Software Engineer 2, Backend
About The Position
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. Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be on the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive work environment, join eBay – a company you can be proud to be with. We are the Collectibles team in the Focus Categories Organization. Our team is looking for a Backend Engineer to work on one of eBay’s key growth strategies. The focused category initiative, where there is an opportunity to have an immediate impact on the growth of the marketplace while elevating the experience for buyers and sellers alike working with a world class team of engineers, designers, product managers, and analysts to create great products that make a difference on one of the world’s most visited and loved websites. You will design, define implement highly scalable, performant distributive systems and collaborate with architects, product management, engineering and operations teams to developer innovative solutions alignment to development goals and principles.
Requirements
- Strong CS foundation (data structures, algorithms, OOPs, OOA/D)
- Building data-driven applications (RDBMS, NoSQL, ElasticSearch)
- Experience developing microservices
- Delivers results in fast-paced environments (agile, TDD, CI/CD)
- 2+ years of experience in working in Java, GraphQL, Spring/Springboot, REST APIs, messaging systems and/or other backend programming languages
- Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or other related field; 2 + years related experience (or Masters and 1 + years related experience)
- Innovative, team player, excellent communication and decision-making
- Collaborates and works with other team members for guidance and continuous improvement goals.
- Strong learning ability, self-driven
Responsibilities
- Develop features and services in highly scalable and reliable frontend and/or backend systems in a distributed system environment.
- Able to translate product and design documents into clean, high-quality, well-tested and maintainable production code autonomously
- Write test automations and practice continuous integration
- Conduct code review for immediate team
- Develop and maintain technical documentation to support software applications.
- Understands evidence-centered design and moving towards making code testable, ensuring high quality and improving velocity in continuous delivery.
- Effectively work in an agile development environment by delivering milestones, participating in design and code reviews, and communicating status and blockers.
- Proactive in troubleshooting and debugging issues in development, test and production environments.
Benefits
- maternal & paternal leave
- paid sabbatical
- plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead
- RRSP eligibility
- various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
