10 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and drive architecture for a distributed data platform supporting real-time, streaming, and batch workloads.
- Lead the design of data lifecycle management, metadata systems, orchestration, and developer-facing APIs.
- Build platform capabilities that improve data reliability, consistency, discoverability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Introduce automation and AI-assisted workflows for diagnostics, validation, remediation, and operational resilience.
- Establish observability, SLOs, failure handling, and production excellence practices.
- Partner with engineering teams to drive platform adoption, standardization, and evolution.
- Mentor senior engineers and raise engineering and architectural standards.
Requirements
- Approximately 10–15+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, infrastructure, or data platforms.
- Experience operating at Staff+ or Principal level and leading complex, cross-team technical initiatives.
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, including scalability, fault tolerance, data consistency, and performance.
- Experience with high-scale streaming systems, event-driven architectures, or real-time data processing.
- Hands-on experience building platform services for real-time and offline workloads.
- Proficiency in systems programming with Java, Python, or Go.
- Experience running production systems with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
- Familiarity with automation or AI-assisted systems and sound judgment about their use.
- Strong communication and ability to influence across a broad engineering organization.
Benefits
- Full-time role located in Bengaluru.
- eBay is an equal opportunity employer and provides accessibility accommodations when needed.
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.