Software Engineer 2

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.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications, combining responsive, accessible React interfaces with backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Build scalable backend services using Java/Spring Boot and Node.js/TypeScript, integrating SQL and NoSQL databases with high availability and fault tolerance.
• Optimize query performance and data modeling across relational (SQL) and document/key-value (NoSQL) stores.
• Use AI coding agents to plan and implement frontend and backend features, navigate repositories, refactor code, generate and run tests, and debug issues; review and validate changes for correctness, quality, and security.
• Implement secure coding practices leveraging SAST and DAST tools; partner with security to remediate findings.
• Build reusable UI components and backend integrations using shared libraries for authentication, configuration, logging, caching, and data access; collaborate on CI/CD, containerization, and runtime operations.
• Contribute to cloud-ready architecture; deploy and monitor frontend applications and backend services on cloud platforms such as Azure.
• Ensure code quality and collaboration using GitHub (PRs, code reviews, branching strategies).
• Troubleshoot frontend, API, and database issues in production, perform root cause analysis, and improve performance and reliability across the application.
• Own features from requirements and UI/API design through implementation, automated testing, and release; collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams in an Agile environment.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related field, or relevant experience considered.
• At least 5 years of software development experience, including hands-on delivery across frontend and backend.
• Strong proficiency in React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, plus backend development experience with Java/Spring Boot or Node.js; willingness to work across both backend stacks.
• Hands-on experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, including schema design, indexing, performance tuning, and transactions.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and frontend-to-backend integration, including API contracts, validation, authentication, authorization, and error handling.
• Hands-on experience with AI agentic coding workflows: providing requirements and repository context, guiding multi-step implementation, using development tools and test feedback, and reviewing agent-generated changes. Ability to validate results while protecting sensitive data and respecting security, privacy, and licensing constraints.
• Knowledge of SAST and DAST for secure coding practices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with source control systems, preferably GitHub.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently in a team-oriented environment.
• Capability to manage complex requirements and adhere to deliverable timelines.
• Experience or knowledge in DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infrastructure as code) is a valuable asset.

Preferred Experience

• Proficiency with SQL (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra), including data modeling and migration strategies; familiarity with Redis caching.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Familiarity with observability tooling (logging, metrics, tracing) and performance profiling.
• Knowledge of API gateways, service mesh, or message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ); experience with micro-frontends, shared component libraries, and design systems.
• Experience creating reusable instructions and workflows for AI coding agents, including test generation, static analysis, documentation, and safe refactoring; familiarity with MCP tools and schema validation.
• Understanding of security best practices (OAuth2/OpenID Connect, secrets management, TLS).

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with infrastructure concepts: networking, load balancing, autoscaling, and cost optimization.
• Exposure to IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and pipeline automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Background in frontend and backend test automation (unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end testing) and blue/green or canary deployments.
• Familiarity with AI governance practices, including prompt hygiene, data redaction, and validation against organizational coding standards.

Additional Details

eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.

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