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Senior Staff Back End Software Engineer

TEKsystems
Toronto, OntarioOn-site1 week ago
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Top Skills' Details • 10+ years designing and building large-scale distributed web platforms/APIs**, ideally supporting millions of users, high transaction volumes, and always-on 24/7 production environments. • 5+ years operating as a hands-on architect, Staff/Principal engineer, or technical lead**, owning end-to-end product/platform scope across multiple domains and staying at least 50% hands-on with coding and implementation. • Deep Java/Spring Boot backend expertise**, including REST APIs, microservices, GraphQL exposure, and strong end-to-end system design across APIs, messaging systems, RDBMS/NoSQL, containers, and infrastructure layers. • Proven ability to define and drive technical strategy across teams**, including roadmap ownership, ADRs, architecture decisions, tradeoff analysis, and alignment with engineering, product, and business stakeholders. • Track record leading complex technical initiatives from ambiguity to production**, including performance, scalability, security, reliability, release/on-call ownership, and improving engineering practices/velocity across teams. 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. What you'll do and learn: • Independently lead complex technical initiatives within and beyond your team. • Drive technical direction and roadmap, leads across domain teams and guides others towards the right technical decisions. • Authors ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) that serves as blueprint or a proposed solution for a given technical problem and influences overall tech strategy • Responsible for one or more large functional areas possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise. • Demonstrate strong systems approach, go beyond immediate needs, proactively addressing performance, security, and future-proofing solutions. • Take ownership of complex projects, driving them from conception to successful implementation. • Change agency to set high bar and uplevel across teams on culture, process and engineering practices. Empower teams through effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tool building. • Identifying areas in the company platforms likely to change and integrating flexibility in the design for these areas improving engineering velocity • Long term technology vision to continually modernize and keep systems relevant in constantly changing environments • Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an "always-on" 24/7 site Must Haves: Java,spring boot,graphql,rest api,microservices Additional Skills & Qualifications • Experience supporting platforms with millions of users and high transaction volumes • Experience defining and driving architecture across multiple teams and domains • Strong leadership in a matrixed environment, influencing engineering, product, and business stakeholders • Experience navigating ambiguous problem spaces and defining technical direction from scratch • Expertise in event-driven architecture and highly scalable distributed systems • Experience with GraphQL (preferred) • Strong understanding of messaging systems (Kafka, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, etc.) • Experience with both RDBMS and NoSQL databases • Hands-on experience with containers and cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure) • Proven success creating and driving adoption of engineering best practices, standards, and tooling • Experience authoring and socializing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) • Strong track record of mentoring engineers and raising the engineering bar • Experience modernizing legacy systems and creating a long-term technology vision • Ownership of release management, production support, and on-call responsibilities for critical systems • Excellent communication skills with a strong sense of ownership and accountability • Demonstrated ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and maintainability • Growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and organizational impact • Experience influencing engineering culture, processes, and technical excellence beyond their immediate team • Ability to identify future platform needs and build flexibility and extensibility into system designs • Experience working across adjacent disciplines such as product management, project management, and people leadership • Active participation in internal or external technical knowledge-sharing communities Experience Level Expert Level Job Type & Location This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Toronto, ON. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $110.00 - $125.00/hr. Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Toronto,ON. À propos de TEKsystems et TEKsystems Global Services Nous sommes un fournisseur de services aux entreprises et de technologies. Nous accélérons la transformation de nos clients. Notre compétence en stratégie, conception, exécution et opérations libère la valeur de l’entreprise par un éventail de solutions. Nous sommes une équipe de 80 000 personnes qui collaborent avec plus de 60 000 clients, notamment 80 % du Fortune 500 en Amérique du Nord, Europe et Asie, qui collaborent avec nous dans le cadre de nos capacités full-stack et notre rythme. Nous sommes des penseurs stratégiques, des collaborateurs pratiques qui aident les clients à exploiter le changement et maîtriser le dynamisme de la technologie. Nous bâtissons le futur en livrant les résultats et en créant un impact positif dans nos communautés mondiales. TEKsystems et TEKsystems Global Services sont des entreprises d’Allegis Group. Découvrez d’autres informations à TEKsystems.com. Ordonnance sur l’égalité des chances de San Francisco: Conformément à l’Ordonnance sur l’égalité des chances de San Francisco, pour tous les postes situés dans la ville et le comté de San Francisco, nous examinerons les candidatures des personnes qualifiées ayant un casier judiciaire ou des antécédents criminels. Utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle (IA): Nous pouvons utiliser l’intelligence artificielle (IA) pour soutenir certaines étapes de notre processus d’embauche, notamment la recherche, la présélection et l’évaluation des candidatures. L’IA aide à analyser les candidatures et les qualifications, mais les décisions finales sont prises par notre équipe de recrutement. En soumettant votre candidature, vous reconnaissez et acceptez que celle-ci puisse être examinée à l’aide d’outils d’IA. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.econnaissez et acceptez que celle-ci puisse être examinée à l’aide d’outils d’IA.
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