Sr. MTS, Software Engineer (Backend)

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

What you'll do and learn:

• Independently lead complex technical initiatives within and beyond your team.
• Drive technical direction and roadmap, leading across domain teams and guiding others towards the right technical decisions.
• Author ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) that serve as a blueprint or a proposed solution for a given technical problem and influence overall tech strategy.
• Be responsible for one or more large functional areas possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise.
• Demonstrate a strong systems approach, going beyond immediate needs, proactively addressing performance, security, and future-proofing solutions.
• Take ownership of complex projects, driving them from conception to successful implementation.
• Act as a change agent to set a high bar and uplevel across teams on culture, process, and engineering practices. Empower teams through effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tool building.
• Identify areas in the company platforms likely to change and integrate flexibility in the design for these areas, improving engineering velocity.
• Develop a long-term technology vision to continually modernize and keep systems relevant in constantly changing environments.
• Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an "always-on" 24/7 site.

What you bring:

• Excellent decision-making skills, thriving on dealing with ambiguities and changes.
• Strong sense of ownership and communication skills, embracing diverse ideas across the organization and aligning on a mutually agreed direction to get things done.
• Deeply care about growing others, great at mentoring and coaching, creating a large positive impact on organizational culture.
• Strong learning ability, determined to attend knowledge sharing sessions, both within the company and externally.
• Growth mindset and constantly looking for opportunities to learn.
• Learns adjacent areas (project management, people management, product management) in addition to core technical skills to better support the organization.

What we bring:

• Exciting Product Mission with Impactful Technical Challenges - Dive into the heart of eCommerce innovation at Buyer Experiences, where we’re transforming eBay's shopping journey. By focusing on simplification, personalization, and modernization, we aim to build world-class buyer and seller experiences on eBay marketplaces with creativity and passion. Using innovative technologies like Generative AI, you'll tackle complex challenges that directly improve the shopping experience for millions of eBay users every day.
• Vibrant Culture - At Buyer Experiences, our strength lies in our diversity, transparency, and collaborative spirit. Our open culture ensures every voice is valued and heard. We celebrate our successes together and approach each challenge as an opportunity for collective growth. Be a part of a dynamic community that values your expertise and is committed to your personal and professional growth.
• Flexible Working - Enjoy exceptional support for remote work, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life seamlessly.
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits - No matter where you are in the world, eBay supports your health and wellbeing with benefits as unique as you. Explore the benefits that help you be your best self. Check out our benefits here: https://www.ebaybenefits.com/index.html.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or other related field.
• 10+ years of experience in building large scale, distributed web platforms/APIs with 5+ years as an architect/technical lead responsible for the end-to-end product scope across multiple domains.
• Experience in creating and driving technical strategy and roadmap across multiple domains, balancing trade-offs to ship scalable solutions supporting long-term goals.
• Successfully forged alignments with key partners on significant architecture decisions and technical direction for ambiguous problem areas through Architectural Decision Records (ADR).
• Developed and drove adoption of technical practices that improved team velocity to deliver high-quality code across the organization.
• Solid knowledge in end-to-end system design involving GraphQL/Rest APIs, Messaging Systems, RDBMS/NOSQL, Containers, Infrastructure layer, with deep knowledge in several key components. Experience in GraphQL is preferable.
• Experience in leading complex technical initiatives across teams independently from inception to successful delivery.