Software Engineer Backend

Position: Software Engineer 3 Backend - eBay Live
This job is with eBay, an inclusive employer and a member of my Gwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

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.

Looking for a company where you can shape how the world buys, sells, and gives? Where you'll be part of a work culture that's been genuinely committed to diversity and inclusion since its founding more than 25 years ago? Where you can just be yourself, do your best work, and have a meaningful impact? If so, we'd love to talk to you.​
Every day, millions of users sell and ship their wares using eBay. Our team supports this diverse community by building shipping products around the globe, helping individual sellers and small businesses to meet the growing expectations of online buyers. We are an agile team who adapt quickly and stay curious.
You will be part of a team responsible for building out the newest eBay experience -- live shopping platform: eBay Live. Live shopping naturally fits into the eBay ethos -- focused largely on unique items, collectibles and fashion, and enabling direct communication between buyers and sellers. This is a relatively new trend in the US and Europe, growing quickly, and is already broadly established in APAC.
We are looking to hire a passionate, collaborative and motivated Backend Software Engineer, who will help us develop and evolve eBay Live to be a market leader in live shopping and become a key part of the global eBay platform.
Join us to make an impact on one of the world's largest e-commerce websites.
What you'll do and learn:
Develop features and services in highly scalable and reliable frontend and/or backend systems in a distributed system environment.
Able to translate product and design documents into clean, high-quality, well-tested and maintainable production code autonomously
Write test automations and practice continuous integration
Conduct code review for immediate team
Develop and maintain technical documentation to support software applications.
Practices evidence-centered design making features testable, ensuring high quality and improving velocity in continuous delivery.
Accountable for multiple subsystems within a larger domain, taking full responsibility for their entire life cycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, observability and monitoring.
Propose and evaluate multiple design options, providing estimates for each.
Structure and complete tasks independently, meeting deadlines and milestones.
Effectively communicate assumptions and seek clarification from stakeholders, ensuring alignment and understanding across all domains.
Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an "always-on" 24/7 site.

What you bring:

Innovative, team player, excellent communication and decision-making

Strong sense of ownership and interpersonal skills to work effectively across teams

Strong learning ability, self-driven

Excited about new and innovative technologies within immediate field of expertise

Attending knowledge sharing sessions, both within the company and externally

What we bring:
Exciting product mission with impactful technical challenges - dive into the heart of eCommerce innovation at Buyer Experiences, where we're transforming eBay's shopping journey. By focusing on simplification, personalization, and modernization, we aim to build world-class buyer and seller experiences on eBay marketplaces with creativity and passion. Applying cutting-edge technologies like…