eBay · 10 hours ago
Software Engineer 3, Backend, eBay Live
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$147K/yr - $196K/yr
6+ years expeBay is a global ecommerce leader that is changing the way the world shops and sells. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems for eBay’s live shopping platform, ensuring high performance and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
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Responsibilities
System Design & Build: Design, build, and maintain scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant backend systems and microservices that power eBay’s global marketplace
End-to-End Ownership: Own subsystems end to end, managing the full software lifecycle including design, development, testing, deployment, observability, monitoring, and operational support (releases, on-call, incident response)
Production-Quality Code: Translate product and technical requirements into clean, efficient, maintainable, and production-ready code with a strong focus on performance and scalability
Testing & Automation: Drive test-first development, automated test coverage, and continuous integration and delivery pipelines
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to align technical decisions with business priorities and delivery goals
Code Quality & Standards: Conduct code reviews, maintain clear documentation, and advocate engineering best practices across teams
Measurable Engineering: Build testable, observable features that support evidence-based development and continuous improvement
Operational Excellence: Support an “always-on” platform through release management, on-call rotations, and incident response
Continuous Improvement: Evaluate design and implementation options, identify optimization opportunities, and raise the technical bar across projects and teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
6+ years of backend software development experience building and operating large-scale, distributed web platforms and APIs
Proven expertise designing, developing, and maintaining data-intensive backend systems using Java and the Spring/Spring Boot ecosystem
Hands-on experience building robust APIs using REST and GraphQL
Integrating asynchronous systems via Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging platforms
Strong experience designing and optimizing data-driven applications using relational databases, NoSQL stores, and search platforms such as Elasticsearch
Experience with schema design, query optimization, and data consistency trade-offs
Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization
Experience applying distributed systems concepts in production systems
Experience delivering high-quality, production-ready software in Agile environments
Strong practices around test-driven development, CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and operational readiness
Demonstrated ownership of complex features or subsystems
Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
Ability to make sound technical decisions and align execution with business priorities
Passionate about continuous learning and backend technologies
Contributing to knowledge sharing, mentoring peers, and staying current with emerging trends in distributed systems and backend engineering
Preferred
Experience building real time, user facing systems (e.g., live streaming, chat, bidding, collaboration tools, gaming, or financial trading)
Background working on high traffic, event driven products (launches, flash sales, live events)
Understanding of infrastructure capacity planning, traffic spikes, and graceful degradation under load
Lead root-cause analysis and implement long-term fixes across platform to eliminate recurring issues
Websocket and FGQL experience a plus
Benefits
Target bonus
Restricted stock units
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
401(k) eligibility
Various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave
Company
eBay
eBay is a global online marketplace enabling users to buy, sell, and auction new or used items across various categories.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.16BKey Investors
Benchmark
2022-11-07Post Ipo Debt· $1.15B
1998-09-24IPO
1998-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Jamie Iannone
CEO
Alex Kazim
VP, GM eBay Services
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