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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.
We are looking for Software Engineers to join theGolden Data Sets (GDS) Platformteam within eBay's Core Data Platform organization.
The problem we're solving is significant: eBay currently manages over ten thousands of loosely defined datasets with fragmented pipeline implementations, resulting in widespread data duplication, redundant compute, and runaway operational costs. The GDS Platform addresses this by building a fully declarative data platform — one that accepts dataset specifications, maintains a comprehensive view of the total data flow graph, and automatically produces optimized pipelines to systematically eliminate these inefficiencies at scale.
As an engineer on this team, you will contribute to the systems that power this platform — from computation graph management to pipeline optimization and dataset lifecycle. Your work will directly reduce operational waste across eBay's data infrastructure.
Note: This is aData Platform Engineeringrole. Familiarity with Spark, Flink, and the Hadoop ecosystem is useful context, but your primary responsibility is building the platform itself — not authoring pipelines.
Build and own core components of eBay’sdeclarative data platform, enabling automated generation and optimization of data pipelines at scale
Design and evolve systems that manage theglobal data flow graph, including dataset definitions, dependencies, and execution planning
Develop platform capabilities forcomputation graph management, pipeline optimization, and dataset lifecycle orchestration
Engineer solutions that systematically reducedata duplication, redundant compute, and operational inefficienciesacross thousands of datasets
Contribute to long-term platform architecture throughdesign reviews and architecture documents, ensuring scalability, correctness, and resilience
Build platform systems that balanceperformance, cost efficiency, and data correctness, while enforcing governance and compliance requirements
Driveoperational excellencefor platform services, including observability, reliability, and incident response
Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and data teams tostandardize dataset definitions and improve platform adoption
Developautomation and intelligent toolingto improve platform efficiency, including opportunities to leverageAI/agent-driven optimizations
Learn and deepen expertise in areas such asdeclarative systems, distributed computation graphs, data governance, and large-scale platform engineering
Strong experience designing and buildinglarge-scale distributed systems or platforms(compute, storage, APIs, or orchestration systems)
Proven ability toown and deliver complex platform components end-to-end, from design to production
Systems thinking mindset with the ability to reason aboutdata flow, dependencies, scaling bottlenecks, and reliability trade-offs
Experience buildingplatform abstractions or frameworks, not just consuming them
Strong communication skills with the ability todrive alignment across cross-functional engineering teams
Curiosity and growth mindset to exploredeclarative paradigms, optimization systems, and emerging technologies
Opportunity to solvefoundational data platform challenges at massive scale, impacting thousands of datasets and pipelines
High-impact work focused oneliminating inefficiencies and reducing operational cost across the data ecosystem
Deep technical challenges indeclarative systems, graph-based execution, and large-scale optimization
Collaborative and inclusive culture with strong emphasis onengineering excellence and knowledge sharing
Supportive environment with focus onsustainable operations, on-call balance, and long-term growth
4+ years of experience indistributed systems, platform engineering, or data infrastructure
Strong proficiency inJava or Python, with experience building production-grade systems
Experience withCI/CD, testing, and containerized environments
Solid understanding ofdistributed system design, algorithms, and scalability patterns
Familiarity with technologies such asSpark, Flink, or similar systems
Experience working withlarge-scale data ecosystems or data platforms is a plus
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
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Additional Details
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 talent@ebay.com 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.
We use cookies to enhance your experience and may use AI tools for administrative tasks in the hiring process. To learn how we handle your personal data and use AI responsibly, please visit our Talent Privacy Notice, Privacy Center, and AI Hiring Guidelines
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