Sr Staff Backend engineer

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts. We are seeking an experienced Sr Staff Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team in Bengaluru. This role involves working on world-class systems that impact millions of users daily, contributing to eBay's mission of fostering economic opportunity for all.

Must Have

• Translate requirements into software compositions and build clean, efficient, extensible, and maintainable code
• Be responsible for a large functional area, possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise
• Act as an influencer across domain teams, guiding others towards making the right technical decisions
• Boost team efficiency by identifying and promoting opportunities for efficiency improvements
• Identify areas in team applications likely to change and integrate flexibility into the development to improve engineering velocity
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners to develop innovative solutions that adhere to development goals and principles
• Practice evidence-centered development, making features testable and ensuring high quality and improved velocity in continuous delivery
• Manage project features by breaking them into sub-tasks, identifying, and resolving issues for efficient execution
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to immediate team members and other teams, contributing and reviewing ADRs (Architecture Decision Records)
• Identify gaps and issues across systems and functional areas, propose solutions, build the engineering roadmap, and drive resolution
• Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an "always-on" 24/7 site

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

We are seeking an experienced Sr Staff Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team in Bengaluru. This is an outstanding opportunity to work on world-class systems that impact millions of users daily. At eBay, our mission is to foster economic opportunity for all, and we need your expertise to help us achieve this vision!

Tech Skills

• Proven experience in proposing and influencing technical strategy & roadmap, balancing short/long term wins.
• Expertise in crafting and building scalable, distributed, and highly available systems, ensuring high performance, responsive websites, and accessibility.
• Familiarity with shift-left testing approach is advantageous.
• Successful track record of taking a lead role in delivering complex software systems.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into software compositions and build clean, efficient, extensible, and maintainable code.
• Be responsible for a large functional area, possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise.
• Act as an influencer across domain teams, guiding others towards making the right technical decisions.
• Boost team efficiency by identifying and promoting opportunities for efficiency improvements.
• Identify areas in team applications likely to change and integrate flexibility into the development to improve engineering velocity.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners to develop innovative solutions that adhere to development goals and principles.
• Practice evidence-centered development, making features testable and ensuring high quality and improved velocity in continuous delivery.
• Manage project features by breaking them into sub-tasks, identifying, and resolving issues for efficient execution.
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to immediate team members and other teams, contributing and reviewing ADRs (Architecture Decision Records).
• Identify gaps and issues across systems and functional areas, propose solutions, build the engineering roadmap, and drive resolution.
• Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an "always-on" 24/7 site.

Join us and be part of an ambitious team that strives to implement flawless solutions and compete at a global scale. We're excited to see what we can achieve together!

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