Opensearch Backend 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.

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 seeking a skilled OpenSearch Backend Engineer to design manage and maintain our highly available OpenSearch clusters. This role will ensure the stability scalability and performance of our search and analytics infrastructure which is mission-critical to the companys data and application ecosystem.

Job Responsibilities
Design build and maintain eBays OpenSearch clusters to ensure high availability scalability and stability.

Develop and implement ecosystem tools that provide self-service capabilities and automation improving efficiency for both administrators and customer teams.

Proactively troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in large-scale high-traffic OpenSearch clusters to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

Estimate engineering efforts plan implementations and rollout system changes.
Develop industry and product technical expertise.
Proactively participate in maintaining team standards and best practices

Job Requirements
BS MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
5 years work experience in Java software development area with at least 2 years experience in OpenSearch/ElasticSearch
Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals data structures and algorithms.
Excellent problem-solving skills good at triaging and resolving critical tech issues without supervision.

Expertise required in object-oriented design methodology and application development in Java

Hands-on experience with ELKB (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana and Beats) technical stack (or OpenSearch stack).

Understanding of Elasticsearch/OpenSearch cluster architecture sharding indexing replication and query optimization.

Demonstrated proficiency buildingproduction-grade software with AI coding agents improving engineering velocity while maintaining high standards for quality availability and maintainability.

Ability todecompose problems and provide agents with the right context specifications constraints and validation criteria.

Ability tocapture and express business architecture codebase and operational knowledgeso AI coding agents can execute complex tasks accurately and autonomously.

Experience with ElasticSearch/OpenSearch core or Lucene is a plus.

Skills in React and NodeJS will be a big plus.

Proven result-oriented individual with delivery focus in a high velocity high quality environment.

Strong communication skills in oral and written English.

Working experience in a multi-national company is a plus.

Additional Details

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