Senior MTS Backend Engineer

eBay

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$217,600–$290,500 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $254k
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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $152,606–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $254k versus about $188k 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 · Senior MTS Backend Engineer

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As a Sr. Staff Backend Engineer (Sr. MTS) on eBay Live’s team, you will lead complex technical initiatives and support an always-on 24/7 site, driving engineering practices that ensure performance, security, and future-proofing of solutions. You’ll author ADRs to guide technical decisions and take ownership of large functional areas with deep expertise in system design. This role involves working on eBay’s global platform, focusing on live shopping experiences that highlight unique items and enable real-time buyer-seller interactions. The team utilizes cutting-edge technologies like GraphQL and REST APIs, messaging systems, RDBMS/NOSQL databases, and containers to build scalable solutions for millions of users. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of experience in building large-scale distributed web platforms and a strong background in technical leadership and strategy development.

Skills

GraphQL REST Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD Terraform Python Java PostgreSQL Redis RabbitMQ Git Jenkins Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Lead complex technical initiatives and support release responsibilities for a 24/7 live shopping platform.
  • Drive engineering roadmap and guide teams towards optimal technical decisions across multiple domains.
  • Author ADRs to influence overall tech strategy and solve critical technical problems.
  • Take ownership of large functional areas, ensuring performance, security, and future-proofing solutions.
  • Mentor and coach team members, fostering a positive organizational culture through knowledge sharing.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in building large-scale distributed web platforms/APIs.
  • 5+ years as an architect/technical lead responsible for end-to-end product scope across multiple domains.
  • Experience in creating and driving technical strategy and roadmap across multiple domains.
  • Successfully aligned with stakeholders on significant architecture decisions through Architectural Decision Records (ADR).
  • Developed and drove adoption of technical practices improving team velocity to deliver high-quality code.
  • Solid knowledge in end-to-end system design involving GraphQL/REST APIs, messaging systems, RDBMS/NOSQL, containers, infrastructure layer.

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