Software Engineer Manager, Backend

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Who We Are

TCGplayer connects hobbyists and hobby businesses to communities. We relentlessly improve the exchange of things and thoughts that fuel passions, providing the most compelling destination and tools for collectible card game enthusiasts and professional sellers! TCGplayer, now a part of eBay, promotes and drives growth of our products and services by connecting a global community of millions of buyers with tens of thousands of retailers in a $25B global collectible hobby market.

The CORE Engineering team, incorporates the Catalog and Orders domains, 2 incredibly critical components of the overall system. They are focusing primarily on Catalog at the moment, which is the center of everything we do here i.e. nothing can happen without a product in the Catalog. There is a huge opportunity to evangelize our Catalog 2.0 system to consuming teams as well as work on Orders, which is currently an untapped domain on our team.

Who You Are

A Software Engineering Manager 1 at TCGplayer will lead a team of software engineers and quality engineers in a fast-paced Agile environment. You will be responsible for developing and executing a roadmap with your Product counterparts. You are familiar with microservice based technical architectures and have experience building next-generation technical systems on a modern technology stack. You are equally passionate about building elegant technical solutions as you are about mentoring and advancing the careers of those who report to you. If you are an experienced technologist looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity in an incredibly fun industry, then TCGplayer is the right place for you.

The Impact You Will Make Here

• Grow our omnichannel services to allow our sellers to grow their business in-store with their point of sale and online through our supported sales channels.

• Allow internal teams to easily access catalog data and maintain the latest and greatest product information

• Create interfaces and services so that teams can manage product lines, interact with orders, and integrant with other systems

What You Bring to the Team

• 8 years of software development experience on large-scale, high-volume, technical systems

• 2 years of software Engineering Management experience in backend facing team

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent work experience) in computer science, information technology or a related field

• Proven success leading, managing and hiring a team of talented engineers

• Proven success providing project management artifacts in an agile environment

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with engineers and non-engineers alike

• Strong ability to coach engineers, helping them improve their skills and grow their careers (including managing remote engineers)

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). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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