Sr. MTS, Android Engineer

Position: Sr. MTS, Android Engineer, eBay Live
This job is with eBay, an inclusive employer and a member of my Gwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

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.

Join eBay's Live team, a vital part of eCommerce innovation dedicated to transforming shopping journeys on eBay marketplaces. Our team focuses on simplification, personalization, and modernization to create world-class experiences for millions of users daily. With an emphasis on impactful projects and a commitment to a vibrant, diverse, and collaborative culture, we offer flexibility and support for remote work, ensuring work-life balance.

The role involves guiding technical decision-making, owning complex projects, and uplifting engineering practices, reporting to a cross-functional team aimed at continuous modernization in a dynamic environment.
What you will accomplish:
Author Architecture Decision Records to define technical solutions and influence eBay's tech strategy.

Drive complex projects from inception to successful implementation, improving system performance and security for entire organization and across domains.

Uplevel teams through culture, process, and engineering practices, encouraging effective collaboration and tool-building.

Identify and design flexible solutions within the application ecosystem to improve engineering velocity.

Develop a long-term technology vision to keep systems modern and relevant amidst changing environments.

Empower team members through knowledge sharing to collectively improve organizational culture and growth.

What you will bring:

Required:

12+ years in native mobile development, with expertise in advanced Kotlin features and Android APIs.

Advanced networking skills ie. migration between stacks, graphql, protobuff, streaming protocols, pub-sub etc.

Excellent decision-making skills, growing amidst ambiguities and changes, with a strong sense of ownership and communication.

Proficiency in mentoring and coaching, contributing positively to organizational culture.

High learning ability, self-driven with a growth mindset, eager to learn transferable skills across adjacent domains.

Experience attending knowledge sharing sessions both within and outside the company to foster continuous learning.

Proficiency in core technical skills alongside learning project, people, and product management to better support eBay.

Preferred Experience:

Experience building real time, user facing systems (e.g., live streaming, chat, bidding, collaboration tools, gaming, or financial trading) where latency and errors materially impact user trust and outcomes.
Background working on high traffic, event driven products (launches, flash sales, live events) with an understanding of infrastructure capacity planning, traffic spikes, and graceful degradation under load.
Lead root-cause analysis and implement long-term fixes across platform to eliminate recurring issues and continuously elevate the customer experience.
Websocket and FGQL experience a plus.

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:
$217,600 - $290,500
Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such…