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Platform Engineer – Developer Platform, Productivity & Experience Engineering

About the Team

The Developer Platform, Productivity & Experience Engineering team within eBay’s Global Technology (CT) builds and operates the AI/ML-powered eBay Developer Platform.

Our scope includes:

• Continuous Delivery platform

• Enterprise Testing platform

• AI-driven no-code/low-code developer tools

• Developer Productivity and Engineering Velocity platforms

Our mission is to eliminate friction in the software development and delivery lifecycle and enable engineers to ship high-quality software at scale.

About the Role

We are seeking a strong Platform Engineer with hands-on experience building distributed systems and modern web applications.

You will:

• Design and develop scalable microservices and backend systems

• Build frontend applications for internal developer platforms (React preferred)

• Architect distributed systems that operate reliably at scale

• Develop platform capabilities that power CI/CD, testing, and developer workflows

Your work will directly impact how thousands of engineers build, test, and release software at eBay.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong programming fundamentals and system design skills

• Experience building microservices and distributed systems in production

• Experience with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot

• Experience building REST APIs and event-driven systems

• Frontend development experience (React preferred)

• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native systems

• Experience with Tekton and CI/CD systems is a plus

• Experience building testing or contract-testing frameworks is a plus

Strong ownership mindset, collaboration skills, and a passion for improving developer experience are essential.

Role Clarification

This is a Platform Engineering role requiring hands-on development of microservices, distributed systems, and frontend applications.

It is not a Quality Engineering (QE) or DevOps role. Engineers on this team own the systems they build end-to-end — including designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality automated tests (unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and reliability). There are no separate QE roles within most teams at eBay; quality is built in and owned by the engineers developing the software.

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.

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