Sr. Software Engineer, Auth Tech

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About the team and the role:

Authenticity Guarantee is an important initiative in eBay where a select category of items are authenticated by professional authenticators in order to increase buyer confidence and satisfaction. Authentication Technology is the team responsible for building the software for orchestrating the Authentication process and storing high value items. The team is also building software for warehouse operations including integration with custom hardware, RFID readers & mobile devices running on android platforms.

We are seeking full stack software engineer who has the skills to design, develop and release the software related to authenticating high value items on time and with high quality. The role requires skills in design, coding, test, maintain software solutions, guide junior team members and also work closely with product managers & peer teams.

What you will accomplish:

• Define, design, and implement & maintain sophisticated, multi-tier distributed software systems that automate authentication of high value luxury items

• Drive design and architecture discussions, produce well-documented design docs, and participate in design and code reviews

• Develop & maintain APIs for web or mobile applications

• Design, develop and maintain database schemas & build reporting applications

• Work closely with peers, Architects, Product Managers, Business Partners, Quality Engineers, and Operations teams to develop innovative solutions that meet functional and non-functional standards and expectations

• Contribute to the development, testing, release, triage, bug fix, documentation and rest of the cycles in product development and maintenance

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus 8+ years of experience or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus 5+ years of hands-on experience in building large-scale distributed systems

• Experience as a Backend engineer with a focus on database management and Restful API design and development

• Strong understanding of SQL & database technologies (MySQL, PostgresSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and designing database schemas and reporting applications

• Extensive hands-on experience and expertise in object-oriented design methodology and application development using Java or Ruby/Rails, Design Patterns, Spring and Spring Boot frameworks, Web services and Caching mechanisms.

• Strong experience working in Google Cloud Platform or equivalent and containerization technologies (ex Docker, Kubernetes)

Nice to have Qualifications

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Github Actions/Jenkins/Github workflows

• Basic understanding of Machine learning & Computer Vision algorithms including Convolution Neural Networks & Deep learning.

• Google Cloud Developer or Architect certification is an advantage

• Experience developing mobile applications on Android platform

• Experience working in warehouse operations, Shipping, logistics or luxury item Authentication

• Knowledge of React, JavaScript and front end frameworks and experience developing front end applications

• Experience developing software solutions integrating with IoT devices

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