Agentic Systems Designer

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:

At eBay were building intelligent systems that empower peoplenot replace them. Our agentic AI team partners closely with product engineering UX research and responsible AI to design autonomous and semi-autonomous experiences that help buyers and sellers achieve more with confidence.

As an Agentic Systems Designer you will shape LLM-powered agentic systems that go beyond simple prompt-response behavior to support multi-step task execution tool use learning from feedback and collaboration across multiple agents. Sitting at the intersection of AI systems human-centered design and product strategy you will define how our agents reason plan and act in real-world scenariosensuring they are transparent trustworthy and aligned with human goals.

In this role you will be a key partner and thought leader for cross-functional teams as we redefine how people buy sell and interact on eBay.

What you will accomplish:

• Design agentic AI workflows that reliably reason plan and execute complex end-to-end experiences using tools memory and real-world feedback to improve outcomes for buyers and sellers.

• Translate customer and business goals into modular agent architectures finding the right balance between automation and human-in-the-loop oversight for different risk and complexity levels.

• Define behavioral interaction and system-level patterns for agentic experiences including how agents decompose goals into actionable steps and explain their decisions to customers and internal partners.

• Shape strategies for short- and long-term memory so agents maintain context across sessions learn from previous interactions and continuously improve performance and user satisfaction over time.

• Establish and iterate mechanisms for reflection error detection and self-correction using qualitative and quantitative insights to identify workflow breakdowns and increase trust safety and reliability.

• Contribute to the design of multi-agent systems (such as supervisorworker and networked collaboration models) collaborating closely with engineering product UX research and responsible AI to ship usable safe and explainable solutions at scale.

What you will bring:

• Experience designing or shaping AI-powered products agentic workflows or AI-enabled systems ideally including exposure to LLM-based or conversational experiences.

• Strong grounding in human-centered design UX for intelligent systems or systems thinking with the ability to reason about both human interaction patterns and the operational complexity of AI services.

• Familiarity with agentic AI concepts such as reasoning loops tool use memory management reflection and multi-agent collaboration and an understanding of when and when not to automate.

• Proven ability to collaborate deeply with engineers product managers researchers and responsible AI partners while advocating for user needs safety trust and transparency.

• Comfort operating in ambiguity rapidly learning new technical and design patterns and helping to shape emerging best practices for agentic systems within a dynamic environment.

• Bonus skills such as experience with prototyping tools (for example Figma Voiceflow or similar) working with structured configuration formats (such as YAML/JSON) using SQL or Python for interaction/transcript analysis running A/B tests or using LLM observability tools to monitor and improve system behavior.

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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