MTS 1, Backend Software Engineer

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At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we're changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We're committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

Looking for a company where you can shape how the world buys, sells, and gives? Where you'll be part of a work culture that's been genuinely committed to diversity and inclusion since its founding more than 25 years ago? Where you can just be yourself, do your best work, and have a meaningful impact? If so, we'd love to talk to you.

Every day, millions of users sell and ship their wares using eBay. Our team supports this diverse community by building shipping products around the globe, helping individual sellers and small businesses to meet the growing expectations of online buyers. We are an agile team who adapt quickly and stay curious. Join us to make an impact on one of the world's largest e-commerce websites.

About the team:

eBay is looking to hire a passionate, collaborative and motivated Backend Software Engineer to work in eBay Live, While this type of real-time platform has gained broad acceptance in APAC, the adoption of live shopping in the Americas and EMEA is still relatively low, and we're working to be the platform of choice for this emerging trend.

You can read about some of the cool projects the team is working on:

• eBay Launches Live Shopping for Collectibles

What you'll do and learn:

• Translate requirements to software design and create clean, efficient, extensible, maintainable code.

• Practices evidence-centered design making features testable, ensuring high quality and improving velocity in continuous delivery.

• Manage project features, break into sub-tasks, identify and resolve issues for efficient execution.

• Provide technical guidance, code review for immediate team and other teams, coaching, and mentorship to individual team members.

• Identify gaps and issues across systems and functional areas, propose solutions, build the engineering roadmap, and drive resolution.

• Leads and improves E2E testing quality and increases delivery velocity across features.

• Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an "always-on" 24/7 site.

• Responsible for sub-systems within a large domain, possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise. Taking full responsibility for the entire software life cycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, observability and monitoring.

• Serve as a key player in influencing and guiding others towards the right technical decisions.

• Identifying areas of features likely to change and integrating flexibility in the design for these areas improving engineering velocity.

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners to develop innovative solutions that adhere to development goals and principles.

What you bring:

• Innovative, team player, excellent communication and decision-making

• Strong sense of ownership and interpersonal skills to work effectively across teams

• Strong learning ability, self-driven

• Excited about new and innovative technologies within immediate field of expertise

• Attending knowledge sharing sessions, both within the company and externally

• Learning transferable skills

What we bring:

• Exciting Product Mission with Impactful Technical Challenges - Dive into the heart of eCommerce innovation at Buyer Experiences, where we're transforming eBay's shopping journey. By focusing on simplification, personalization, and modernization, we aim to build world-class buyer and seller experiences on eBay marketplaces with creativity and passion. Utilizing cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI, you'll tackle complex challenges that directly improve the shopping experience for millions of eBay users everyday.

• Vibrant Culture - At Buyer Experiences, our strength lies in our diversity, transparency, and collaborative spirit. Our open culture ensures every voice is valued and heard. We celebrate our successes together and approach each challenge as an opportunity for collective growth. Be a part of a dynamic community that not only values your expertise but is also committed to your personal and professional growth.

• Flexible Working - Enjoy exceptional support for remote work, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life seamlessly.

• Competitive Compensation and Benefit - No matter where you are in the world, eBay supports your health and wellbeing with benefits as unique as you. Explore the benefits that help you be your best self. Check out our benefits here:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or other related field.

• 6+ years of experience in working in Java, GraphQL, Spring/Springboot, REST APIs, messaging systems and/or other backend programming languages.

• Building data-driven applications (RDBMS, NoSQL, ElasticSearch)

• Delivers results in fast-paced environments (agile, TDD, CI/CD)

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills.

• Excellent communication skills to collaborate across teams.

• Deep understanding of software development processes and standard methodologies, modern DevOps principles and continuous delivery

• Proven experience in building large, reliable, scalable distributed systems

• Work closely w/ colleagues and customers in different functional groups and remote offices

• Familiarity with shift left approach is a plus

• Past experience with Live Commerce or Live Streaming System is a big plus

• Experience on WebSocket is a big plus

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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