Staff Backend Engineer (d/f/m)

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About the team and the role:

We are in the process of launching a brand-new engineering hub in Germany. Several new engineering teams within the area of payments will be created in our Dreilinden office located in the greater Berlin area. We are looking for a Staff Back-end Engineer (d/f/m) who will be part of the Identity team and who can help us build exciting products at eBay. You will be working on new experiences for millions of customers, such as enabling two-factor authentication for our users. You will lead the development of modern Java/Spring Boot based web applications by developing system designs, helping define the technical roadmap, guiding the team on all technical aspects, and implementing code. You will report to a Sr. Manager of engineering, as well as work closely with the wider engineering team of the new engineering hub.

It’s a unique opportunity to be part of a new team based on a collaborative, transparent and highly technical team culture.

What you will accomplish:

• Contribute to the design and development of scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions.

• Participate in architectural discussions to drive system-level decisions and innovative solutions.

• Create design documents and technical specifications for key projects.

• Develop and maintain server-side applications using Java and SpringBoot.

• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following coding standards and guidelines.

• Conduct and participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and consistency.

• Work closely with product managers, and other engineers to deliver features and improvements.

• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system issues.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar technical degree, with 9+ years of experience designing and developing highly scalable web applications.

• Proven experience building scalable backend systems with Java / Spring Boot.

• Experience building RESTful APIs and implementing microservices architectures.

• Proficiency in working with relational databases and/or NoSQL databases

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git), CI/CD pipelines and knowledge of Agile or Scrum methodologies

• Proficiency in writing and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end tests

• Having work experience in the Identity and Access Management domain is plus

• eBay requires employees to be present in the Dreilinden office three days per week on average

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