Staff Engineer, eBay
SEO Core Services
$166.4-222.1k
Office located in San Jose, CA
Leading online marketplace
Be an early applicant
Leading online marketplace
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$166.4-222.1k
Office located in San Jose, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
Role
Who you are
- If you have experience with clean code, design patterns, code quality and open source technologies, we’ll be more than happy to see the following competencies as well:
- 5+ years’ experience in server-side development in Java
- 3+ years of experience developing frontend applications using JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent (BSc)
- Experience with Spring framework
- Experience with frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
- Experience with OO design and design patterns
- Experience in building Restful services
- Experience in working with agile development methodologies
- Team player with a willingness to collaborate
- Flexibility and passion for learning new domains
Desirable
- Major experience in multi-threading development
- Experience with databases
- Hands on with Hadoop, Hive and HDFS
- Hands on with streaming data solutions using Apache Flink
- Experience with Kafka in microservices environment
- Experience in deploying and managing edge workers
- Experience with modern build tools and bundlers (e.g., Webpack, Vite)
- Knowledge of automated frontend testing (Jest, Cypress, etc.)
What the job involves
- The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) team defines and builds features that optimize the way customers find and reach relevant eBay pages when searching on search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc
- SEO at eBay is a fun and challenging environment, where every day you will be finding solutions for eBay’s global scale and unique breadth of inventory
- Your work will directly improve the experience of hundreds of millions of buyers and sellers, around the world as they interact with billions of listings. eBay’s SEO team are recognized as industry leaders, regularly piloting the latest initiatives in collaboration with the world’s largest search engines, and pioneering new techniques and ways of working
- This role is crucial for ensuring that eBay's most valuable pages are found by search engines, and appear in their results for the most appropriate queries
- You’ll get to work on the fundamentals of SEO technology like robots.txt, sitemaps.xml and metadata as well as new and leading CDN edge computing projects
- You will participate and contribute to major development applications covering all the data and experience lifecycle - from big data processing, through systems which process hundreds of millions of events daily, high availability site facing services who answer billions of requests in a very short SLA, all the way to the front end experience
- This is your way to make a direct impact on eBay’s site and its customers
- Developing high-quality Java applications that integrate with backend systems
- Designing and implementing engaging, responsive frontend components using modern Javascript frameworks
- Demonstrating expertise in design and implementation
- Documenting code and systems
- Supporting production applications
Our take
Founded in 1995 as an online auction platform primarily catering to collectibles, eBay quickly emerged as a pioneer in connecting buyers and sellers in the digital realm. This early success propelled eBay to become to globally recognized leader it is today.
In the present landscape, eBay competes with industry giants like Amazon within the C2C eCommerce sector. However, eBay distinguishes itself by fostering an environment where businesses can cultivate and promote their brands on the platform, offering a tailored, community-driven experience for both sellers and buyers. By championing small businesses, eBay attracts sellers and socially conscious consumers, positioning itself in stark contrast to Amazon's corporate image.
The rising consumer interest in sustainability has presented economic opportunities for eBay, particularly as younger demographics gravitate toward purchasing pre-owned items. in response, eBay has directed its marketing efforts toward Gen Z customers and formed partnerships with cultural phenomena like Love Island, further solidifying its appeal among contemporary audiences.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive health and wellness program designed to meet your unique needs.
- We strive to provide programs that help support both mind and body, including quality healthcare insurance, wellness programs and preventative care.
- Stock Purchase Plans
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Stock Awards
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- Credit Union Memberships
- Balancing work & life - eBay believes in providing you with the opportunity to be your best self in your professional and personal life. In addition to supporting flexible workstyles including hybrid and remote, eBay offers 4 weeks of paid sabbatical time for every 5 years of service
- Giving back to our community - We provide our employees around the globe with opportunities to have a positive impact on their local communities. Through the eBay Foundation, our company matches donations to eligible nonprofits up to $10,000 per employee per year. And our employee-led volunteer groups organize local giving and volunteering activities throughout the world
Company HQ
Greylands, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Jamie Iannone
(CEO, not founder)Studied at Princeton and Stanford University. Held executive roles at Walmart, Barnes & Noble, and The Children's Place, before becoming CEO of eBay in April 2020.
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