Software Engineer 2

eBay • Austin, TX

4d

About The Position

The Product Knowledge team is at the epicenter of eBay’s Tech-driven, Customer-centric overhaul. Our team is entrusted with creating and using eBay’s Product Knowledge - a vast Big Data system which is built up of listings, transactions, products, knowledge graphs, and more. Our team has a mix of highly proficient people from multiple fields such as Machine Learning, Data Science, Software Engineering, Operations, and Big Data Analytics. We have a strong culture of collaboration, and plenty of opportunity to learn, make an impact, and grow! We are looking for exceptional Engineers, who take pride in creating simple solutions to apparently-complex problems. Our Engineering tasks typically involve at least one of the following: Building and supporting a pipeline that processes up to billions of items, frequently employing ML models on these datasets Creating services that provide Search or other Information Retrieval capabilities at low latency on datasets of hundreds of millions of items Maintain and enhance production systems, ensuring availability, reliability, and scalability. Diagnose and resolve production issues. Build monitoring, alerting, and automation solutions to reduce manual intervention. If you love a good challenge, and are good at handling complexity - we’d love to hear from you!

Requirements

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or an equivalent professional experience
• 2+ years of years of software engineering experience in production/operational environments.
• Strong coding skills in Java, Kotlin, Python, C++, or similar languages.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and APIs
• Hands-on experience with databases (SQL/NoSQL), monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Good verbal and written communication and collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

• Passion and commitment for technical excellence

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance production systems, ensuring availability, reliability, and scalability.
• Diagnose and resolve production issues.
• Build monitoring, alerting, and automation solutions to reduce manual intervention.
• Continuously improve operational efficiency through tooling, automation, and best practices.
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and knowledge sharing across teams.

Benefits

• A competitive salary - including stock grants and a yearly bonus
• A healthy work culture that promotes business impact and at the same time highly values your personal well-being
• Being part of a force for good in this world - eBay truly cares about its employees, its customers, and the world’s population, and takes every opportunity to make this clearly apparent
• 401(k) eligibility
• various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level