, and robust infrastructure management. The role involves developing Terraform modules, configuring Kubernetes deployments, and implementing AI-driven solutions for operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance Terraform modules to standardize cloud features across Yahoo’s global infrastructure
• Configure and automate Helm deployments for services hosted in Kubernetes
• Design and deploy AI-driven troubleshooting systems and cost optimization features that use machine learning to proactively manage cluster health
• Build and maintain intelligent onboarding agents (LLM-based) that guide developers through seamless cloud application configuration and deployment
• Implement AI-augmented development workflows, utilizing tools like GitHub Copilot or Cursor to accelerate code generation, refactoring, and documentation
• Identify and implement AI-driven efficiencies to replace manual or repetitive infrastructure management tasks with autonomous workflows
• Diagnose, resolve, and prevent production issues using a combination of Kubernetes expertise and AI-powered diagnostic tools
• Implement and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana) to provide high-fidelity data for predictive AI models
• Write clear, concise engineering documentation and mentor junior engineers on cloud best practices and AI-assisted coding standards

Skills

• 3+ years of professional experience with a BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience working with AWS or GCP public cloud environments
• Strong knowledge of cloud fundamentals including automation workflows, application deployments, monitoring, networking, and IAM
• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes (cluster management, operators, CRDs, Helm, GitOps)
• Experience with prompt engineering or structured interaction with LLMs to accelerate development tasks
• Ability to evaluate, refine, and validate AI-generated code and infrastructure templates for security and performance
• Knowledge of observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, etc.) for collecting and structuring data for AI/ML model consumption
• Skilled in identifying performance bottlenecks and determining root causes in distributed cloud systems
• Knowledge of Service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio) and IP networking (DNS, Load Balancing) is preferred
• Programming experience in Go and experience with Terraform is preferred

Benefits

• Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions
• Healthcare
• A great 401k
• Backup childcare
• Education stipends

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