Principal Backend Engineer, Yahoo Mail
Yahoo is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to join the Core Mail team, responsible for maintaining one of the world's largest email platforms. You will lead architectural modernization efforts, design high-scale distributed systems, and integrate AI-driven solutions into development workflows. The role requires extensive experience in Java or C++, cloud-native development, and leadership in high-impact technical projects. You will collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to deliver low-latency experiences for hundreds of millions of users.
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Experience
10+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Hybrid, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Yahoo is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to join the Core Mail team, responsible for maintaining one of the world's largest email platforms. You will lead architectural modernization efforts, design high-scale distributed systems, and integrate AI-driven solutions into development workflows. The role requires extensive experience in Java or C++, cloud-native development, and leadership in high-impact technical projects. You will collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to deliver low-latency experiences for hundreds of millions of users.
TAL's take
High-impact, large-scale principal role at a major global brand with clear architectural and leadership responsibilities.
The JD provides a very clear context regarding the team's scale, mission, and the specific technical challenges involved.
Salaries at Yahoo
23.2 LPA average
Based on 13 Grapevine salary entries for Yahoo.
Engineering
0 - 2 years | IC1
11 LPA average
Range: 10 - 12 LPA
Engineering
6 - 8 years | IC4
39 LPA average
Range: 39 - 39 LPA
Engineering
8 - 10 years | IC4
36 LPA average
Range: 36 - 36 LPA
Other roles
0 - 2 years | IC1
12 LPA average
Range: 12 - 12 LPA
Must haves
- 10+ years professional software engineering experience
- 3+ years experience leading teams building scalable distributed systems
- Experience in OOP (Java or C++ preferred)
- Experience with cloud native application development
- Proven expertise in AI-driven coding agents integration
Tools and skills
Nice to have: rest api, jersey, servlets 3.0, multi-threaded programming.
About the company
Yahoo is an established global technology company, currently classified as tier 2 for engineering recruitment purposes.
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