MTS 1 Android Engineer

eBay; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative work culture

Opportunity to shape future mobile experiences

Job summary

eBay is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Mobile Applications in Bengaluru, India. This role will involve architecting and developing mobile experiences while driving the technical roadmap. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in native mobile application development, especially with Android (Kotlin/Jetpack), and demonstrate strong communication skills in agile environments. eBay offers a collaborative culture that values diversity and allows you to work on innovative products used by millions of hobbyists globally.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building native mobile applications.
• Deep understanding of mobile architecture and performance optimization.
• Experience with secure mobile apps handling PII and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for mobile engineering and best practices.
• Design and develop high-quality native mobile solutions.
• Influence the mobile technical roadmap and ensure platform health.

Skills

Android (Kotlin/Jetpack)

Mobile architecture

Experience with computer vision

AI/ML integration

WebView integrations

Job description

Senior Software Engineer – Mobile Applications

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will architect and develop exceptional mobile experiences that empower our hobbyists. We are looking for a team member driven by user‑centric approaches, innovation, collaboration, agility, and commitment to quality. You will lead the charge in critical architectural and development standard methodologies that define our mobile application products. Your strategic vision and leadership will be key in ensuring our mobile experience is at the forefront of technology and provides unparalleled hobbyist experiences.

What You Will Accomplish

• Provide technical expertise for mobile engineering across the organization, influencing architecture, standards, and best practices
• Design, architect independent features with hands‑on develop high‑quality native mobile solutions that scale to millions of users
• Partner with the Lead on mobile platform architecture, ensuring security, reliability, performance, and an exceptional user experience
• Influence the mobile technical roadmap, balancing short‑term delivery with long‑term platform health
• Partner closely with Staff/Lead Engineers, designers, backend engineers, cloud platform teams, and ML engineers to deliver cohesive, end‑to‑end features
• Lead initiatives that improve development velocity, quality, observability, and operational excellence
• Identify technical risks early, communicate tradeoffs clearly, and implement mitigation strategies
• Champion best practices for development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and on‑call readiness
• Ship product features and capabilities using feature flags, experimentation frameworks, and gradual rollouts, and iterate based on real‑world usage and feedback

What You Will Bring

• 7+ years of experience building native mobile applications, with deep, hands‑on expertise in Android (Kotlin/Jetpack required)
• Deep understanding of mobile architecture, design patterns, lifecycle management, and performance optimization
• Experience building secure, consumer‑facing mobile apps with high availability and scalability
• Hands‑on experience with WebView integrations alongside native UI components
• Experience with Computer Vision and real‑time frame processing
• Experience with shared C++ components across iOS and Android
• Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into production mobile applications
• Strong understanding of secure data handling & privacy considerations, including PII, consent management, and regional compliance requirements

Collaboration

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical decisions, tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments
• Ability to conduct research, analyze results, and apply learnings to real‑world product decisions
• Experience participating in on‑call support for critical systems

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• A culture that values collaboration, diversity, ownership, and passion
• Opportunity to work on products used by millions of hobbyists worldwide
• The chance to shape the future of mobile and AI‑powered experiences at scale

Additional Details

eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible.