[Remote] Principal/Staff AI Enablement Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is a leading consumer inbox service with hundreds of millions of users, dedicated to enhancing the email experience. The Staff AI Enablement Engineer will drive the transformation to AI-native engineering practices, fostering AI adoption and innovation across development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation from AI-curious to AI-native engineering practices across development teams
• Drive AI adoption by demonstrating measurable business value through hands-on enablement, training, and proof-of-concept initiatives
• Evaluate emerging AI tools and coding agents (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Codex) and provide data-driven recommendations tailored to Mail's engineering ecosystem and legacy infrastructure
• Define, track, and report on adoption KPIs, identifying opportunities and implementing strategies to accelerate usage and impact
• Foster a culture of AI innovation through communities of practice, knowledge-sharing forums, and recognition of successful use cases
• Design and implement technical frameworks for integrating AI tools into software development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering best practices
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives to evaluate coding agents against standardized engineering tasks across multiple Mail teams
• Measure and optimize the performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency of AI tool deployments
• Stay at the forefront of AI advancements, identifying emerging technologies and opportunities that create strategic and competitive advantages

Skills

• Experience with latest AI tech - Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with proven expertise across multiple programming languages and paradigms
• Deep hands-on experience with AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
• Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI model capabilities/limitations
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and modern software development workflows
• Proven ability to drive technical initiatives across large engineering organizations
• Strong communication skills with the ability to create compelling narratives for different audiences

Benefits

• Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions
• Healthcare
• A great 401k
• Backup childcare
• Education stipends

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 Apollo. 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.