Staff Streaming/Messaging Infra Engineer
eBay (company site, opens in a new tab)BengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 35–60 LPA
Posted on 17 Sept
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About This Role
- Architect, build, and operate eBay’s streaming infrastructure including Apache Flink and Apache Kafka on multi-cluster Kubernetes spanning multiple data centers and availability zones.
- Lead the design and development of real-time streaming lakehouse storage systems enabling low-latency analytics at massive scale.
- Ensure high availability and zero-downtime for production streaming topologies, while improving observability through monitoring and automated alerting.
Minimum Requirements
- Strong expertise in distributed systems with proficiency in Java, Rust, or C++.
- Hands-on experience with Apache Flink at scale including state backend management and Kubernetes operator usage.
- Proven experience managing Apache Kafka including control and data plane aspects.
- Work Experience Required: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in operating high-throughput stateful workloads on Kubernetes in hybrid or private cloud environments.
- Skilled in decomposing complex software engineering problems to utilize AI coding agents effectively.
- Familiarity with modern streaming table formats/storage engines (e.g., Apache Paimon, Iceberg) and contributing to open-source streaming projects.