Lead Software Engineer - Backend

eBay; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned engineer to join their dynamic product development team. This role involves architecting and developing a cutting-edge Shipping Platform that enhances the eBay marketplace experience for millions of users. You will leverage your extensive experience to create scalable, resilient software applications and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact in the world of ecommerce, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that values creativity and thrives on pushing boundaries, and help shape the future of global commerce.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Strong background in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable distributed software applications.
• Collaborate with teams to create innovative solutions.

Skills

Data structures & Algorithms

Design Patterns

Object Oriented Programming

Distributed Systems

Java 8+

Spring Framework 5+

Spring Boot 2+

Agile development methodologies

Test Driven Development (TDD)

Ability to think innovative

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

GraphQL

REST APIs

Jersey

JMS

MQ

Kafka

Oracle

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Job description

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.

The role:

In eBay Seller Experience Shipping team, you will be an integral member of a growing organization that encourages passion, courage, and inventiveness - crafting the future of global commerce and making an important, positive impact on millions of eBay sellers and shoppers around the world.

We are seeking an engineer to work in the product development team, responsible for design and drive development of Shipping Platform in eBay marketplace!

Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop highly scalable, resilient, and highly available distributed software applications, tools, extensible APIs, frameworks, highly maintainable services and machine learning models on constantly evolving business requirements.
• Optimize and enhance high availability, low latency data platform.
• Develop automated tests for to perform unit, integration & End to End testing.
• Conceptualize, brainstorm, code, and continuously integrate and deliver innovative prototypes.
• Collaborate closely with peers, Architects, Product Managers, Business Analysts, and Operations teams to develop innovative solutions that meet functional and non-functional standards and expectations.
• Analyzes large codebases with minimal help, identifies areas of improvement, proposes solutions with buy-in from partners, and delivers results.
• Demonstrates expertise in technical/product design and service interaction patterns that can span multiple functional areas.
• Ensures the software created in their domain meets industry standards.
• Demonstrates technical mastery such as anticipating future challenges (such as scalability and functional evolution) and foresees these in their designs to avoid rework.
• Keeps pace with the evolution of technology inside and outside of the company and applies to solve problems where applicable.
• Responsible beyond immediate functional areas to include touch points to the team’s work.
• Balance technical tradeoffs with time to market or staffing challenges.
• Improves team productivity by identifying and evangelizing opportunities for productivity improvements.
• Mentors other team members through code reviews, documentation, technical guidance, pair programming, etc.
• Influences improvements to adjacent functional areas.

Requirements:

• 10 + years of industry experience.
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Math or related fields.
• Experience with: Data structures & Algorithms, Design Patterns, Object Oriented Programming, Distributed Systems.
• Java 8+, Spring Framework 5+, Spring Boot 2+.
• Working knowledge of GraphQL, REST APIs using Jersey or any other frameworks.
• Event Processing using JMS or MQ or Kafka.
• Relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL.
• Cloud related knowledge.
• Experience with agile development methodologies, Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI/CD.
• Ability to think innovative and contribute to the success of the products, processes and customer experience.
• Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure.