Software Development Manager- Shipping

eBay is seeking a Software Development Manager for its Shipping team, a critical component of the e-commerce experience. This role involves leading a talented team to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant applications. The manager will ensure high-quality standards, work with cross-functional partners, and provide technical expertise in architecture, design, and implementation of complex distributed services. The position requires solving challenges at massive scale in a high-volume, low-latency environment, focusing on reliability, security, and performance to enhance the global commerce platform.

Must Have

• Design and architect scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems
• Own development and optimization of core applications using Python & Java
• Work closely with cross-functional partners to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Ensure security best practices in development and deployment processes
• Manage a team of technical professionals to align, commit & deliver common purpose
• Lead by example, giving high-quality code reviews, and encouraging continuous improvement
• Minimum of 10+ years of software development experience on large-scale, high-volume systems
• Experience in microservice based architecture for cloud infrastructure
• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years (or) MS in Computers and 8+ years of software design experience
• Minimum of two years of management experience
• Proven success providing project management artifacts in an agile environment
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong communication skills
• Strong ability to coach and mentor engineers
• Strong sense of ownership, embrace differences and disagreement to get things done

Good to Have

• Expertise with Node.js
• Expertise with JavaScript
• Expertise with Scala

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Our Shipping team is at the heart of the e-commerce experience, influencing key buying/selling decisions by surfacing the best shipping options and ensuring a seamless post-purchase delivery journey for millions of buyers and sellers. Shipping is a critical component of trust and satisfaction on our platform. We operate at a massive scale, delivering complex distributed services in a high-volume, low latency serving customers globally. If you are passionate about solving complex challenges at a massive scale and leading talented teams in a high-impact environment, we want to hear from you.

You will be responsible for creation of concept, design, development, testing and maintenance of applications for reliability, security, manageability, scalability, extensibility, performance, and re-use; provides technical expertise in the areas of architecture, design, and implementation. Works with technical and business team members to create excellent software. You will help determine the best implementation that will meet the design of the Application Architect. Ensures that thorough unit and component testing is carried out. Sets and adheres to software coding and style guides to ensure consistency.

What you will accomplish:

• Design and architect scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems
• Own the development and optimization of our core applications using Python & Java, ensuring high-quality standards are maintained
• Work closely with cross-functional partners to understand requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions
• Ensure security best practices are coordinated into our development and deployment processes
• Stay current with new Python/Java/JavaScript development, and architectural standard methodologies
• Manage a team of technical professionals to align, commit & deliver common purpose of this team
• Lead by example, giving high-quality code reviews, and encouraging a culture of excellence and continuous improvement

What you will bring:

• Experience in building large scale Web Services and Backend Applications using Java/J2EE, RESTful Web Services, HTTP and JSON technologies
• A minimum of 10+ years of software development experience on large-scale, high-volume, technical systems in a microservice based architecture for cloud infrastructure
• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years (or) a MS in Computers and 8+ years of software design and proven experience
• A minimum of two years of management experience
• Proven success providing project management artifacts in an agile environment.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong oral and written communication skills with engineers and non-engineers alike
• Strong ability to coach engineers & great at mentoring, helping them improve their skills and grow their careers (including managing remote engineers)
• Strong sense of ownership, embrace differences and disagreement to get things done and move forward.
• Knowledge of networking, security, and database design. Design & Implemented CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in microservices, event driven architecture and container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Developed and drove adoption of technical patterns that significantly improved engineering practices across the organization.
• Expertise in Python & Java, with a deep understanding of its ecosystems and frameworks.
• Expertise with Node.js / JavaScript / Scala is a plus
• 1+ years of experience in applying AI to practical and comprehensive technology solutions