Remote Backend Engineer, Search Infrastructure

Engg; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

eBay is seeking a mid-level engineer to join the Search Backend team in Austin, TX. You will design and operate the distribution pipelines that deliver search indexes to thousands of nodes, enabling fast, fresh, and reliable search for hundreds of millions of users daily.

You will own distributed components from design to production, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure scalability and reliability of index delivery.

Qualifications

• BS/BA or above in Computer Science or a related field.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building production applications.
• Demonstrated ability building backend distributed systems with fault tolerance, consistency, replication, and concurrency.
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Scala, or similar languages.
• Proven hands-on experience with streaming and data pipeline technologies – Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar.
• Experience with cluster coordination tools like Zookeeper.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deploying distributed services at scale.
• Familiarity with search technologies such as Lucene, Solr, Elasticsearch, or proprietary search engines.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of eBay's search index distribution infrastructure including real-time streaming pipelines.
• Architect scalable, fault-tolerant pipelines for real-time and batch index distribution at global scale.
• Build intelligent systems for auto-managing index distribution clusters with proactive health monitoring and automated remediation.
• Take full ownership of distributed pipeline components from design to production.
• Write clean, well-documented code that is maintainable and scalable.
• Collaborate with Search Backend, Infrastructure, and partner teams to ensure indexes are fresh and delivered on time.
• Debug and troubleshoot distributed system issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks across large-scale infrastructure.

Skills

Backend distributed systems

Java/Scala

Distributed systems

Education

BS/BA in CS

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Zookeeper

Docker

Kubernetes

Lucene

Solr

Elasticsearch

Job description

eBay is seeking a mid-level engineer to join the Search Backend team in Austin, TX. You will design and operate the distribution pipelines that deliver search indexes to thousands of nodes, enabling fast, fresh, and reliable search for hundreds of millions of users daily.

You will own distributed components from design to production, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure scalability and reliability of index delivery.