At e Bay, 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.

At e Bay, 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.

e Bay Live Engineering builds and operates the real-time platform behind e Bay’s live shopping and interactive experiences. We combine low-latency video, interactive chat, and commerce actions with robust trust, safety, and analytics—at global scale.

Responsibilities

• People Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional full-stack engineering team (backend and frontend), providing empathetic, individualized coaching, regular feedback, and clear growth paths aligned with career goals.

• Team Health & Culture: Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture grounded in trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Delivery & Execution Ownership: Own delivery outcomes for the team, ensuring predictable, high-quality software delivery through strong execution, prioritization, and operational rigor.

• Planning & Backlog Management: Partner with Product Management to define, prioritize, and maintain a healthy product backlog aligned with strategic goals, technical capacity, and business impact.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, business stakeholders, analytics, and partner engineering teams to define, brainstorm, and scale the next generation of e Bay shipping products.

• Technical Vision & Quality: Define and communicate the team’s technical vision, championing engineering best practices, sound architecture, and innovation while raising the bar on performance, reliability, and system quality.

• Technical Problem Solving: Guide and support the team in solving complex challenges related to large-scale systems, performance optimization, and operational reliability.

• Strategic Execution Balance: Balance near-term delivery commitments with long-term technical and product strategy to maximize impact while managing technical debt responsibly.

• Organizational Influence: Partner effectively with peer managers, senior engineers, and leadership across e Bay to align on priorities, influence decisions, and drive shared outcomes.

• Hiring & Talent Growth: Participate in hiring, onboarding, and talent planning to build and sustain a strong engineering team over time.

Qualifications

• Experience & Leadership: 10 years of overall professional experience, including 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role, leading small to medium-sized software engineering teams.

• Technical Depth: Strong technical background with experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems emphasizing high availability, scalability, and resilience.

• Execution Excellence: Demonstrated ability to drive consistent, high-velocity delivery while maintaining high standards for quality, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Agile & Delivery Practices: Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments, including sprint planning, prioritization, and continuous improvement.

• Communication & Influence: Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical and business topics, align stakeholders, and influence decisions at multiple levels.

• Product & Business Mindset: Strong product intuition and the ability to collaborate effectively with product, analytics, and business partners to deliver customer-focused solutions.

• Adaptability & Learning: Proven ability to quickly learn new technical domains, adapt to evolving requirements, and lead teams through change.

Why Join e Bay

When you join e Bay, you join a company with a mission — to create economic opportunity for everyone. You’ll be part of a collaborative, inclusive environment where bold ideas are encouraged, learning never stops, and your work has global impact. Together, we’re shaping the future of e-commerce!

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