Platform Engineer, Notification Platform

Location: Austin

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

About the team and role:

We are the eBay Frameworks Team!

We’re looking for a Platform Engineer to join our Application Platform team in Austin, TX.

You’ll help run and evolve our Event Subscription Platform (ESP), the backbone for push notifications at eBay.

Your work will keep messages flowing reliably and at scale, build the systems that deliver real-time updates to eBay’s partners and sellers.

You will collaborate closely with our San Jose, CA and Shanghai based counterparts to deliver on the product roadmap and enhance our platform.

If you are interested in working on high-impact, critical systems used across eBay, collaborating with professionals from multiple locations and growing distributed systems and event platforms, helping to shape how real-time notifications are delivered at global scale and building reliable, scalable platforms at eBay, this may be the role for you!

What you will accomplish:

• Design and ship scalable, highly available services for event subscriptions.

• Own operations: investigate and fix notification issues in production.

• Keep the platform secure and current with upgrades and vulnerability fixes.

• Automate routine maintenance to reduce toil and improve reliability.

• Write clean, maintainable Java using Spring Boot and solid OOP/design patterns.

• Build and operate event pipelines with Apache Kafka.

• Partner with teams across eBay to understand needs and deliver solutions.

What you will bring:

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.

• Strong Java fundamentals with Spring Boot, OOP, and data structures.

• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka or similar messaging systems.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Maven, Jenkins).

• Understanding of RESTful APIs and deploying to Kubernetes.

• Curiosity, ownership, and a focus on reliability and automation.

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Additional Details

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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