Software Engineer 3 - Front End

Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and imagination, where you can be part of the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you're interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to creating an ambitious and inclusive workplace, join eBay – a company you can be proud to be a part of.

The Role and Opportunity

The View Item and Transaction Flows Engineering team owns item details experience, end to end responsibility for auctions & offers, and SEO optimized landing experiences. In other words, this team is responsible for the heart of eBay. We drive billions of dollars in revenue via 100’s of millions of page views delivered daily across the globe, across all devices & browsers. Team and experience have great financial and customer impact and role has high visibility in the organization. In addition, being the core eBay experience, it has to delight the diverse customer base across the world. We ship often, get immediate user feedback and use experimentation to make decisions.

Our agile teams are based in San Jose, California. The team works on technologies such as Java, Node.js, web-services, browser-related technologies (jQuery, HTML5, etc.), iOS, Android, and database solutions (NoSQL, Oracle, etc.). Like everything else at eBay, we build scalable and highly available systems for the millions of users that depend on us to conduct their businesses.

We are seeking a Software Engineer 3 with a proven track record of building great online (web and mobile) products. This person will be hands-on with product development, building high quality software. In addition, (s)he is expected to mentor other engineers while raising the bar on the team's discipline and technical excellence. Being able to deal with complex systems while helping the rest of the team navigate ambiguity in requirements is very important. This role requires partnership and collaboration with other organizations throughout eBay, so (s)he must have great communication skills and the ability to work well with others. Having a good amount of experience with agile teams and methodologies is required.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software systems scaling beyond 1B requests/day and focused on improving buyer experience at eBay
• Partner effectively and influence peers, juniors and seniors both within the organization and across eBay
• Drive architecture discussions, produce well-documented design docs, and participate in design and code reviews
• Ensure code quality and maintainability by evolving architecture and tech stack, refactoring, standards and improving build and test systems. Craft optimized CSS with LESS or SASS
• Share engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an always-on 24x7 site
• Estimate engineering effort, plan execution cycles, and rollout system changes. Propose and implement working prototypes for testing new ideas

Qualifications

• Experience in Node.JS, Java, Scala, Oracle/ Mongodb (or other NOSQL db's), REST, Event Source, Web Sockets, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Ajax, and JQuery
• Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment
• Advanced knowledge of model-view-controller (MVC) and object-oriented design paradigms
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science plus 5+ years of hands-on experience or MS in Computer Science plus 4+ years of hands-on experience in building large-scale distributed systems
• Knowledge of cross-browser, cross-platform, and design constraints on the web
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures and algorithms

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.

Here at eBay, we love creating opportunities for others by connecting people from widely diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. So, being diverse and inclusive isn’t just something we strive for, it is who we are, and part of what we do each and every single day. We want to ensure that as an employee, you feel eBay is a place where, no matter who you are, you feel safe, included, and that you have the opportunity to bring your unique self to work. To learn about eBay’s Diversity & Inclusion click here: https://www.ebayinc.com/company/diversity-inclusion/
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California, Washington, or New York City is expected in the range below.
$114,800 - $176,550
Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. 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 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
eBay Inc. 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 are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible. View our accessibility info to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. For more information see: EEO is the Law Poster and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
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