Software Engineer, Backend

About eBay

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.

About the Role

Like to shake things up? We do! eBay hires innovators who can push boundaries and change the world.

Design, develop, and implement testing practices to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards for company products. Think globally and help eBay be on the forefront with new products, including cloud-based or internet-related tools.

Collaborate with engineers, business units, product management, architects, and operations teams to build solutions in the Advertising domain. Lead and estimate engineering effort, plan implementations, and rollout for applications integrating with multi-functional components. Design, develop, and test major features while working in an Agile Scrum team. Utilize Java, Oracle DB, NoSQL, and other technologies eBay is using, such as NodeJS, HTML, Javascript, CSS, AJAX…etc.

Advertising is a fast growing, high priority area at eBay. The team builds and manages critically important systems at a scale and complexity that is very unique. eBay’s ad products serve 190 million buyers worldwide, and deal with 50 Billion daily events across various stacks. This role will provide an opportunity to work across technology stack from front end to back end, and learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support projects throughout all phases of the software development process
• Develop innovative solutions that meet market needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and consistency to development goals and principles
• Participate in all aspects of PDLC including requirement/design reviews as well as code reviews
• Create testing harness/infrastructure/test cases/Automation geared towards ensuring quality of the product
• Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and rollout system changes
• Lead product initiatives, recommend improvements, mentor and guide junior team members
• Identify project risks and work effectively to mitigate them
• Share release management duties on feature rollouts
• Develop industry and product technical expertise
• Find and help fix stability/scalability issues in a very time critical environment

Qualifications

• Ability to think out of the box in solving real world problems
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent professional experience
• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience
• Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience
• Ad domain experience a plus

Employment Details

• Employment Type: Full time

Benefits

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive