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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. Were 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 Team

Authenticity Guarantee is a key initiative at eBay where select items are verified by professional authenticators to enhance buyer trust confidence and satisfaction.

The Authentication Technology team builds end-to-end software solutions powering the authentication lifecycleincluding receiving shipping warehouse operations storage imaging and Android applicationswhile integrating with custom hardware systems. This requires designing highly scalable distributed and reliable systems.

About the Role

We are seeking a Tech Lead Manager (TLM) who combines the technical depth of a Staff Engineer with the people leadership of an Engineering Manager.

You will own architecture and technical direction for a critical product area while also managing and growing a team of engineers. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of hands-on system design cross-team influence and team leadership.

You will remain close to the technologyguiding design decisions reviewing code and solving complex problemswhile also ensuring your team is effective motivated and delivering high-impact results.

If you enjoy building 0 to 1 this would be a great fit!

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own and drive end-to-end system architecture across frontend backend and platform layers of a 0 to 1 product

• Design scalable distributed and resilient systems supporting high-volume workflows

• Define and standardize architecture patterns APIs and data models

• Lead design reviews and influence technical decisions across the product and sometimes across multiple products & teams

• Partner with Architects and leadership to shape long-term technical strategy

• Identify and address system-wide scalability security performance and reliability challenges

Hands-On Engineering

• Stay actively involved in critical parts of the codebase and system design

• Contribute to design debugging and implementation of complex features

• Lead by example in writing high-quality maintainable production-grade code

• Prototype new technologies and validate architectural approaches

People Management & Team Leadership

• Manage mentor and grow a team of engineers (career development performance coaching)

• Build a high-performing inclusive engineering culture

• Lead hiring onboarding and retention efforts

• Provide continuous feedback and support career progression

Execution & Delivery

• Own delivery of complex cross-functional initiatives from concept to production

• Translate ambiguous product requirements into clear technical architecture design and execution plans

• Balance technical investments vs. product delivery

• Ensure predictable execution and high-quality outcomes

Engineering Excellence & Operations

• Establish and enforce best practices for testing CI/CD observability and reliability

• Define and track SLAs and key system metrics

• Drive improvements in performance scalability and developer productivity

• Ensure systems meet security and compliance standards

Cross-Functional Influence

• Partner with product design infrastructure and operations teams

• Align technical direction across multiple teams and domains

• Influence roadmap through strong technical and business judgment

Minimum Qualifications (Must Have)

• 10 years of experience in full stack software engineering

• 1 years of engineering management experience (or equivalent team leadership experience)

• Proven track record of owning architecture and delivering large-scale distributed systems

• Strong expertise in:

  • Frontend: JavaScript TypeScript React

  • Backend: Java Ruby or similar

• Deep understanding of system design microservices APIs (REST/GraphQL) and event-driven systems

• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and services (Cloud Run Cloud SQL Pub/Sub Storage CDN etc.)

• Solid understanding of data modeling (SQL & NoSQL)

• Experience driving technical decisions across teams

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD testing strategies and DevOps practices

• Proven ability to lead teams while remaining technically hands-on

• AI usage in software development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with mobile development (Android)

• Familiarity with observability platforms and distributed tracing

• Experience with micro-frontend or modular architectures

• Google Cloud certification (Developer or Architect)

• Experience building or integrating AI/ML systems or LLMs

• Contributions to open-source projects

Additional Details

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

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 RRSP eligibility various paid time off benefits such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.

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