**Backend Engineer
** **Remote Work
** **Contract Role
** **Client:- eBay
** ** _Job Description
_**
* Work with data scientists, engineers, and multi-functional teams to produce end-to-end production-ready solutions.
* Work on Big Data to produce actionable insights
* Develop solutions for large scale problems on eBay
* Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other team members.
* Build quick prototypes and do preliminary explorations to decide on feasibility and direction
** _Requirements
_**
* MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
* 6 ~ 10+ years of experience designing & developing highly scalable distributed platforms and services and internet-scale web applications.
* Expert and hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, SOAP, SOA Services, Design Patterns, OOA/D, Data Structures, REST, JSON, and Internet Protocols.
* Strong Proficiency in a programming language such as Java and/or Scala with strong foundation in data structures, and algorithms and a strong understanding of multithreading, synchronization, concurrent programming.
* Deep architectural understanding of system design and lead projects to completion.
* Hands-on experience of relational database and/or NoSQL data technologies (Mongo, Cansandra, Couchbase) and related toolset.
* Experience with large data sets and related Big Data technologies, e.g., Hadoop/Spark/Hive
* Experience in Streaming technologies i.e. Kafka
* Familiarity with Agile/Scrum.
* Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision-making
* Agility to adapt to emerging challenges and execute under ambiguity
* Strong communication skills
* Self-drive and your ability to independently work on projects
* Prior experience in the Ads industry is a plus.
