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Think about impacting 1 out of every 2 people online--in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely Yahoo!. We do just that each and every day, and you could too. After all, it's big thinkers like you who will create the next generation of Internet experiences for consumers and advertisers across the globe. Now's the time to show the world what you've got. Put your ideas to work for over half a billion people.



About Y!OS and Yahoo! Pipes
 
The Yahoo! Open Strategy Team is building the next generation of open platforms and integrating them into every part of Yahoo!. From platforms that add a social element to every aspect of Yahoo!, to an applications platform, and developer-focused offerings, the YOS team is tasked with transforming the way Yahoo! works. In building-out all the components of YOS, the team is focused on implementing distributed systems that are highly scalable and performant so they can reliably serve hundreds of millions of Yahoo! users and developers every day.
 
Yahoo! Pipes is an interactive data aggregator and manipulator that lets you mashup your favorite online data sources. At launch Tim O'Reilly called Pipes ''a milestone in the history of the internet.'' The Pipes team is now working towards version 2 of the platform and you'll be working on extending and maintaining the version 2 Pipes platform as well as bringing your ideas for further evolution of the product.
 
Job Responsibilities
 
* Maintain and develop the backend Pipes engine

* Strong ability to translate functional requirements into a technical design.

* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

* Excellent communication skills.

* Highly motivated to be part of a small, talented team (YQL and Pipes)
 
Minimum Job Qualifications
 
* 4+ years of J2SE and J2EE hands-on development.

* Ability to design, develop, test and deploy multi-tier distributed applications using Java Tomcat.

* Significant development experience in a *nix environment.

* Familiarity with a wide variety of software development methodologies, tools, languages and approaches.

* Working knowledge of Web Services, Design Patterns, XML, RSS

* Extensive knowledge of core Java libraries, design patterns, JSP and servlets.
 
Preferable Job Qualifications
 
* MS in Comp Science with 4+ years or Ph.D. in Comp Science with 2+ years of relevant industry experience.

* Ability to build scalable/fault tolerant systems

* Knowledge of programming language design

* Experience creating Developer tools

* Familiarity with wide variety of web APIs