Staff Software Engineer, Search Platform

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a closely related field, accompanied by 5 years of proven experience, or equivalent experience in place of the degree
• Solid foundational knowledge and practical application experience in the field of Information Retrieval
• Deep, demonstrable expertise using modern C++ standards (C++17/20 or later) for high-performance computing
• Expertise in building scalable, distributed systems
• Strong intellectual curiosity and a tenacious drive to own and successfully solve ambiguous, difficult technical challenges
• Experience designing, instrumenting, and maintaining systems in a production environment (observability, alerting, monitoring, etc.)

What you'll be doing:

• Understand, estimate, design, and develop sophisticated software applications in C++
• Deliver highly performing, low latency, robust code with high test coverage, continuous integration, and production monitoring
• Participate in code and design reviews
• Optimize development cycles through CI/CD enhancements and AI-driven tools
• Triage and debug production issues
• Share your knowledge with team members via documentation and mentoring

Perks and Benefits:

• Joining a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers at eBay
• Helping connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all
• Contribute to developing relevant, scalable, and magical experiences powered by AI