Senior Android Engineer MTS 2

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About the team and role:

We are the Native Identity team and we enable millions of users to securely sign-in and register on the eBay Android application. Youll be working with a world class team of engineers designers and product managers to create amazing new features on one of the worlds most visited e-commerce apps.

The Identity domain powers everything from account creation to authentication device trust and user recovery for hundreds of millions of global users. Our mission is simple to make eBays experience secure seamless and trusted without friction.

Youll work on cutting-edge authentication technologies such as Passkeys MFA passwordless sign-in and device profiling while driving modernization of the native platform using Kotlin Jetpack Compose and modern Android architecture. The role involves deep collaboration with iOS backend and security teams to deliver cohesive cross-platform identity solutions.

Job Requirements:

• 8 years of professional experience in native mobile development.

• Bachelors degree in EE CS or a related field.

• Mastery of advanced Kotlin language features and Android APIs.

• Experience authoring shared libraries (internal or external distribution).

• Advanced debugging skills (emulator adb LLDB).

• Experience with Android CI/CD.

• Proven experience proposing and influencing technical strategy and roadmap balancing short- and long-term objectives.

• Strong background designing and building scalable distributed and highly available systems.

• Solid knowledge of end-to-end system design from frontend to backend involving JavaScript frameworks GraphQL/REST APIs Messaging Systems RDBMS/NoSQL Containers and Infrastructure layers. (GraphQL experience preferred.)

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks with deep mastery in at least one or two.

• Demonstrated ability to improve team velocity and code quality through strong engineering practices.

• Experience using AI tools to enhance productivity and efficiency.

• Excellent decision-making skills; thrives in ambiguity and change.

• Strong ownership mindset with exceptional interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Passion for mentoring and developing others; proven positive impact on team culture and technical growth.

Responsibilities:

• Translate requirements into software design and develop clean efficient and maintainable code.

• Own large functional areas and demonstrate deep technical expertise.

• Influence technical direction across domain teams and guide others toward sound architectural decisions.

• Improve team productivity by identifying and implementing opportunities for process and tooling enhancements.

• Design systems with flexibility in mind to accommodate future changes and improve engineering velocity.

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (product design backend iOS and security) to deliver innovative high-impact solutions.

• Manage project features break down work into sub-tasks and drive execution by resolving technical blockers.

• Provide technical guidance perform code reviews contribute to and review Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and mentor engineers within and across teams.

• Identify gaps and issues across systems propose technical solutions and help shape the engineering roadmap.

• Maintain a growth mindset and continuously seek learning opportunities through knowledge sharing and professional development.

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 at-will 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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