Staff Streaming/Messaging Infra Engineer
Core
Architect and operate eBay's core control plane and data plane for distributed streaming platforms (Apache Flink, Apache Kafka) and design next-generation streaming lakehouse storage systems.
Role type
Staff IC infrastructure engineer (streaming/messaging)
Builds
High-throughput real-time streaming platforms and lakehouse storage for eBay's global ecommerce ecosystem
Domain
Ecommerce, Real-time Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems fundamentals, Java, Rust, C++, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Streaming lakehouse formats (Apache Paimon, Apache Iceberg, Apache Fluss)
Preferred skills
Custom Kubernetes operators, Embedded storage engines (RocksDB, LevelDB), Open-source contributions
Technologies
Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Apache Paimon, Apache Iceberg, Apache Fluss, RocksDB, LevelDB
Responsibilities
Design and scale control/data plane for Flink and Kafka on multi-cluster Kubernetes; Lead development of real-time streaming lakehouse architecture; Drive high availability and automated fault recovery; Enhance enterprise monitoring and distributed tracing; Partner with global architecture teams to shape real-time data ecosystem; Decompose problems and provide context for AI coding agents to execute complex tasks
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with architectural ownership