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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer 3 Backend - eBay Live - **Company:** eBay - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $147,200.0 - $196,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Software Applications, Code Review, Collaborative Software, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Database Applications, Relational Databases, Software Design Documents, Elasticsearch, Event-Driven Programming, Fault Tolerance, Spring Framework, Enterprise Messaging Systems, NoSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, WebSocket, Alwayson, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Spring-boot, Low Latency, Production Code, Live Streaming, Graphql, Restful APIs, Microservices - **Published:** August 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/baeb2308-2bd2-457a-8419-77a6a3388ab7 ## About the Role * 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, * Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or other related field. * 4+ years of experience in working in Java, GraphQL, Spring/Springboot, REST APIs, messaging systems and/or other backend programming languages. * Strong CS foundation (data structures, algorithms, OOPs, OOA/D) * Building data-driven applications (RDBMS, NoSQL, ElasticSearch) * Designs and builds scalable, distributed, available back-end systems * Experience designing and developing microservices * Delivers results in fast-paced environments (agile, TDD, CI/CD) Preferred Experience: * Experience building real time, user facing systems (e.g., live streaming, chat, bidding, collaboration tools, gaming, or financial trading) where latency and errors materially impact user trust and outcomes. * Background working on high traffic, event driven products (launches, flash sales, live events) with an understanding of infrastructure capacity planning, traffic spikes, and graceful degradation under load. * Lead root-cause analysis and implement long-term fixes across platform to eliminate recurring issues and continuously elevate the customer experience. * Websocket and FGQL experience a plus. ## Description * 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. ## Related Videos - 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