Software Engineer - Traffic at Ebay in Austin

Job description

• 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.
• ** This role cannot offer any form of visa sponsorship**
• At eBay, we build and operate trusted, large-scale platforms that power global commerce. The Traffic team is responsible for helping keep those platforms fast, available, and secure by designing and operating systems that manage traffic flow, routing, and service connectivity across distributed environments. The team partners closely with SRE, platform, and application engineering teams and works on infrastructure challenges that directly influence platform reliability and performance.
• As a Traffic Engineer, you will help design, build, and operate traffic management and routing systems that improve availability, latency, scalability, and network security. This role is suited for an engineer who is comfortable working on modern infrastructure, including Kubernetes-based environments, and who enjoys solving systems and networking problems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve services and tools that manage traffic flow and routing across distributed systems.
• Help strengthen platform security by implementing secure service communication patterns, routing controls, and hardening measures.
• Support scalable service operation in Kubernetes environments through deployment, troubleshooting, and ongoing reliability improvements.
• Contribute to low-latency, high-throughput system design through profiling, benchmarking, and performance tuning.
• Use logs, metrics, and traces to investigate production issues, identify root causes, and improve operational stability.
• Partner with SRE, platform, and application teams to integrate traffic and networking solutions that are reliable, maintainable, and safe.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience plus 2+ years of relevant experience in traffic engineering, networking, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Programming experience in Java, C++, or Go, including debugging, data structures, and core concurrency concepts.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, load balancing, and TLS.
• Working knowledge of Linux and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience with or exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, and service-to-service networking.
• Familiarity with technologies such as Envoy, NGINX, or HAProxy, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry is a plus.
• **This role can not offer any form of visa sponsorship**

Skills

Required

• Programming in Java, C++, or Go

Preferred

• Envoy, NGINX, or HAProxy

Benefits

• The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:
• $80,800 - $143,600
• 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 401(k) eligibility and 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.
• If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
• Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.