Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is a leading company that connects brands and partners with a vast audience. They are seeking an entry-level Data Engineer focused on semantic analytics and AI-assisted querying, responsible for translating business questions into structured insights and optimizing data systems.
Responsibilities
- Partner directly with internal stakeholders to gather analytical requirements and translate business questions into actionable data insights
- Leverage semantic analytics frameworks and MCP services to enable natural language queries against BigQuery datasets
- Develop, test, and optimize SQL queries and semantic models that support scalable and reliable analytics workflows
- Contribute to the design and refinement of metadata layers, data dictionaries, and query abstractions to improve usability and consistency
- Support the development of AI-assisted analytics workflows that integrate tools such as Claude, Copilot, Cursor, or similar coding assistants
- Monitor data accuracy, performance, and reliability across analytics pipelines and query services
- Collaborate with data engineers and platform teams to improve backend systems powering semantic query services
- Assist in automating reporting and insight generation using modern BI and AI-enhanced tools
- Troubleshoot query performance issues and improve cost efficiency within BigQuery environments
- Stay current on best practices in AI-driven analytics, semantic data modeling, and cloud data infrastructure
Skills
- BS in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Strong interest in AI-driven analytics, semantic data layers, and modern data access patterns
- Familiarity with SQL and cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery (or equivalent platforms like Snowflake/Redshift)
- Understanding of data modeling principles and structured analytics workflows
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable in a customer-facing or stakeholder-facing role with clear communication skills
- Curiosity and willingness to grow from analytics support into backend data engineering work
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar is highly desirable
Benefits
- Healthcare
- A great 401k
- Backup childcare
- Education stipends
- Much (much) more
Company Overview
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.yahoo.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Yahoo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 197 in 2023, 646 in 2022, 381 in 2021, 463 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.