Software Engineer
Posted 8 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Staff Hadoop Software Engineer”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
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.
Responsibilities
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Architect Distributed Scalability & High Availability: Lead architectural enhancements across massive Hadoop and open-source data platforms, ensuring elite system availability, fault tolerance, and zero-downtime scaling to support petabyte-scale growth and strategic enterprise initiatives.
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Drive High-Impact Infrastructure Initiatives: Own end-to-end technical execution of complex data processing pipelines and platform frameworks, optimizing resource utilization, throughput, and performance reliability across distributed environments.
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Engineer Developer & Operational Tooling: Design and deliver advanced internal and customer-facing tools that streamline data access, governance, and cluster management, empowering cross-functional engineering teams to extract insights efficiently.
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Architect Ecosystem Integration: Champion seamless interoperability between Hadoop data layers and broader enterprise platforms, eliminating operational silos and automating workflows to foster a cohesive, data-driven organizational ecosystem.
Qualifications & Technical Expertise
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Extensive Engineering Experience: 10+ years of software design and distributed systems development, backed by a deep mastery of open-source technologies, large-scale cluster architectures, and enterprise production environments.
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Advanced Programming & Computer Science Foundations: Expert-level proficiency in Java and/or Scala, with a robust command of algorithms, concurrency models, and data structures tailored for high-performance, low-latency distributed computing.