Principal Software Engineer Backend
Principal Software Engineer Backend
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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.
We are the Core Buyer engineering team that helps deliver engaging customer experiences for our buyers.
We own View Item domain (Item Page Transactions such Best Offers and Auctions) and help deliver innovations for our Focus Categories like Collectibles (Trading Cards Comics Toys) Fashion and Parts & Accessories.
We drive billions of dollars in revenue via 100s of millions of page views delivered daily across the globe across all devices & browsers. Performance Accuracy Real time systems (e.g. winning bid) Scalability and availability are paramount.
These experiences have great financial and customer impact.
We strive to delight the diverse customer base across the world. We are a data driven agile organization. We ship often get immediate user feedback and use experimentation to make decisions. We constantly push for engineering excellence and the best engineering culture.
We are looking for highly collaborative smart driven engineers who can help us reshape the future of our ecommerce platform.
Youll be working with a world class team of engineers designers product managers business partners and analysts in a fun environment building worldclass customer experiences.
As a Principal Engineer you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for setting the strategic direction of our backend systems and platforms.
You will work across teams and domains to solve the most complex technical challenges influence longterm technical decisions and create scalable solutions that support the companys growth.
Your leadership and technical expertise will drive innovation in platform architecture system design and engineering practices for multiple categories of products on ecommerce platform.
Key Responsibilities
Leading architecture vision and solving problems that span domains and systems
Uplevel technical community and foster a culture to drive engineering efficiency velocity quality and innovation.
Influence and drive cross domain initiatives with senior technical leaders for architecture alignment module reuse performance data consistency and high availability.
Getting into the details investigating issues writing code performing code reviews and prototyping new solutions
Modernizing and advocating for continuous improvement of the technology stack when applicable by driving change through the organization
Shepherding and collaborating effectively with product design and engineering teams across multiple domains and multiple geographies
Growing your team through coaching mentoring
Job Requirements:
15 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on largescale distributed backend systems.
Masters degree in Computer Science or Bachelors degree with equivalent experience
Proven experience designing and architecting complex systems at massive scale ideally within ecommerce or other hightraffic environments.
Expertise in distributed systems microservices eventdriven architectures
Deep understanding of highperformance databases (SQL NoSQL) caching strategies and data replication techniques.
Solid understanding of scalability and performance tuning for highvolume critical applications.
Experience working with Java Kotlin and deep familiarity with systemlevel design principles.
Track record of leading multifunctional projects aligning teams around complex technical initiatives that impact the entire company.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers at all levels provide strategic technical leadership and influence organizational direction.
Exceptional problemsolving skills with a focus on innovation scalability and performance optimization.
Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate with both technical and nontechnical partners at all levels of the organization.
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
