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About the team and the role:

eBay's Focus Categories engineering team is looking for an outstanding back end Engineer who is ready to work with modern web technologies and architectures in a forward-thinking organization that’s always pushing boundaries. The ideal candidate has experience in design, development, test, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement software solutions along with a firm understanding of Java, GraphQL/Rest APIs, Messaging Systems, RDBMS/NOSQL, Containers, software Infrastructure. 
 

What you will accomplish:

Independently lead complex technical initiatives within and beyond your team.Drive technical direction and roadmap, leads across domain teams and guides others towards the right technical decisions.Responsible for one or more large functional areas within the product, possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise. Demonstrate strong systems mindset, go beyond immediate needs, proactively addressing performance, security, and future-proofing solutions.You will have complete, end-to-end ownership and responsibility of projects, driving them from conception to successful implementation.Change agency to set high bar and uplevel across teams on culture, process and engineering practices.Empower teams through effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tool building.

What you will bring:

10+ years of experience in building large scale, distributed web platforms/APIs with 6+ years as an architect/technical lead responsible for the end to end product scope across multiple domains.Solid knowledge in end to end system design from frontend to backend involving Java, GraphQL/Rest APIs, Messaging Systems, RDBMS/NOSQL, Containers, Infrastructure layer, with deep knowledge in several key components.Experience in GraphQL is preferable. Experiences in leading complex technical initiatives across teams independently of inception to successful delivery.Experience in creating and driving technical strategy and roadmap across multiple domains.Balanced trade-offs to ship scalable solutions supporting long-term goals.Successfully forged alignments with key stakeholders on significant architecture decisions and technical direction for ambiguous problem areas.Developed and drove adoption of technical practices that improved team velocity to deliver high-quality code across the organization.Deeply care about growing others, great at mentoring and coaching, creating a large positive impact on organizational culture.Strong sense of ownership and communication skills, embrace diverse ideas across organization and align on a mutually agreed direction to get things done and move forward.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California, Washington, or New York is expected in the range below.

$168,400 - $262,900

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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