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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.\nOur 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.\nJoin a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers - and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.\nSoftware Engineer 3 - Network Security\nTeam: Network Security\nLocation: Bengaluru\nAbout the Team\nThe Network Security team builds and operates foundational network segmentation capabilities that help protect eBay’s production environments across clusters, datacenters, and cloud footprints. The team develops control-plane/data plane services and platform integrations that enforce policy boundaries, strengthen isolation, and improve the security and reliability of critical traffic flows.\nRole Summary\nWe are seeking a Software Engineer 3 to join the Network Security team with strong hands-on experience in backend systems with Kubernetes framework, and networking fundamentals. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain reliable software components and services that support network policy enforcement and segmentation across distributed environments. 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You will work on foundational networking and security capabilities that improve isolation, reliability, and operational resilience across distributed systems. Your work will directly strengthen the platform services that safeguard critical traffic and enable secure growth across eBay’s environments.\nAdditional Details\neBay 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 . We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. 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