Yahoo was founded in 1994 by two Stanford PhD candidates, and has grown into a company that helps you with its email, entertainment, news and sports, It strives to inspire, delight and entertain. Currently headed by Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! has been rebounding reputation, stock price and financially from difficult times just a couple of years ago.
As a leader in global daily habits like email, entertainment, news and sports, it strives to inspire, delight and entertain. By infusing its products with beauty and personality driven by itsr users, every Yahoo experience feels made to order for its 800M users.
How to find contract jobs at Yahoo?
For contract jobs at Yahoo in software development, testing, finance, accounting, editorial, ui or creative, connect with the recruiters at the the staffing agencies that Yahoo! uses to staff these roles. Even if they don't have openings currently that meet your skills, stay in touch with them as a number fo these positions are not advertised or get filled quickly when they are open.
Some sample contract roles Yahoo hires for and what the jobs involve.
Front End Engineer
"Build next generation applications for desktop and mobile browsers with an emphasis on emotional experiences and constant attention high performance, scalable, cross-browser compatible, accessible and elegant web applications with HTML5 CSS3, JS and other technologies. Partner with Product and Design to redesign and implement user interfaces. Envision and document designs for modules or components of overall solutions. Produce detailed engineering scope and specification documents."
Back End Engineer
“Responsible for building back-end applications and solutions for several sports sites. Investigate, describe, and solve large back-end application issues. Software development experience in PHP, Java, Perl and Python with Agile and Scrum methodologies and knowledge of BSD/Linux, Apache, MySQL”
Build and Release Engineer
"Responsible for all the efforts around build automation, build signing, and release of Yahoo Mobile Applications for all platforms, e.g., Android, IOS, Windows 8, etc"
Business Analyst
"Developing and implementing Technology solutions in coordination with IT groups that are fully integrated with Yahoo’s information technology standards, and demonstrating Contact Center IT best practices. Interact with business leaders across Yahoo to understand their priorities, pain points, then translate that into key business initiatives to deliver tangible results to the organization. Responsible for creating use cases, user stories, proposing solutions, and coordinating with IT teams to deliver projects successfully. Manage on-time project delivery and business expectations and ensure internal customer satisfaction
Accountant
"Ensure 100% controllership integrit. Post and review cash activities during month-end close which includes: monthly/quarterly journal entries, and month-end checklists based on finance requirements.Prepare monthly variance analysis for responsible Cash accounts.Prepare and ensure that all Cash account reconciliations have adequate supporting documents per Balance Sheet reconciliation procedure and guidelines. Ensure finance policies and guidelines are met satisfactorily during review/audit periods. Fulfill external audit and SOX compliance request."
