Software Engineer 3

eBay Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves leveraging the latest technologies to enhance the e-commerce experience, focusing on building scalable and high-performance web applications. You will collaborate with top engineering talent to design and implement innovative solutions that drive the business forward. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are eager to tackle challenges in web development and system architecture, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team committed to redefining the future of online shopping and creating economic opportunities for all.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of web development experience with Java and JavaScript.
• Deep expertise in scalable, high-performance systems and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design and build fault-tolerant, highly available web services.
• Own major projects from design to deployment and support.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

CSS

HTML5

SQL

NoSQL

Microservices Architecture

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Collaboration Skills

Tools

Oracle

MongoDB

Cassandra

Couchbase

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.

About the team and the role:

The eBay Motors team is dedicated to providing a seamless and fulfilling shopping experience by offering a vast selection of vehicle parts, accessories, and tools, all at competitive prices with dependable customer service. The eBay Motors category is a lively and diverse part of the e-commerce platform, focused on delivering a wide array of automotive products to consumers. This category includes everything from essential car parts and cutting-edge accessories to specialized tools and maintenance supplies, catering to the needs of car enthusiasts and everyday drivers alike.

We are seeking a Software Engineer who is passionate about utilizing the latest technologies to bring our business forward. In this role, you will work alongside the best and the brightest engineering talent in the industry. As a core participant of your team, you'll estimate engineering efforts, prioritize projects, plan implementations, and triage production issues. You need to be dynamic, collaborative, and curious as we build new experiences, improve existing products, and develop distributed systems powering the world's largest e-commerce websites at a scale few companies can match.

Job Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in web development, JAVA, Javascript, CSS, HTML5, SQL/NoSQL
• 4+ years of experience working on a high volume scalable, secure, fast, reliable, accessible web application
• 3+ years’ experience with microservices architecture, preferably REST.
• Deep expertise in developing highly available, scalable and excellent performance systems.
• Deep architectural understanding of system design and lead project to completion.
• Must be able to propose trade-offs between feature scope, schedule, resources and architectural flexibility!
• The individual should possess the ability to propel the team towards the engineering goals and vision of the company and take charge as a leader in achieving the same.
• Proficiency in a programming language such as Java and/or JavaScript, strong foundation in data structures, algorithms and a strong understanding of multithreading, synchronization, concurrent programming.
• Must have a solid knowledge and experiences of relational database (oracle) and/or NoSQL data technologies (Mongo, Cassandra, Couchbase) and related toolset.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence across team boundaries to deliver results. Excellent time management skills and ability to work on concurrent assignments with different priorities.
• Prior knowledge of ecommerce experience is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for a functional domain to design cross data center distributed, fault tolerant, highly available and performant web services and web applications by applying software architecture design, OOA/D skills in addition to exceptional analytical and problem solving skills.
• Own major projects and features from design phase to coding, testing, deployment and support.
• Estimate engineering effort; plan implementation, and rollout system changes. Identify project technical risks and make recommendations to mitigate.
• Design and build a distributed system with high security, high transaction rate and high availability.
• Collaborate with architects in defining the technical charter for eBay’s Zero Trust Architecture products.
• Work with partners to clarify requirements and deliver business solutions.
• Implement RESTful APIs!

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