Director of Engineering, Platforms

eBay Live Engineering builds and operates the real-time platform behind eBay’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.

• People Leadership & Development:
  Lead, mentor, and grow a cross‑functional full‑stack and native 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 eBay 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 eBay 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.

• Experience & Leadership: 10+ years of overall professional experience, including 5+ 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.

When you join eBay, 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.

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. All applicants receive the same consideration.