Staff Software Engineer - MTS 2

Posted 14 Days Ago
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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Expert/Leader
eCommerce • Retail
The Role
Design and build highly scalable, resilient distributed services and APIs for eBay's Shipping Platform. Optimize low-latency data pipelines, develop automated unit/integration/E2E tests, collaborate with product and operations, mentor engineers, and drive architectural and productivity improvements.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.


The role:
 

In eBay Seller Experience Shipping team, you will be an integral member of a growing organization that encourages passion, courage, and inventiveness - crafting the future of global commerce and making an important, positive impact on millions of eBay sellers and shoppers around the world.

We are seeking an engineer to work in the product development team, responsible for design and drive development of Shipping Platform in eBay marketplace!

Responsibilities:
  • Architect and develop highly scalable, resilient, and highly available distributed software applications, tools, extensible APIs, frameworks, highly maintainable services and machine learning models on constantly evolving business requirements.
  • Optimize and enhance high availability, low latency data platform 
  • Develop automated tests for to perform unit, integration & End to End testing.
  • Conceptualize, brainstorm, code, and continuously integrate and deliver innovative prototypes.
  • Collaborate closely with peers, Architects, Product Managers, Business Analysts, and Operations teams to develop innovative solutions that meet functional and non-functional standards and expectations.
  • Analyzes large codebases with minimal help, identifies areas of improvement, proposes solutions with buy-in from partners, and delivers results.
  • Demonstrates expertise in technical/product design and service interaction patterns that can span multiple functional areas.
  • Ensures the software created in their domain meets industry standards.
  • Demonstrates technical mastery such as anticipating future challenges (such as scalability and functional evolution) and foresees these in their designs to avoid rework.
  • Keeps pace with the evolution of technology inside and outside of the company and applies to solve problems where applicable.
  • Responsible beyond immediate functional areas to include touch points to the team’s work.
  • Balance technical tradeoffs with time to market or staffing challenges.
  • Improves team productivity by identifying and evangelizing opportunities for productivity improvements
  • Mentors other team members through code reviews, documentation, technical guidance, pair programming, etc.
  • Influences improvements to adjacent functional areas.
Requirements:
  • 10+ years of industry experience 
  • BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Math or related fields.
  • Experience with: Data structures & Algorithms, Design Patterns, Object Oriented Programming, Distributed Systems
  • Java 8+, Spring Framework 5+, Spring Boot 2+
  • Working knowledge of GraphQL, REST APIs using Jersey or any other frameworks.
  • Event Processing using JMS or MQ or Kafka
  • Relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL
  • Cloud related knowledge
  • Experience with agile development methodologies, Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI/CD
  • Ability to think innovative and contribute to the success of the products, processes and customer experience
  • Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure 

Additional Details

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.

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, 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.


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Skills Required

  • 10+ years of industry experience
  • BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Math or related fields
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Design Patterns
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Distributed Systems
  • Java 8+
  • Spring Framework 5+
  • Spring Boot 2+
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs (Jersey or similar)
  • Event processing using JMS, MQ, or Kafka
  • Relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL
  • Cloud-related knowledge
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • CI/CD
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work under pressure

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
26,035 Employees

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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