Job Description

Looking for a company where you can shape how the world buys, sells, and gives? Where you’ll be part of a work culture that’s been genuinely committed to diversity and inclusion since its founding more than 25 years ago? Where you can just be yourself, do your best work, and have a meaningful impact? If so, we’d love to talk to you.​

Every day, millions of users sell and ship their wares using eBay. Our team supports this diverse community by building shipping products around the globe, helping individual sellers and small businesses to meet the growing expectations of online buyers. We are an agile team who adapt quickly and stay curious. Join us to make an impact on one of the world’s largest e-commerce websites.

About the Role

We are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the eBay Live Platform Engineering Organization. This is a role for a senior leader who wants to remain deeply technical, acting as both a strategic architect and a dedicated coach for our engineering managers.

This individual will lead a group of highly motivated, collaborative, smart, driven engineers who can help us reshape the future of our e-commerce platform.

You'll lead from the front, working with a world-class team of designers, product managers, business partners, and analysts in a fun environment building world-class customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Vision & Strategy:
• Define and drive the long-term technical vision, roadmap, and architecture for the engineering organization.
• Align engineering strategy with overall business goals and product vision.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• Ensure technical decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Team Leadership & Management:
• Lead, mentor, and grow multiple Engineering Managers and/or Team Leads.
• Oversee the hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development of engineering staff (including managers and senior ICs).
• Foster a high-performing, collaborative, innovative, and inclusive engineering culture.
• Build and maintain team morale, engagement, and retention.
• Delivery & Execution:
• Oversee the planning, execution, and timely delivery of complex software projects across multiple teams.
• Ensure teams adhere to best practices (coding standards, code reviews, testing, CI/CD).
• Manage engineering budgets, resource allocation, and capacity planning.
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to delivery velocity, quality, and system health
• Process & Operational Excellence:
• Establish, optimize, and standardize engineering processes (SDLC, Agile/Scrum/Kanban, release management, incident response).
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering efficiency, productivity, and quality.
• Implement and monitor metrics to measure team and organizational performance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, Data Science, Security, and IT/Operations to define requirements, prioritize work, and ensure successful product delivery.
• Collaborate with senior leadership (Sr. Directors, other Directors, Executives) on strategic initiatives and company-wide goals.
• Represent the engineering organization in cross-functional meetings and strategic discussions.
• Technical Oversight & Quality:
• Provide high-level technical guidance and oversight across projects.
• Champion software quality, best practices, and operational reliability (e.g., SLOs, SLIs).
• Ensure systems are designed for scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency.
• Manage technical debt and advocate for necessary refactoring/infrastructure investments.
• Resource Management:
• Growing your team through coaching, mentoring
• Forecast hiring needs and participate in recruitment strategy.

Job Requirements:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in direct people management and 3+ years managing other managers.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, or Bachelor's degree with equivalent experience
• Proven ability to lead, inspire, mentor, and grow large engineering teams and managers. Strong coaching skills.
• Significant hands-on technical background (software development, architecture, systems design). Ability to understand complex technical challenges and trade-offs deeply, even if not coding daily.
• Ability to set technical vision, translate business strategy into engineering execution, and make long-term architectural decisions.
• Proven track record of shipping complex, high-quality software products at scale. Expertise in Agile methodologies.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences (including executives).
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills. Ability to build strong cross-functional partnerships.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Ability to navigate ambiguity and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Experience establishing processes, metrics, and driving continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the company's specific industry (e.g. E-commerce).
• Experience scaling engineering organizations during rapid growth.
• Experience managing distributed/remote teams.