MTS 2 - Distributed Databases

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. 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. About the team and role Our NuData team at eBay brings together exceptional engineers who are pushing the boundaries of distributed systems to build the next generation of database platforms powering eBay’s global marketplace. NuData builds and operates petabyte-scale, highly available distributed data platforms supporting some of eBay’s most critical workloads. We are seeking an experienced Member of Technical Staff 2 (MTS 2) to join the NuData team in Bengaluru. You will work closely with NuData engineers, technical leads, and architects in Bengaluru, the U.S., China, and Ireland to design, build, and operate highly scalable distributed database systems. In this role, you will take ownership of significant components and capabilities within NuData’s distributed database platforms. You will solve challenging engineering problems involving scalability, availability, performance, consistency, and operational efficiency and contribute to the design and evolution of systems operating at eBay scale. This is a highly hands-on engineering role. You will design and implement production software, write and review code, develop prototypes, benchmark solutions, debug complex system and production issues, and work with other engineers to deliver reliable distributed systems. You will participate in architectural and design discussions and help turn technical requirements into robust production solutions. You will also work directly with NuData customers when needed to understand workloads, troubleshoot technical issues, and help ensure our platforms meet their performance, reliability, and scalability requirements. What you will accomplish • Design, develop, test, and operate critical components and capabilities within NuData’s large-scale distributed database platforms. • Take end-to-end ownership of significant features and components—from requirements and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support. • Write high-quality, production-grade code and actively participate in design and code reviews. • Solve complex engineering problems across areas such as storage, transactions, replication, distributed consensus, partitioning, geo-distribution, and high-concurrency systems. • Contribute to technical designs and architectural decisions by evaluating alternatives, identifying tradeoffs, and working with senior engineers and architects to select effective solutions. • Improve the scalability, latency, availability, reliability, and infrastructure efficiency of systems operating at eBay scale. • Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across software, storage, networking, and distributed-system boundaries and implement solutions that prevent recurrence. • Build prototypes and conduct performance benchmarks to evaluate new designs, algorithms, and technologies before bringing them into production. • Partner with engineers, technical leads, product managers, and NuData customers to understand requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions. • Contribute to strong engineering practices around design, code quality, testing, observability, automation, deployment, and operational readiness. • Share technical knowledge and provide guidance to other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, documentation, and collaborative problem solving. • Evaluate emerging technologies and open-source solutions and apply them where they can improve NuData’s architecture, performance, or engineering efficiency. • Effectively use AI-assisted engineering tools to