Sr MTS - Architect, Public APIs

At eBay were more than a global ecommerce leader were changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. Were 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. 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 and the role:

Our team sits within the Global Technology organization at eBay and reports directly into the Chief Technology Officer. We build some APIs directly help other teams as they develop APIs provide governance / oversight of all public interfaces create all relevant API documentation and deliver technical support directly to external developers. We also build many innovative tools frameworks and technologies to support the ecosystem.

We are hiring an experienced Sr Member of Technical Staff Tech Lead / Architect to help architect design and implement a variety of API product development efforts across our team. This is a highimpact leadership role that will interface with most organizations within eBay and important external customers via technical discussions events conferences advisory councils etc. You will personally lead several missioncritical technical efforts from working with our product management and program management staff on a variety of products to supporting key companywide development initiatives and programs.

Simply put we need you to help our team build and deliver magical developer experiences. We need you to be an innovative thinker with a strong vision for how to support developers through APIs the ability to coach and mentor engineers lay out technical requirements architect and design complex systems and support product development efforts through the full release life cycle. Youll be expected to deeply understand our customers technical needs eBays business relevant technologies platforms and systems and build relationships with engineering leaders across a complex global enterprise. Your work will directly impact the technical strategy functionality and quality of eBays most important APIs.

We are currently in a revitalization and growth phase as we make progress modernizing eBays APIs and seek to greatly improve the developer ecosystem holistically. We are hiring exceptional people who align with eBays cultural values and are passionate about delivering APIs to fulfill our mission. If you are looking for a challenge have relevant experience designing and building publicfacing APIs and / or API heavy products before wed love for you to join us!

What you will accomplish:

• Craft customerfacing APIs and designs that support a wide variety of ecommerce use cases (listings orders shipping etc.)

• Architect and design scalable APIs related tools and supporting backend systems including business logic data models ML models etc.

• Provide long term technology vision to continually modernize and keep our APIs and systems relevant in constantly changing environments.

• Help define the strategic evolution of our APIs including the creation of our technical roadmap supporting frameworks and service infrastructure.

• Demonstrate a strong systems approach going beyond immediate needs to proactively address performance security and futureproof our solutions.

• Lead complex technical initiatives independently and drive them from concept through successful implementation and release.

• Act as a change agent. Take ownership collaborate on project scoping and ensure we deliver coherent solutions within and beyond our team.

• Work closely with peer architects product & engineering managers and collaborate with other internal teams to execute our roadmap.

• Develop and champion technical strategies aligned with business objectives advocate for better solutions prototype / demo where necessary and guide others towards the right technical decisions.

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence best practices and continuous improvement to drive efficiency velocity quality collaboration knowledge sharing and innovation within the team.

• Set a high bar for technical proficiency and uplevel expertise across teams. Lead initiatives to modernize the technology stack when advantageous.

• Play a critical role in hiring acting as a barraiser to elevate team talent. Help mentor and coach engineers at all levels supporting their professional development and growing the technical capability of the team.

• Produce bestinclass documentation facilitate design reviews and maintain architectural wikis to foster selflearning and efficient onboarding.

• Author supporting architecture and design documents to serve as blueprints for a given problem and influence the overall technical solution strategy.

• Design and test experimental APIs with enduser developers to gather feedback about new functionality and iterate our API functionality.

• Backstop our technical support team with knowledge to quickly help resolve the most difficult incidents and bugs that customers encounter.

• Lead the adoption of tools and methods to optimize performance and cost efficiency for critical APIs and supporting systems.

What you will bring:

• 8 years of experience building complex large scale distributed systems APIs web platforms backend services and event handling.

• 4 years as an architect / technical lead responsible for end to end product scope across multiple domains as well as design and coding experience.

• Bachelors in Computer Science plus 12 years of experience or MS plus 10 years of experience.

• Architecture design and coding expertise in building productiongrade systems using Java Javascript and JSON.

• Solid knowledge in GraphQL / REST APIs OpenAPI specs Messaging Systems RDBMS / NoSQL Containers Infrastructure layer etc. Experience in GraphQL OpenAPI and Contractfirst development preferred.

• Deep experience with Agile / Scrum exposure to other PDLC methods (waterfall TDD extreme etc) and knowledge of what methods to use and when.

• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals data structures algorithms ObjectOriented Programming and Software Design.

• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across teams independently from inception to successful delivery.

• Able to forge alignment with senior stakeholders on technical direction for ambiguous problem areas.

• Experience creating and driving technical strategy and roadmaps across multiple domains while balancing tradeoffs to support longterm goals.

• Proven ability to resolve complex architectural challenges in production systems. Drive discussions write design docs and participate in design and code reviews.

• Proven track record of leading and participating in effort estimation for complex projects ensuring timelines and resources align with business objectives.

• Passion and commitment for technical excellence. Able to present and attend knowledge sharing sessions both within the company and externally.

• Excellent decisionmaking skills and an ability to develop and drive adoption of technical practices that improve team velocity and deliver highquality code.

• Executivelevel communication and collaboration skills for influencing technical direction; able to speak to technical and nontechnical partners at all levels.

• Strong sense of ownership open to embracing differences diverse ideas and disagreement across organizations to create alignment and get things done.

• Growth mindset and openness to learning adjacent areas (project management product management) to better support the organization.

• Deeply care about growing others great at mentoring and coaching creating a large positive impact on organizational culture.

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 401(k) eligibility and 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.

If hired employees will be in an atwill position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

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