Paranoids Technical Security Engineer II - Product Security

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.

• As Yahoo, our brands help people stay informed and entertained, communicate and transact, while creating new ways for advertisers and partners to connect. With technologies like XR, AI and machine-learning we’re transforming media for tomorrow, too. We're creators and coders, dreamers and doers creating what's next in content, advertising and technology.
• About Our Team
• When you impact millions of people every day, you become a large target for adversaries of all types within all layers of the stack. Our job is to keep our users safe and make Yahoo one of the safest places on the Internet. We are the information security team at Yahoo; known as "The Paranoids".
• Responsibilities
• As a Paranoids Product Security Engineer, you have the opportunity to guide secure development for a product area and in addition, own and drive secure development initiatives affecting the overall enterprise.

• What a successful candidate will bring to this position:

  • Innovative thinking with a curiosity for problem-solving and hands-on contribution
  • Taking a proactive approach to drive initiatives
  • High personal integrity and discretion
  • Entry level knowledge of various cyber security subject matter areas
• Requirements: 
  • Completion of a technical collegiate program such as CS/EE
  • 0-2 years experience in cyber security or computer programming field
  • Programming expertise in one or more of Python, Go, React, Java, JavaScript
  • Familiarity with public cloud(AWS, GCP)
  • Ability to work well in teams, deliver projects on time, and communicate clearly
  • Hunger to learn about enterprise-scale application security, automation, DevOps, etc. 
• Any of the following:  
  • Knowledge of information security
  • Knowledge of application, web app, API security 
  • Networking and protocols such as IP, TCP, and HTTP
  • DevOps tooling (SDLC)
  • Data analysis 
  • Deeper than user-level knowledge of Linux, Mac, Windows, or embedded environments

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Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

The compensation for this position ranges from €45,300.00 - €75,500.00 /yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. Your package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our benefits include healthcare, pension and a flexible package you can adapt to your own needs.

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