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Do you have passion for solving problems that come at scale? At eBay, we deal with petabytes of data that is queried and transformed at a rapid basis - we do 100s of billions of queries per day and update billions of records. If dealing with data of this size and volume is not very exciting, we would like to mention that we are forming a team that will build a geo-distributed, always available, and high-performance distributed database platform demonstrating cloud technologies.
A Senior Software Engineer in the database platform team has knowledge and ideas on how to develop innovative solutions smartly. The database platform is being built by a team that has the culture and the environment technologists find at a startup. We are looking for outstanding software engineers with strong development experience in building scalable and geo-distributed solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong understanding of relevant programming languages, databases, transaction systems, distributed systems, consensus algorithms, replication, design patterns, storage, and network. Exceptional problem solving abilities will be critical for success, as will be a focus on quality. In our environment, quality is everyone’s responsibility, passion is key, innovation and creativity is strongly encouraged. The successful candidate will participate in the entire lifecycle of a product ranging from architecture through testing and production rollout.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Be part of a team of phenomenal engineers building next-gen database platform using the latest open source technologies
- Design and implement differentiated production-ready features in a fast-pace environment with focus on scalability, performance, geo distribution, and availability
- Rollout features at the pace of business changes and requirements
- Passion to bring out innovative ideas and try out new solutions, while being open minded to feedback from the team
- Relentless focus on quality and automation
Job Requirements:
- More than 5 years of experience developing/testing/deploying secure production quality software products
- Expert level programming (C++/Java) is required with demonstrated ability to solve complex problems
- Prior experience building distributed systems at internet scale
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals: storage/buffer manager, WAL, MVCC, lock manager, query planner/executor. Alternatively, deep expertise in Streaming processing(Flink, Kafka, Message product) is also OK.
- Strong transaction management background: isolation levels, concurrency control, deadlock detection, crash recovery, physical/logical replication, and HA/failover strategies
- Experience in performance engineering: profiling (perf, gdb, flamegraphs), benchmarking (pgbench), autovacuum tuning, index/statistics optimization, and I/O/memory optimization for large-scale workloads is preferred
- Technical leadership experience in guiding teams and making architectural decisions
- Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent is required.
- Demonstrated experience in leading critical project to production
Additional Details
eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.
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Skills Required
- More than 5 years of experience developing/testing/deploying secure production quality software products
- Expert level programming (C++/Java) is required
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals or Streaming processing
- Strong transaction management background
- Experience in performance engineering
- Technical leadership experience guiding teams
- Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent
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.
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