Key skills
AI-driven analyticsSemantic data layersSQLBigQueryData modeling principlesAI-assisted development toolsAnalytical thinkingCuriosityProblem-solving skillsClear communicationAIData EngineeringAnalyticsBISnowflakeRedshiftGitHubCommunication
About this role
Yahoo is a leading internet company that connects brands and partners with a vast audience. They are seeking an entry-level Data Engineer to work on semantic analytics and AI-assisted querying over large-scale data systems, collaborating with internal stakeholders to translate business questions into data insights.
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
Requirements:
- 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