[Hiring] Staff Data Engineer, Data Systems, TCGplayer @eBay

Role Description

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

The Data Engineering team collaborates across the TCGplayer Technology organization to:

• Define appropriate datastore infrastructure
• Create efficient and scalable database and data flow designs
• Resolve scaling or performance challenges as they arise

As a member of this team, you will:

• Partner with other technical leaders to set the direction for our evolving data estate
• Be a leader in our quest to continually improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the systems which drive the company’s business

What you will accomplish:

• Function as a technical leader and advisor within the data technology field at TCGplayer
• Provide technical expertise and insight to develop data flow strategies and define storage needs for microservices
• Manage cross-application projects for datastores, emphasizing security, software currency, data governance, and platform migrations
• Research emerging capabilities in both the datastores used by the organization and the broader marketplace
• Consult on database design for the structures within an application’s datastores
• Write minimal yet effective code, primarily database queries
• Guide selection of appropriate datastore technologies for new and re-platformed apps

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• 10+ years of experience designing datastores, data architectures, and data flows
• Strong experience building and evolving datastores for microservices and event-driven applications (Kafka preferred)
• Deep expertise with relational/transactional databases in production (Postgres preferred)
• Strong understanding of operational/OLTP systems
• Ability to define data ownership, service boundaries, and access patterns in microservices-based architecture
• Experience working across multiple data technologies
• Strong understanding of where different data technologies are most effective
• Experience supporting data governance, lifecycle management, software currency, and operational standards
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• 10+ years of experience designing datastores, data architectures, and data flows
• Strong experience building and evolving datastores for microservices and event-driven applications (Kafka preferred)
• Deep expertise with relational/transactional databases in production (Postgres preferred)
• Strong understanding of operational/OLTP systems
• Ability to define data ownership, service boundaries, and access patterns in microservices-based architecture
• Experience working across multiple data technologies
• Strong understanding of where different data technologies are most effective
• Experience supporting data governance, lifecycle management, software currency, and operational standards
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Benefits

• Base pay range: $136,000 - $228,600
• Total compensation package may include target bonus and restricted stock units
• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
• 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits
• Parental leave