MTS1 SW Engineer, Android, eBay Live

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.

eBay Live Engineering builds and operates the real-time platform behind eBays live shopping and interactive experiences. We combine low-latency video interactive chat and commerce actions with robust trust safety and analyticsat global scale.

Responsibilities

• Mobile System Design & Development: Design build and maintain high-quality scalable and reliable Android applications and client-side architectures that support eBays marketplace experiences.

• End-to-End Feature Ownership: Own Android features and components end to end managing the full lifecycle including design implementation testing release monitoring and ongoing maintenance.

• Production-Quality Code: Translate product and technical requirements into clean efficient maintainable and production-ready Kotlin/Java code with a strong focus on performance responsiveness and user experience.

• Testing & Automation: Drive test-first development through unit integration and UI testing (e.g. JUnit Espresso) and contribute to CI/CD pipelines for reliable and repeatable Android releases.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers designers backend engineers and fellow mobile engineers to align technical decisions with business priorities and delivery goals.

• Code Quality & Standards: Conduct code reviews maintain clear documentation and advocate Android engineering best practices architectural consistency (e.g. MVVM) and platform standards.

• Measurable & Reliable Mobile Engineering: Build testable observable mobile features leveraging analytics logging and crash reporting tools to support data-driven decisions and continuous improvement.

• Release & Operational Readiness: Support production releases and incident response for Android applications ensuring stability performance and a high-quality customer experience across a wide range of devices.

• Continuous Improvement: Evaluate design and implementation options identify optimization opportunities (performance memory battery startup time) and continuously raise the technical bar across Android projects and teams.
  

Qualifications

• Experience & Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience with 6 years of professional native Android development experience.

• Android & Kotlin Expertise: Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development including Jetpack Compose coroutines lambdas and advanced language features.

• Architecture & Design Patterns: Strong experience with MVVM Dependency Injection (Hilt/Dagger) SOLID principles and modular architectures for large-scale feature-rich applications.

• UI & Design Systems: Advanced understanding of Android UI frameworks and Material Design with experience building reusable and shared UI components.

• Networking & APIs: Proven experience integrating mobile clients with backend services using GraphQL protobuf streaming or pub/sub protocols and participating in API and contract design with services teams.

• Testing & Quality: Hands-on experience with unit testing and UI testing using JUnit and Espresso with a strong focus on code quality maintainability and testability.

• Build & Dependency Management: Proficient with Android Studio Gradle dependency management and artifact repositories (e.g. Artifactory).

• Performance & Reliability: Experience monitoring profiling and improving application performance stability and scalability in production environments.

• CI/CD & Delivery: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and release processes for Android applications in Agile/Scrum environments.

• System Design: Solid understanding of system design considerations for large-scale consumer mobile applications.

• Collaboration & Ownership: Strong sense of ownership excellent communication and decision-making skills and ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

• Continuous Learning & Innovation: Self-driven eager to learn and passionate about new and emerging Android and mobile technologies actively participating in knowledge-sharing internally and externally.
  
  

Why Join eBay

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