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Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
Join the team that builds and operates eBay’s core streaming and messaging infrastructure—technology that underpins mission-critical, high-scale applications across the company. You will help design and develop our streaming lakehouse storage system while supporting the reliability and performance of platforms used across eBay. This role combines engineering and operational ownership and collaborates with global teammates to deliver resilient, scalable distributed systems.
What you will accomplish:Build, operate, and continuously improve eBay’s messaging and streaming platforms to ensure reliability, scalability, and high performance.
Design and develop the streaming lakehouse storage system that supports large-scale data processing and analytics.
Reduce downtime by proactively identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.
Strengthen observability through improved monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
Collaborate with global engineering partners to deliver resilient distributed systems.
Grow expertise in advanced streaming, storage, and distributed system technologies.
Strong foundation in computer science, including algorithms, operating systems, networking, and databases.
Proficiency in at least one programming language: Java, Rust, or C++.
Deep understanding of message middleware (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar, RocketMQ).
Familiarity with lakehouse table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Apache Paimon, or Apache Fluss.
Ability to work effectively within a global team environment.
(Nice to have) Experience designing and implementing distributed systems.
(Nice to have) Familiarity with storage engines such as RocksDB or LevelDB and database storage internals.
(Nice to have) Contributions to relevant open-source projects.
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Skills Required
- Strong foundation in computer science including algorithms, operating systems, networking, and databases.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language: Java, Rust, or C++.
- Deep understanding of message middleware (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar, RocketMQ).
- Familiarity with lakehouse table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Apache Paimon, or Apache Fluss.
- Ability to work effectively within a global team environment.
- Experience designing and implementing distributed systems.
- Familiarity with storage engines such as RocksDB or LevelDB and database storage internals.
- Contributions to relevant open-source projects.
eBay Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about eBay and has not been reviewed or approved by eBay.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage begin on the date of hire, complemented by mental health resources, an EAP, disability coverage, FSAs, and wellness initiatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A robust mix of PTO, paid holidays, flexible work styles, parental leave, and a four‑week paid sabbatical after five years supports work‑life balance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total compensation commonly includes stock components, with access to an employee stock purchase plan at a discount and stock awards enhancing overall packages.
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What We Do
eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. Our portfolio of brands includes eBay Marketplace and eBay Classifieds Group, operating in 190 markets around the world. We offer sellers the ability to grow a business with little barrier to entry regardless of size, background or geographic location. We never compete with our sellers. We win when our sellers succeed. Buyers who shop on our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms enjoy a highly personalized experience with an unparalleled selection at great value.
