Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Shipping APIs

eBay; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global e-commerce leader is seeking a skilled backend engineer in London to architect solutions and support applications in production. You will lead and mentor your team while consistently delivering complex projects. The ideal candidate has experience in Java, Spring Boot, and large-scale distributed systems. This role offers hybrid working, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits, including generous leave policies and health insurance.

Benefits

25 days paid time off

Sabbatical for 4 weeks after five years

Private health insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Employer contributed pension up to 9%

Qualifications

• Experience in software development, design, and architecture.
• Experience with large scale distributed systems in production.
• Commercial experience with various testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver against product and engineering backlogs.
• Architect secure, maintainable, and extensible solutions.
• Support applications in production, including monitoring and alerting.
• Lead and mentor the team on engineering best practices.
• Contribute to feature definitions for services.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Developing and using enterprise APIs

SQL and NoSQL databases

Async processing

Cloud native applications

Continuous Delivery environment

Modern observability practices

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Kotlin

Job description

A global e-commerce leader is seeking a skilled backend engineer in London to architect solutions and support applications in production. You will lead and mentor your team while consistently delivering complex projects. The ideal candidate has experience in Java, Spring Boot, and large-scale distributed systems. This role offers hybrid working, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits, including generous leave policies and health insurance.