Job Responsibilities
Design and build innovative advertising, marketing platform features that help eBay sellers, advertisers grow their business and help eBay become the dominant eCommerce platform.
Develop scalable, highly available applications, APIs, and services using technologies such as Marko, React, Node.js, Java, and Scala.
Own end-to-end delivery of complex features, from technical design and architecture through deployment and production support.
Drive technical decisions, system design, and cross-team collaboration to ensure scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) throughout the development lifecycle for coding, debugging, testing, and code review to increase engineering velocity.
Contribute to AI-powered advertising and marketing features by collaborating with ML engineers on LLM integrations, recommendation systems, and intelligent campaign optimization.
Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, Agile development, open-source collaboration, and rapid software delivery.
Mentor team members, participate in technical discussions, and help shape engineering best practices across the organization.
Job Requirements
BS/BA in Computer Science or related field plus 10+ years work experience or MS with 8+ years of relevant experience.
Strong experience in building modern web applications at scale with React (or similar frameworks), HTML/CSS, RESTful APIs and responsive design.
Experience with relational (Oracle/Postgres/MySQL) and/or NoSQL (Cassandra/MongoDB) databases, including schema design and query optimization.
Proven ability to own end-to-end system design: writing technical design documents, leading design reviews, and making architectural decisions for multi-service features.
Experience designing scalable distributed systems with a track record of evaluating trade-offs (consistency, availability, latency, cost) and driving technical alignment across teams.
Experience with AI-assisted development practices and tools to increase engineering productivity (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent).
Experience building or integrating LLM-powered features, agentic workflows, or AI-driven automation in production systems is a plus.
Strong ownership mentality with ability to drive work end-to-end in a collaborative environment.
Exposure to GraphQL and experience in building Federated GraphQL APIs is highly desirable.
Experience on contributing to open-source is a plus.
Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.
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Additional Details
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