Sarah Forth-Smith Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

I lead the Search Front End and Secure Edge engineering team. My team develops user experiences for all Yahoo! Search consumer products. I drive technical innovation and business strategy alignment while fostering a collaborative team culture and promoting individual growth through mentorship and coaching.- Partner with Product, Design and Data Science teams to define revenue and user engagement strategy. I participate in quarterly planning, product brainstorming and strategic discussions with 3rd party partners including Microsoft and Yelp. I assess technical feasibility for large-scale initiatives, manage engineering execution and make data-driven launch decisions. I am currently leading an initiative to integrate generative AI into Yahoo! Search. - Oversee technical investment roadmap. I collaborate with engineering leadership to identify investment areas and prioritize platform projects based on alignment with future business needs and company-wide goals. I recently led a successful multi-year project to modernize the Search Front End platform and am currently overseeing the AWS migration strategy for both the Front End and Secure Edge components. - Define and manage team hiring strategy. I project future headcount needs, secure funding and collaborate with the recruiting team to define candidate pool criteria. While doubling the size of my team over the last two years, I gained extensive experience evaluating candidates and making thoughtful hiring decisions. I recently created a new interview process that improves candidate experience and promotes fairness by standardizing interview questions and providing interviewer training.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

I led the team responsible for the Search front-end platform, which handles millions of user requests daily and supports the search experiences for Yahoo!, AOL, TechCrunch and numerous partner sites.- Led large scale, business-critical initiatives. I translated technical and business goals into project roadmaps, collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders and supervised the development process. I consolidated AOL and Yahoo! Search products onto a single shared Front-End platform and brought both products into GDPR compliance.- Influenced architectural decisions. I provided technical leadership based on my extensive full stack engineering experience and my strong understanding of complex large-scale applications. As a member of the Search Architectural Review Committee I was responsible for signing off on new product architecture, implementation strategy and launch plans across the entire search stack.- Promoted employee engagement and growth. I supported my team by removing roadblocks and fostering a positive and collaborative environment. I provided opportunities for team members to take on new challenges and learn new skills that aligned with their career goals. I ensured that team members understood how their work meaningfully fit into larger company priorities.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

I developed user experiences for Yahoo! Search product features. I collaborated with Product Managers, Designers, and other engineering teams to scope work, define A/B testing strategies and rapidly iterate. I partnered with production engineering to maintain application operability and responded to production incidents. - Front-end tech lead for key search initiatives. I translated business requirements into technical solutions built on top of proprietary PHP/Apache/RHEL application framework. I managed cross-functional collaboration and mentored junior team members to meet project goals and timelines. I was the Search tech lead for a company-wide rebranding initiative which required a full UI redesign and integration with a centralized branding platform.- Implemented interactive knowledge graph. I developed PHP code to integrate with data APIs, perform data transformation and apply presentation logic. Implemented UI features using HTML, CSS, JS focusing on cross-browser compatibility, performance and accessibility.- Integrated new company-wide coding standards into the search front-end development process. I supported the migration from CVS to Git, introduced code reviews and adopted CI/CD principles. I defined and documented new processes and worked with QE and PE to successfully transition to daily production deployments.

Reston, Virginia (Va), Us

I maintained the marketing and customer support websites for VeriSign domain name registry and SSL certificate businesses. I collaborated with Product Managers, Designers and Production Engineers to build, launch and support new features. - Redesigned VeriSign’s customer support and marketing websites and consolidated them into a single serving stack. - Integrated 3rd party CMS solution into VeriSign corporate website and built custom CMS functionality using PHP. Provided documentation, training and support to CMS end-users.- Supported new product launches by developing online marketing materials and implementing SEO.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Major: Film And Photography, Minor: Computer Science