This role offers the opportunity to work on critical systems, contribute to open-source technologies, and grow through direct exposure to some of eBay’s most complex infrastructure challenges. This role also includes participation in the team’s on-call rotation in support of production reliability.
What you will accomplish
Design and deliver scalable, fault-tolerant observability infrastructure that improves reliability while reducing operational overhead for platform and engineering teams
Build and optimize high-throughput services for ingesting, transforming, storing, and querying telemetry data across logs, metrics, and traces
Strengthen the resilience of Kubernetes-based production systems through self-healing, autoscaling, and robust operational design
Partner with SREs, platform teams, and service owners to translate observability needs into tools and platform capabilities that improve incident response and operational excellence
Contribute to architecture reviews, production readiness discussions, and post-incident findings to drive continuous improvement across the platform
Expand your technical breadth by working across distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and optionally user-facing observability experiences.
What you will bring
7+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a closely related field
Strong programming skills in Golang or Python, with experience building reliable backend or infrastructure services
Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as fault tolerance, scalability, and system reliability
Hands-on experience deploying and operating containerized services in Kubernetes or similar cloud-native environments
Solid understanding of observability domains including metrics, logs, and traces
Experience with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ClickHouse, or similar technologies; familiarity with time-series systems, high-throughput data pipelines, open-source infrastructure, or React/JavaScript is a plus
Additional Details
The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below
C$142,400 - C$190,100
Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including RRSP eligibility, various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.
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