Software Engineer 3 – Backend

Location: Bengaluru, India

Category: Engineering

About the Role

As a Software Engineer 3 – Backend at eBay in Bengaluru, you'll build performant, reliable distributed systems powering the world's leading ecommerce marketplace, serving millions of buyers and sellers across 190+ markets. You'll take end-to-end ownership of critical subsystems, crafting microservices with Java, Spring Boot, GraphQL, Kafka, and NoSQL to deliver scalable solutions that enhance user experiences in buying, selling, and economic opportunity creation. Your role involves collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams to translate business priorities into high-quality, testable code, while championing TDD, CI/CD, and observability for fault-tolerant platforms. You'll participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 reliability, conduct code reviews, and drive optimizations that push eBay's technical boundaries in global commerce. Join eBay's passionate team of innovators in a culture that values authenticity, bold ideas, and continuous learning. Contribute to reinventing ecommerce by solving complex challenges at scale, from high-traffic APIs to data-driven features, while enjoying a supportive, inclusive environment focused on sustainable growth for customers, company, and planet.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, distributed, highly available backend systems for eBay’s global ecommerce marketplace
• Own end-to-end software lifecycle for subsystems including design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring
• Write clean, efficient, production-ready code translating product requirements
• Implement automated tests, Test-First Development, and CI/CD pipelines
• Build microservices with strong performance, fault tolerance, and scalability
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to align tech with business goals
• Conduct code reviews, maintain documentation, and enforce engineering best practices
• Support release management, on-call rotations, and incident response for 24/7 platform reliability
• Propose optimizations and drive continuous improvement in distributed systems
• Build testable, measurable features for eBay’s data-driven marketplace enhancements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 4+ years of backend software development experience building large-scale distributed web platforms and APIs
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design
• Proven experience with RDBMS, NoSQL, and ElasticSearch for data-driven applications
• Hands-on expertise in Java, GraphQL, Spring/Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Experience delivering in Agile, TDD, and CI/CD environments
• Demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and operate high-impact services in production

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems scalability
• Knowledge of performance optimization in high-traffic e-commerce platforms
• Participation in knowledge-sharing and engineering communities
• Familiarity with eBay's global marketplace technologies
• Background in fault-tolerant systems for always-on platforms

Required Skills

• Java programming
• GraphQL
• Spring/Spring Boot
• RESTful APIs
• Kafka or RabbitMQ messaging
• RDBMS and NoSQL databases
• ElasticSearch
• Microservices architecture
• Distributed systems design
• Data structures and algorithms
• Object-oriented design
• Agile methodologies
• TDD and CI/CD
• Performance optimization
• Scalability principles
• Collaboration in cross-functional teams
• Code review and documentation
• Incident response and on-call

Benefits & Perks

• Collaborate with world-class engineers on global ecommerce innovation
• Diverse, inclusive culture valuing unique perspectives
• Work on technology impacting millions of buyers and sellers worldwide
• Opportunities for continuous learning and emerging tech exposure
• Flexible work environment in fast-paced Bengaluru team
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Equity and ownership in eBay's future
• Professional growth through cross-functional projects and knowledge-sharing

eBay Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.