MTS 1, Backend Software Engineer

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If you are up for the challenge to build new and cutting-edge large-scale internet web services and applications used by millions of business sellers around the globe every dayand drive critical meaningful and impactful changes to one of the worlds largest internet propertiesthen join us on the Core Inventory & Listing Experience team.

We are seeking a talented creative and passionate MTS 1 Backend Software Engineer to architect design and develop innovative highly performant and available software in the form of web services and applications across various device form factors. These solutions will help business sellers worldwide onboard manage inventory and listings and grow their businesses on the largest global marketplace.

What You Will Accomplish

• Deliver highly scalable reliable backend systems powering eBays global selling experience used by 25M sellers

• Drive improvements in performance scalability and accuracy at the very top of eBays commerce funnel

• Enable seamless onboarding inventory management and listing experiences for business sellers worldwide

• Build and evolve distributed fault-tolerant systems across data centers that directly support billions of dollars in quarterly revenue

• Own and deliver major features end-to-endfrom architecture and design through development testing deployment and ongoing support

• Influence architectural decisions contribute to system design discussions and help shape the technical direction of core platform services

• Identify technical risks plan implementations and lead execution to deliver high-quality scalable solutions

• You will contribute at the very core of eBays selling experience delivering an engaging platform for more than 25 million sellers across 22 countries.

• Performance reliability scalability and accuracy are critical as this area sits at the top of the funnel for eBays global e-commerce ecosystem.

What You Will Bring

• BS in EE/CS or equivalent experience; 5 years building highly scalable distributed systems (or Masters with 4 years or PhD with 3 years)

• Strong expertise in Java and/or Scala with solid foundations in data structures algorithms and concurrent programming

• Deep understanding of system design and ability to lead projects through to completion

• Experience with REST/SOAP services design patterns OOA/D and internet-scale applications

• Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (Oracle MongoDB Cassandra Couchbase) and search technologies like Elasticsearch

• Familiarity with applying AI tools for code generation automated testing or intelligent system development

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills across cross-functional and global teams

• Experience driving architecture discussions producing design documentation and contributing to code reviews and testing

• Solid understanding of performance scalability security and modern web technologies

• Creativity curiosity and a passion for continuous innovation

• Strong ownership mindset and drive for results

• Ability to learn quickly think big and execute effectively

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• A desire to build impactful solutions while having fun along the way

Additional Details

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