Backend Staff Engineer

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.

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At eBay were more than a global marketplace were a place where millions of buyers and sellers connect every day through trusted dynamic and engaging commerce experiences.

The eBay Auctions engineering team is on a multi-year journey to modernize one of eBays most iconic commerce experiences: auctions. Our mission is to bring the thrill of the game back to auction by building a real-time trusted and scalable platform that powers curated discovery vibrant community and fair bid play where each items true market value can win out.

This role sits at the center of that transformation.

You will help build and evolve eBays next-generation auctions platform a real-time highly available backend system that powers both eBay Live Auctions and traditional auction experiences. This is a latency-sensitive large-scale commerce platform where correctness resiliency scalability and customer trust are critical.

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who combines deep distributed-systems expertise with strong ownership product judgment and a passion for raising the engineering bar. You will lead complex technical initiatives end to end influence architecture across teams challenge assumptions respectfully and help improve how the team designs builds tests ships and supports software including through thoughtful AI adoption.

• Lead the design and evolution of scalable low-latency backend systems that power eBays next-generation auctions platform.

• Own large functional areas end to end from architecture and implementation through launch observability and production operations.

• Turn ambiguous product customer and platform problems into simple durable technical strategies.

• Influence technical direction across teams by communicating trade-offs risks and long-term platform implications.

• Drive cross-functional execution with engineering product design analytics and partner teams to deliver high-impact customer outcomes.

• Improve engineering velocity through better architecture testing strategy automation CI/CD observability and AI-assisted engineering practices.

• Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership design reviews code reviews documentation mentoring and knowledge sharing.

• 6 years of software engineering experience building backend distributed or large-scale platform systems.

• Deep experience with Java Spring/Spring Boot REST or GraphQL APIs messaging systems and SQL or NoSQL data stores.

• Strong distributed-systems judgment across scalability availability latency resiliency correctness and production operations.

• Proven ownership of complex technical initiatives from idea through production with measurable customer or business impact.

• Ability to influence architecture and execution across teams without relying on authority.

• Strong product judgment customer empathy and the ability to connect technical decisions to user experience trust and business outcomes.

• Clear communication sound decision-making and the ability to respectfully challenge assumptions while aligning teams.

• A bias for improving how teams build test ship and support software through better engineering practices automation and AI adoption.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience with event-driven systems stateful platforms real-time systems or latency-sensitive commerce platforms is a plus.

• Experience with GraphQL is preferred.

• Experience improving engineering velocity through better testing automation observability CI/CD or AI-assisted engineering practices is a plus.

A mission with real impact.
Youll help modernize one of eBays most iconic commerce experiences and shape how millions of buyers and sellers participate in real-time auctions around the world.

A platform challenge worth solving.
Youll work on a distributed latency-sensitive backend platform where architecture correctness performance and customer trust all matter.

A culture that values ownership and collaboration.
We thrive on openness diversity and shared success. Youll join a team that values respectful debate strong execution continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Room to lead.
Youll have the opportunity to influence architecture mentor engineers improve how teams work and help define the future of auctions at eBay.

Flexibility and support.
We embrace flexible remote-friendly work and offer competitive compensation and benefits designed to support your wellbeing and help you do your best work. Learn more at eBay

Are you looking for a company that inspires passion courage and imagination Do you want to help shape the future of global commerce and redefine how millions of people buy sell connect and discover around the world

At eBay youll be part of a purpose-driven community dedicated to building an ambitious and inclusive workplace and a company you can be proud to be part of.

Additional Details

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

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