Principal Software Engineer, Ads Platform Architect

eBay; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Wellbeing support

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

eBay is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape the architecture and technical direction of the Ads platform in Amsterdam. You will lead large-scale initiatives, drive modernization, and build scalable distributed systems impacting eBay’s business and customer experience.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional collaboration with product, data science, ML, and analytics teams, and advocate for reliability and operational efficiency across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of large-scale, low-latency distributed systems.

Skills

Distributed systems

System design

Java/Scala

Cloud technologies

Leadership

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Ads/ML experience

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kafka

RDBMS

NoSQL databases

Cloud-native

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Job description

eBay is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape the architecture and technical direction of the Ads platform in Amsterdam. You will lead large-scale initiatives, drive modernization, and build scalable distributed systems impacting eBay’s business and customer experience.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional collaboration with product, data science, ML, and analytics teams, and advocate for reliability and operational efficiency across the organization.