10 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate Apache Flink and Apache Kafka control-plane and data-plane infrastructure across multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
- Lead development of real-time streaming lakehouse storage architecture for low-latency analytical workloads at scale.
- Drive high availability, automated fault recovery, and zero-downtime operations for production streaming topologies.
- Improve enterprise monitoring, distributed tracing, automated alerting, and failure-diagnosis tooling.
- Partner with global architecture and platform teams to evolve eBay’s real-time data ecosystem.
- Use AI coding agents and tools to deliver complex, maintainable, production-quality software.
Requirements
- Deep hands-on knowledge of distributed systems, data structures, concurrency, operating-system internals, and networking.
- Strong expertise in Java, Rust, or C++.
- Production-scale experience developing, tuning, and operating Apache Flink, including state backends, checkpointing, custom operators, and the Flink Kubernetes Operator.
- Proven Apache Kafka experience, or equivalent Apache Pulsar or RocketMQ experience, including broker architecture, partition strategy, and control/data-plane management.
- Experience running high-throughput stateful workloads on Kubernetes across hybrid or private cloud environments.
- Familiarity with streaming table formats and storage engines such as Apache Paimon, Apache Iceberg, or Apache Fluss.
- Hands-on experience delivering complex software with AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex.
- Preferred experience writing custom Kubernetes operators or control planes, knowledge of RocksDB or LevelDB and memory management, and contributions to streaming open-source projects.
Tech Stack
About TCGplayer
TCGplayer operates an online marketplace and software tools for buying and selling trading card games and related collectibles, serving hobby shops and individual sellers. It generates revenue through marketplace fees, seller subscriptions, and fulfillment programs such as TCGplayer Direct. An eBay subsidiary, the company provides authentication and logistics services that help stores list inventory at scale and reach buyers across the U.S. and internationally.