Salesforce Engineer

Job Title

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

A Little About Us

Join the Monetization Sales Tools team at Yahoo and make a direct impact on our revenue growth and client success. We build and optimize advanced sales enablement solutions, primarily on Salesforce, that empower our sales and B2B teams to forge strong client partnerships and deliver cutting-edge digital media solutions.

You'll enjoy a highly collaborative environment, working closely with sales, marketing, and operations to enhance Yahoo's ability to serve strategic client needs and strengthen our extensive media network. We're a team that thrives on efficiency and creativity, driven by data and results, offering you the chance to lead technical initiatives that define Yahoo's leadership in the dynamic digital advertising landscape.

Responsibilities

• Solution Development: Develop, configure, and implement scalable Salesforce solutions, focusing on high-quality code and robust automation that moves beyond simple task execution.
• Core Engineering: Build and maintain custom applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and advanced Flow orchestration.
• AI Productivity: Implement AI-driven efficiencies in the software development lifecycle, utilizing AI-pair programming tools (e.g., CodeWhisperer) to accelerate code generation and unit testing.
• Validation: Critically evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs and configurations, ensuring technical accuracy and strict adherence to Yahoo security standards.
• Technical Design: Translate user stories and functional requirements into detailed technical designs, ensuring alignment with Salesforce best practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, UI/UX, and senior engineering leads to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with the long-term product roadmap.
• Operational Excellence: Monitor system performance, identify trends, and iterate on solutions to drive operational excellence and technical success.

Basic Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of B2B enterprise Salesforce CRM experience (Developer/Engineer), with a proven track record of delivering stable, scalable solutions.
• Certification: Salesforce Platform Developer I (PD1) is required.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong expertise in the Salesforce core stack: Apex (Triggers, Classes, Async), LWC, Flows, and REST/SOAP API integrations.
• Platform Knowledge: Solid understanding of the Salesforce Data Model, Security Model (Sharing/Visibility), and Governor Limits.
• Agile Experience: Demonstrated ability to work within an Agile/SCRUM environment, managing technical tasks and sprints effectively.
• Execution: Proven ability to work independently in complex situations while maintaining high-quality, production-ready outputs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Platform Developer II or App Builder certifications.
• Emerging Tech: Hands-on experience or a strong interest in Agentforce, Prompt Engineering, or building custom "Agents" for business use cases.
• AI Literacy: Experience integrating AI-enabled workflows into business processes to improve productivity.
• Global Teamwork: Experience with cross-timezone collaboration in a global engineering organization.
• Modern Tooling: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, Copado, or Gearset) and modern development frameworks.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on, age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form or call View phone number on click.appcast.io. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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.

Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.