MTS1 Backend Engineer

eBay

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose, CA
Salary: $172,000–$229,600 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $198k

This role $201k

$151k most similar roles pay here $239k

This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $170,000–$225,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $201k versus about $198k for comparable roles.

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About eBay

eBay is a global e-commerce company that operates an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers for a wide range of new and used goods.

eBay currently has 29 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $172,000–$241,900 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · MTS1 Backend Engineer

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Join us as a Backend Software Engineer on eBay’s dynamic team responsible for developing the innovative live shopping platform, eBay Live. You will translate requirements into software design, create maintainable code, manage project features, and provide technical guidance to your peers. Your role involves leading E2E testing quality improvements, driving engineering roadmaps, and ensuring system observability and monitoring. Utilizing Java, GraphQL, Spring/Springboot, REST APIs, and messaging systems, you will build data-driven applications in a fast-paced agile environment. With expertise in real-time user-facing systems and high traffic event-driven products, you’ll contribute to eBay’s mission of transforming the shopping experience through cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI.

Skills

Java Spring SpringBoot GraphQL REST APIs CI/CD TDD RDBMS NoSQL ElasticSearch WebSocket Docker Kubernetes AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Translate requirements into software design and develop clean, efficient code.
Manage project features, breaking them into sub-tasks for efficient execution.
Provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, and mentor team members.
Identify system gaps, propose solutions, and build the engineering roadmap.
Lead end-to-end testing to improve quality and delivery velocity across features.
Take full responsibility for software life cycle, including design and deployment.

What we're looking for

6+ years of experience in Java, GraphQL, Spring/Springboot, REST APIs, and backend programming.
Strong background in building data-driven applications using RDBMS, NoSQL, and ElasticSearch.
Proven ability to deliver results in fast-paced agile environments with TDD and CI/CD practices.
Experience with real-time user-facing systems like live streaming or chat, impacting user trust and outcomes.
Familiarity with high traffic event-driven products and infrastructure capacity planning for traffic spikes.
Bachelor's degree in EE, CS, or related field.

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