Staff Software Engineer MTS2

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.

About the team and the role:
The eBay Ads team builds the advertising and promotion experiences that power growth for sellers and delight buyers on one of the worlds most trafficked and loved commerce platforms. We are a highly collaborative group of engineers data scientists/applied researchers product managers designers and analysts who experiment learn and ship at scale.

As a Senior Staff Engineer you will be a technical leader shaping the architecture and capabilities of our next-generation ads platform with a focus on highly scalable low-latency distributed systems and data pipelines. You will partner closely with senior technical and product leaders across eBay and will be a key driver of technical strategy design excellence and engineering best practices for the team.

What you will accomplish:

• Define and drive the architecture for large-scale low-latency fault-tolerant distributed systems that power ads experiences for millions of eBay customers worldwide.

• Deliver high-quality services and data pipelines end to endleading design implementation and rolloutto improve performance resilience and customer experience across our Ads platform.

• Partner with architects product managers engineers data scientists/applied researchers analysts and operations teams to design innovative data-driven solutions that align with eBays business goals and technical principles.

• Produce clear well-structured technical design documents and lead design and code reviews that raise the quality bar for the broader engineering organization.

• Influence and inspire a community of developers analysts and product managers by clearly communicating technical decisions trade-offs and results and by championing capability-oriented architecture and engineering best practices.

• Provide technical leadership coaching and mentorship to help team members grow their skills increase their impact and contribute to a high-performing inclusive engineering culture.

What you will bring:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field with 10 years of relevant experience or Masters degree with 8 years of experience or equivalent practical experience.

• Deep expertise in software design and development including system architecture distributed systems data structures algorithms object-oriented and functional programming.

• Strong hands-on experience building services and APIs using languages such as Java or Scala and RESTful web services.

• Proven experience delivering data-driven applications using both relational databases (RDBMS) and NoSQL technologies with a strong focus on scalability and reliability.

• Experience designing and operating large-scale fault-tolerant systems using big data and streaming technologies such as Spark Flink and Kafka.

• A self-directed delivery-focused approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners across time zones.

Additional Details

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.

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