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Hybrid Role - 3 days in our Toronto office
Who We Are
TCGplayer, now a part of eBay, connects a global community of millions of buyers with tens of thousands of retailers in a $25B global collectible card game and collectible hobbyist space. We pride ourselves on a culture of inclusion that fosters camaraderie, embraces diversity, and exudes passion. We are one of New York State’s 50 best employers and Fortune.com’s top 100 companies for women in the U.S!
The TCGplayer Warehouse Management System (WMS) team works on developing software solutions to help the Seller and Buyers of Trading Card Games.
We are building a full-service product to facilitate the authentication of TCGs so that buyers and sellers can interact with confidence, knowing their products are genuine and at a fair market price.
In addition to that, the team is building a full WMS encapsulating Receiving, Inventory, Picking, and Shipping.
The Impact You Will Make Here
We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to lead the design and development of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will combine deep backend expertise with hands-on leadership driving system architecture, building scalable services, and shaping infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
You’ll work closely with a small team of six engineers to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions, owning projects end to end from design through the pipeline to production. The ideal candidate brings strong experience building complex backend systems, developing and operating cloud infrastructure (GCP), hands-on Java expertise, and the ability to lead autonomously while setting a high technical bar.
Architect, design, develop and test complex, multi-tier distributed Warehouse Management System software systems
Lead architecture discussions, develop well-documented design docs, and facilitate development and code reviews ensuring alignment with industry standards
Work with product managers, collaborators, and cross-functional teams to build software solutions that fulfill functional and non-functional needs, establish project plans and deliverables
Estimate engineering effort, plan execution cycles, and roll out system changes
Identify and address performance bottlenecks in software systems & ensure systems are secure, scalable, and maintainable
Write Unit and Integration tests and ensure software developed meets high quality standards
Stay updated on emerging technologies and integrate them into development processes whenever applicable
Function as a team leader utilizing communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
What You Bring to the Team
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus 8+ years of experience or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus 7+ years of hands-on experience in building large-scale distributed systems
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly in Google Cloud Run and deployment pipelines
Extensive hands-on experience and expertise in object-oriented design methodology and application development using Java/J2EE OR Kotlin, including frameworks such as Spring Boot
Strong expertise in designing and developing REST API
Deep understanding of SQL Databases, preferably experience Postgres
Familiarity with tuning systems, architecture, thread management, and problem analysis
Expertise with Terraform deployments
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