Sr. Distributed Systems Eng-Security

At eBay were more than a global ecommerce leader were changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. Were 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. Were 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.

eBays Cloud Security Engineering team is building the next generation of identity and access platforms that secure one of the worlds largest commerce ecosystems.

Our distributed systems power millions of users services and transactions every day and are foundational to eBays trust security and reliability. As a Distributed Systems Engineer youll design and build cloud-scale directory services authorization platforms and policy engines that enable secure real-time access decisions across human and non-human identities.

Were looking for engineers who combine deep distributed systems expertise with an AI-first engineering mindset. You view AI as a force multiplieraccelerating software development improving system reliability automating repetitive tasks and enabling smarter operational decisions. Youll help evolve traditional identity systems into intelligent adaptive platforms while shaping how AI is responsibly integrated into the engineering lifecycle.

• Design and build cloud-scale directory services that manage identities entitlements and relationships across eBays global platform.
• Develop high-performance policy engines and low-latency authorization services supporting fine-grained access control (RBAC ABAC PBAC) for millions of real-time requests.
• Build resilient APIs and microservices that are secure observable scalable and easy for partner teams to integrate.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering throughout the software development lifecycle to improve design coding testing debugging documentation and operational efficiency.
• Integrate AI-driven capabilities into identity and authorization platforms to improve policy intelligence anomaly detection operational insights and adaptive access decisions.
• Build highly observable services with automated deployment monitoring and incident response using modern cloud-native engineering practices.
• Partner with Identity Platform Security and Infrastructure teams to define next-generation identity architectures and continuously improve eBays security posture.
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate engineering workflows improve developer productivity and simplify operations through responsible adoption of AI technologies.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years building large-scale backend or distributed systems with strong knowledge of scalability consistency replication partitioning and fault tolerance.
• Experience developing cloud-native services using Java Go or similar languages including scalable APIs and microservices.
• Experience with SQL NoSQL or graph databases and modeling identity entitlement or relationship data.
• Strong understanding of authorization models (RBAC ABAC PBAC) and familiarity with policy engines (OPA Cedar) IAM LDAP or modern identity platforms.
• Experience using AI-powered engineering tools to improve software development testing code quality troubleshooting documentation and operational excellence.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes cloud-native architectures service meshes and modern observability platforms.
• A growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning automation and adopting emerging AI technologies responsibly to improve engineering outcomes.

You are an engineer who embraces AI as an integral part of modern software engineeringnot as a replacement for technical expertise but as a tool to amplify your impact. You continuously learn automate repetitive work improve engineering processes and use AI to build secure reliable and scalable systems faster while maintaining the highest standards of quality security and operational excellence.

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