eBay
Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack
Toronto · Staff+
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About the role
- At eBay, we're more than a global marketplace - we're a place where millions of buyers and sellers connect every day through trusted, dynamic, and engaging commerce experiences.
- The eBay Auctions engineering team is on a multi-year journey to modernize one of eBay's most iconic commerce experiences: auctions.
- This role sits at the center of that transformation.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and evolution of scalable, low-latency backend systems that power eBay's next-generation auctions platform.
- Own large functional areas end to end, from architecture and implementation through launch, observability, and production operations.
- Drive cross-functional execution with engineering, product, design, analytics, and partner teams to deliver high-impact customer outcomes.
- Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, design reviews, code reviews, documentation, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
- 6+ years of software engineering experience building backend, distributed, or large-scale platform systems.
Requirements
- Deep experience with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, REST or GraphQL APIs, messaging systems, and SQL or NoSQL data stores.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with event-driven systems, stateful platforms, real-time systems, or latency-sensitive commerce platforms is a plus.
- Experience with GraphQL is preferred.
- Experience improving engineering velocity through better testing, automation, observability, CI/CD, or AI-assisted engineering practices is a plus.
- A mission with real impact.
- You'll help modernize one of eBay's most iconic commerce experiences and shape how millions of buyers and sellers participate in real-time auctions around the world.
- A platform challenge worth solving.
- You'll work on a distributed, latency-sensitive backend platform where architecture, correctness, performance, and customer trust all matter.
Compensation
- Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience.
- C$142,400 - C$190,100
- The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including RRSP eligibility, various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave).
Benefits
- Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, or other legally protected status.
Company info
- Our mission is to bring the thrill of the game back to auction by building a real-time, trusted, and scalable platform that powers curated discovery, vibrant community, and fair bid play - where each item's true market value can win out.
- You will help build and evolve eBay's next-generation auctions platform, a real-time, highly available backend system that powers both eBay Live Auctions and traditional auction experiences.
- This is a latency-sensitive, large-scale commerce platform where correctness, resiliency, scalability, and customer trust are critical.
- We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who combines deep distributed-systems expertise with strong ownership, product judgment, and a passion for raising the engineering bar.
- You will lead complex technical initiatives end to end, influence architecture across teams, challenge assumptions respectfully, and help improve how the team designs, builds, tests, ships, and supports software - including through thoughtful AI adoption.
Equal opportunity
- eBay is an equal opportunity employer.
- If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at talent@ebay.com.
- We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible.
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