At eBay, specifically TCGplayer, the business problem is to increase the efficiency of the use of datastore technologies, improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the systems which drive the company’s business, and connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
Requirements
- 10 years or more experience in designing datastores, data architectures, and data flows which are scalable, reliable, and efficient
- Significant experience designing and implementing datastores for microservices and event-driven applications
- An understanding of where various data technologies are most-effectively applied and significant personal experience with a breadth of technologies including both RDBMS and non-RDBMS platforms
- Significant experience with implementing and supporting data governance within medium-to-large organizations
Responsibilities
- Function as a technical leader and advisor within the data technology field at TCGplayer, nurturing the growth and progress of both the company and individual engineers
- Lead without authority as you work with other teams to develop data flow strategies and define storage needs for microservices, ensuring trust, efficiency, and alignment with system architecture
- Manage cross-application projects for datastores, emphasizing security, software updates, data governance, and platform migrations
- Consult on database design for the structures within an application’s datastores and queries/aggregations against those structures, optimizing for performance and scalability
- Write minimal yet effective code, primarily database queries to facilitate data management and manipulation and proof-of-concepts for suggested techniques
- Help select appropriate datastore tech for new and re-platformed apps, focusing on transactional systems with small services and event-driven systems to meet current and future data needs
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related field, or a combination of education and experience
- Expertise at applying written and verbal communication skills to influence through collaboration across functional roles and levels
- Ability to work in an at-will position
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Must be willing to adhere to eBay's code of conduct and policies
