Software Engineer 3

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.

About the team and the role:

eBay, Inc. seeks Software Engineer 3 in San Jose, CA 

What you will accomplish: 

Job Duties: Work in an agile environment with a focus on problem solving and software engineering excellence. Build software development solutions using strong background in distributed systems and large scale database systems. Research, analyze, design, develop and test the software solutions that are appropriate for the business and technology strategies. Participate in software design discussions, code reviews and project related team meetings. Develop technical and domain expertise and apply expertise to solving product challenges. Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software applications. Develop object-oriented software and design, code, and test complex software features. Develop software code and lead code review sessions. Identify and fix performance, scalability, and other software live issues in a very time critical environment. Identify and make recommendations to reduce software project risks. Work with other engineers, managers, product management, quality analysts, and operations teams to develop innovative technical solutions that meet market needs with respect to functionality, performance, availability, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to software development goals and principles. Build performance efficient, highly scalable, configurable, and available software applications and systems. Design, develop, and test high throughput back-end software systems. Segment and design technical system layers to support componentized and layered software application development, including business logic functionality and database/component repository access. Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.

What you will bring:

Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Sciences and Technologies, or a closely related field plus two years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.

Special Skill Requirements: 

1. Software Design and Development (Algorithms, OOP, GraphQL, and REST APIs) (2 years)

2. Distributed Systems Engineering (Kubernetes, Docker, Redis, Fault tolerance, and Consensus) (2 years)

3. Programming Languages & Frameworks (JVM, PyTorch, Node, Go, R, Spring Boot, Cucumber, BDD, and Jenkins) (2 years)

4. Machine Learning & AI (Image processing, CNNs, XGBoost, K-Means, and kNN) (2 years)

5. Statistics & Mathematical Modeling (Bayesian, Hypothesis Testing, and Gaussian) (2 years)

6. Secure Authentication & Authorization (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT Encryption, and mTLS) (2 years)

7. Cryptography & Network Security (RSA, PGP, HMAC-256, and DDoS mitigation) (2 years)

8. Application Performance & Observability (Grafana, PromQL, and Anomaly detection) (2 years)

9. Search & Real-time Analytics (Elasticsearch, Kafka, DSL, and Flink) (2 years)

10. Data Warehousing & Modeling (Vector stores, Spark, NoSQL, AWS, and ETL) (2 years)

11. Networking (concurrency, memory, scalability, low-latency, and big data pipelines) (2 years)

Salary: $169,576.00-229,600.00 per annum. 40 hours per week; M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. 

Additional Details

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.

eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.

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