Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

The Global Shipping Platform team builds the shipping capabilities used by millions of sellers and buyers on eBay every day. The team designs and operates backend services and APIs that support global shipping products at large scale. This is a product-focused, backend engineering role within a DevOps-oriented team that owns what it builds in production. The Staff Software Engineer plays a key role in shaping system architecture, leading complex initiatives across teams, and mentoring others, while contributing hands-on to the delivery of secure, scalable services.

What you will accomplish:

• Design and deliver backend services and APIs that support global shipping products used by millions of eBay users.
• Architect secure, maintainable, and scalable solutions that operate reliably at eBay's scale.
• Lead large, cross-team technical initiatives, influencing architecture and delivery across the domain.
• Support services in production by implementing and maintaining logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability practices.
• Improve engineering quality and delivery through practices such as pair programming, code reviews, and constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with product and engineering partners to define, build, and evolve features owned by the team.
• Continuously strengthen team effectiveness by introducing and adopting improved tools, processes, and engineering practices.

• Significant commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot in large-scale, distributed systems.
• Experience designing, building, and consuming enterprise APIs and high-scale system architectures.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, asynchronous processing, and cloud-native applications.
• Experience working in a continuous delivery environment with modern testing and observability practices.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor engineers, and to guide technical direction across multiple teams.
• Comfort balancing engineering quality with business needs, including working with and evolving legacy systems.
• Experience with, or willingness to learn, additional technologies such as Kotlin; familiarity with tools like Grafana or Prometheus is a plus.

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.