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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 Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Full Stack Architect to lead the design and development of large-scale, distributed platforms that power critical customer experiences. As a Senior MTS, you will drive technical strategy, influence architecture decisions, and lead cross-functional initiatives while mentoring engineers and fostering engineering excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Lead complex technical initiatives across teams from conception to successful delivery.
Define and drive technical strategy, architecture vision, and multi-year roadmaps.
Author and influence Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) that guide technical direction.
Design scalable, secure, and highly available systems across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure layers.
Drive end-to-end architecture involving JavaScript frameworks, GraphQL/REST APIs, messaging systems, RDBMS/NoSQL databases, containers, and cloud infrastructure.
Champion engineering best practices, improving code quality, developer productivity, and delivery velocity.
Mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and elevate technical standards across teams.
Lead operational excellence, including release management, reliability, and on-call responsibilities for a 24/7 platform.
Qualifications
Technical Expertise
Proven experience defining and executing technical strategy across multiple domains.
Strong expertise in full-stack system design and distributed architectures.
Deep knowledge of modern JavaScript frameworks and frontend architecture patterns.
Experience with GraphQL and REST APIs, messaging systems, RDBMS/NoSQL, containers, and cloud-native technologies.
Track record of driving architecture decisions, influencing stakeholders, and improving engineering practices.
Experience
10+ years of experience building large-scale distributed platforms and APIs.
5+ years as an Architect, Staff Engineer, or Technical Lead driving end-to-end product architecture.
Demonstrated success leading large cross-functional initiatives and delivering complex systems at scale.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
What Sets You Apart
Strong ownership, communication, and decision-making skills.
Ability to thrive in ambiguity and drive alignment across stakeholders.
Passion for mentoring, coaching, and building high-performing engineering teams.
Growth mindset with a commitment to continuous learning and innovation.
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 [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in building large scale, distributed web platforms/APIs
- 5+ years as an architect/technical lead
- Solid knowledge in end to end system design from frontend to backend
- Experience in GraphQL is preferable
eBay Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about eBay and has not been reviewed or approved by eBay.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage begin on the date of hire, complemented by mental health resources, an EAP, disability coverage, FSAs, and wellness initiatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A robust mix of PTO, paid holidays, flexible work styles, parental leave, and a four‑week paid sabbatical after five years supports work‑life balance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total compensation commonly includes stock components, with access to an employee stock purchase plan at a discount and stock awards enhancing overall packages.
eBay Insights
What We Do
eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. Our portfolio of brands includes eBay Marketplace and eBay Classifieds Group, operating in 190 markets around the world. We offer sellers the ability to grow a business with little barrier to entry regardless of size, background or geographic location. We never compete with our sellers. We win when our sellers succeed. Buyers who shop on our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms enjoy a highly personalized experience with an unparalleled selection at great value.
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