Payments - Software Engineer 3
About the role
Join eBay's Payments Platform team, supporting millions of buyers and sellers in over 190 markets worldwide. The team builds and runs fault-tolerant, high-performance payment systems powering eBay's global transaction engine. These systems handle real-time authorization, settlement, regulatory compliance, and fraud prevention.
Responsibilities
- Build and deliver end-to-end payment processing flows — including authorization, capture, settlement, funding, reconciliation, and exception handling — at global scale.
- Build and own high-performance, scalable microservices using REST/gRPC APIs and distributed systems principles that process millions of transactions daily.
- Champion security and compliance by chipping in to PCI DSS audits, implementing mutual authentication, encryption, tokenization, and certificate lifecycle management.
- Drive quality through automation, build reviews, and detailed testing across the full SDLC — from development through production validation and release support.
- Serve as a technical leader in Agile/Scrum delivery — crafting builds, owning sprint commitments, and mentoring peers across a multi-functional team.
- Ensure system reliability through on-call participation, incident response, root-cause analysis, and long-term remediation of production issues.
Requirements
- Master's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience; 6+ years of hands-on software build and application development experience.
- Deep experience with payments and FinTech systems — credit card processing, ACH, wire transfers, real-time authorization, and settlement.
- Hands-on experience crafting or building a payments ledger system, including double-entry bookkeeping, ledger reconciliation, and financial audit trails.
- Deep knowledge of payment security standards: PCI DSS, mTLS, mutual authentication, HMAC, encryption, and tokenization.
- Proficiency in Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring, Spring Boot); deep understanding of JDBC, REST, OAuth, and JSON-based service development.
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL data stores (Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop) and object-oriented/functional programming with reactive and async patterns.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently and effectively in multi-group, cross-discipline environments.
- Familiarity with AI/ML techniques — experience with LLM integration, timely engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or ML model serving to build intelligent payment features or operational tooling.
Qualifications
Master's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience; 6+ years of hands-on software build and application development experience.
Skills
- Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring, Spring Boot)
- JDBC, REST, OAuth, and JSON-based service development
- Relational and NoSQL data stores (Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop)
- Object-oriented/functional programming with reactive and async patterns
- AI/ML techniques — experience with LLM integration, timely engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or ML model serving
Benefits
The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below: $147,200 - $196,500 Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave).
Pay
The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below: $147,200 - $196,500 Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience.
Schedule
Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.
Additional Details
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