JOB DESCRIPTION

Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be on the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive work environment, join eBay – a company you can be proud to be with.

The Team:

We are the Member-to-Member Communications Team at eBay, responsible for building eBay’s instant messaging system and applications for our sellers and buyers, where millions of messages are exchanged every day on our platform.

The Role:

We are looking for a senior staff software engineer to work in Member-to-Member communications group that enables email/chat communication between eBay users across global sites. You will work on large scale applications processing millions of transactions in a minute. As a self-motivated and enthusiastic member of our team, you will work with talented peers in a fun environment building world class products. You will work in an agile environment with a focus on problem solving and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

Build solutions using your strong background in large scale web applications.

Research, analyze, design, develop and test the solutions that are appropriate for the business and technology strategies.

Participate in design discussions, code reviews and project related team meetings

Work with other engineers, Architecture, Product Management, QA, and Operations teams to develop innovative solutions that meet business needs.

Develop technical & domain expertise and apply to solving product challenges.

Qualifications:

10+ years of experience crafting & developing highly scalable distributed platforms and services and internet scale web applications.

BSCS, BSEE, MSEE or MSCS, PhD or similar technical degree.

Expert hands on experiences in Java/J2EE, SOAP, SOA Services, Design Patterns, OOA/D , Data Structures, XML, REST, JSON, and Internet Protocols.

Deep architectural understanding of system design and lead project to completion and must have solid knowledge and experiences with relational database (oracle) and/or noSQL data technologies (Mongo, Cassandra, Couchbase), ElasticSearch and related toolset.

Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence a multi-functional and cross-geography team to deliver results. 

Experience driving architecture discussions, producing well-documented design docs, participating in design and code reviews and contributing to coding and unit testing of fault-tolerant applications.

Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures and algorithms along with up-to-date knowledge in advancement in Web technologies and drive innovation.

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.

Here at eBay, we love creating opportunities for others by connecting people from widely diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. So, being diverse and inclusive isn’t just something we strive for, it is who we are, and part of what we do each and every single day. We want to ensure that as an employee, you feel eBay is a place where, no matter who you are, you feel safe, included, and that you have the opportunity to bring your unique self to work. To learn about eBay’s Diversity & Inclusion click here: https://www.ebayinc.com/company/diversity-inclusion/

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California, Washington, or New York City is expected in the range below.

$149,200 - $234,850

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.

eBay Inc. 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 are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talent@ebay.com.  We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible. View our accessibility info to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. For more information see: EEO is the Law Poster and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

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