Sr. Staff Android Engineer (eBay Live)

eBay; Canada; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work support

Competitive benefits

Job summary

eBay is seeking a Sr. Staff Android Engineer - Sr. MTS to help build out eBay Live, the live shopping experience across buyers and sellers globally. You will lead large technical initiatives, drive direction, author ADRs, and own multi-team programs from conception to delivery.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and long-term architectural decisions, with remote work flexibility and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or related field.
• 10+ years professional experience in native mobile development.
• Translate requirements to software design and create clean, efficient, extensible, maintainable code.
• Act as a technical authority and multiplier across domain and platform teams, shaping technical direction and long-term architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead sophisticated technical initiatives across the organization and domains.
• Drive technical direction and roadmap; guide teams to correct technical decisions.
• Author ADRs to propose solutions and influence tech strategy.
• Own large functional areas and demonstrate systems thinking for performance and security.
• Own complex projects from conception to successful implementation.
• Mentor and coach senior engineers to raise engineering practices across teams.

Skills

Android development

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Architecture mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or related field

Job description

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.

About The Team

You will be part of a team responsible for building out the newest eBay experience – live shopping platform: eBay Live. Live shopping naturally fits into the eBay ethos – focused largely on unique items, collectibles and fashion, and enabling direct communication between buyers and sellers. This is a relatively new trend in the US and Europe, growing quickly, and is already broadly established in APAC.

We are looking to hire a passionate, collaborative and motivated Sr. Staff Android Engineer - Sr. MTS, who will help us develop and evolve eBay Live to be a market leader in live shopping and become a key part of the global eBay platform.

Join us to make an impact on one of the world’s largest e‑commerce websites.

What You’ll Do And Learn

• Independently lead sophisticated technical initiatives for the entire organization and across domains
• Drive technical direction and roadmap, leads across domain teams and guides others towards the right technical decisions.
• Authors ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) that serves as blueprint or a proposed solution for a given technical problem and influences overall tech strategy
• Responsible for one or more large functional areas possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise.
• Demonstrate strong systems mentality, go beyond immediate needs, proactively addressing performance, security, and future‑proofing solutions.
• Take ownership of complex projects, driving them from conception to successful implementation.
• Change agency to set high bar and uplevel across teams on culture, process and engineering practices. Empower teams through effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tool building.
• Identifying areas in the app ecosystem and adjacencies that are likely to change and integrating flexibility in the design for these areas improving engineering velocity
• Long term technology vision to continually modernize and keep systems relevant in constantly evolving environments

What You Bring

• Excellent decision-making skills, thrive on dealing with ambiguities and changes.
• Strong sense of ownership and communication skills, embrace diverse ideas across organizations and align in a mutually agreed direction to get things done and move forward.
• Deeply care about growing others, great at mentoring and coaching, creating a large positive impact on organizational culture.
• Strong learning ability, dedicated
• Attending knowledge sharing sessions, both within the company and externally
• Learning transferable skills
• 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. Applying cutting‑edge technologies like Generative AI, you'll tackle sophisticated 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 not only values your expertise but is also 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 Benefit - 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 professional experience in native mobile development
• Translate requirements to software design and create clean, efficient, extensible, maintainable code.
• Responsible for multiple large functional areas possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise.
• Act as a technical authority and multiplier across domain and platform teams, shaping technical direction, setting standards, and guiding long-term architectural decisions in cross-team contexts.
• Improves team productivity by identifying and voicing support for opportunities for productivity improvements.
• Identifying areas in the team applications likely to change and integrating flexibility in the design for these areas improving engineering velocity.
• Collaborate effectively with multi-functional partners to develop innovative solutions that adhere to development goals and principles.
• Lead execution of large, multi-team initiatives, decomposing complex programs into well-defined milestones, managing technical risk, and resolving cross-team dependencies to ensure predictable delivery..
• Provide org-level technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and ADR ((Architecture Decision Records) authorship and stewardship; mentor and coach senior engineers, and influence technical quality beyond immediate teams.
• Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities across systems and organizations, propose durable solutions, define multi-quarter engineering roadmaps, and drive alignment and execution across teams and stakeholders.

Additional Details

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.

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