1 day ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve scalable backend services and APIs for intelligent workflows and developer-facing capabilities.
- Drive system architecture and technical decisions focused on performance, reliability, maintainability, and reduced technical complexity.
- Own end-to-end feature and service delivery from design through production, including code quality, testing, and operational readiness.
- Improve performance, scalability, and efficiency by identifying bottlenecks, strengthening observability, and troubleshooting production issues.
- Collaborate with product, data, and partner engineering teams and communicate technical trade-offs, risks, and progress.
- Mentor junior engineers, share knowledge, reinforce engineering guidelines, and adopt technologies and approaches that improve the team.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating backend systems in production and delivering features or services end-to-end.
- Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, or similar.
- Understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and service-based architectures.
- Hands-on experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases, APIs, messaging systems, cloud platforms, and container technologies.
- Strong system design, debugging, and problem-solving skills, including awareness of performance, reliability, and operational trade-offs.
- Effective collaboration and communication skills with product managers and cross-functional partners.
- Experience with platform or developer tooling, AI/ML or workflow-based systems, and/or observability, monitoring, and production operations is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid expectations and role location follow eBay’s local site guidelines.
- The compensation package may include target bonus, restricted stock units, medical and financial benefits, RRSP eligibility, PTO, and parental leave.
- eBay is an equal opportunity employer and provides accommodation support for applicants with accessibility needs.
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.