Software Engineer Data Platform

Requirements

• 5+ years of distributed systems or data platform experience.
• Proven ability to design and deliver critical systems with impact.
• Proficiency in Java/Python, CI/CD, and containerized environments.
• Hands-on expertise in tools like Kafka/Flink, Spark, Delta/Iceberg, Kubernetes, NoSQL/columnar stores.
• Experience in streaming and batch data platforms.
• Strong foundation in algorithms and distributed design.
• BS/MS in CS or equivalent experience.

What you'll be doing

• Own and deliver major components of eBay’s Data Platforms — from design through production rollout.
• Design and evolve distributed systems powering ingestion, streaming, lakehouse/warehouse, catalog, and governance.
• Contribute to long-term architecture through design reviews and authoring architecture design documents, ensuring scalability and resilience.
• Build systems that balance latency, correctness, and cost while ensuring security and compliance.
• Drive operational excellence for services you own, including observability and incident response.
• Collaborate across product, infra, and analytics teams to align execution with business needs.
• Learn and grow in areas like governance, orchestration, and privacy engineering.

Perks and Benefits

• Impact at scale: powering global analytics and ML systems.
• Challenging problems: streaming, freshness/correctness, and multi-cloud resiliency.
• Collaborative culture that values inclusion and knowledge sharing.
• Support & growth: flexibility, benefits, and career development resources.
• Focus on reliability and sustainable on-call practices.