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About the Team & Role
Join eBay's Ad-Tech Innovation team and help build the next generation of advertising for millions of buyers and sellers worldwide. As a Lead Full Stack Engineer, you'll drive end-to-end development of scalable advertising solutions, from engaging user experiences to backend services and data platforms. You'll employ AI-powered development tools and collaborate with ML engineers to integrate LLM and agentic capabilities into next-generation ad products. This is a high-impact opportunity to solve complex challenges, influence technical direction, and accelerate innovation in a fast-growing ad-tech environment.
Learn About Our Work:
eBay Advertising Insights: eBay Advertising
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Design and build innovative advertising and commerce features that help eBay sellers and advertisers grow their business.
Develop scalable, highly available applications, APIs, and services using technologies such as React, Node.js, Java, and Scala.
Own end-to-end delivery of complex features, from technical design and architecture through deployment and production support.
Drive technical decisions, system design, and cross-team collaboration to ensure scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions.
Leverage AI-powered development tools and workflows to improve engineering productivity, code quality, testing, and deployment efficiency.
Partner with ML and AI teams to develop intelligent advertising capabilities, including recommendations, automation, and AI-driven campaign management.
Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, Agile development, open-source collaboration, and rapid software delivery.
Mentor team members, participate in technical discussions, and help shape engineering best practices across the organization.
Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or related field with 10+ years of experience, or MS with 7+ years.
Technical Requirements
Strong experience building modern web applications with React (or similar frameworks), HTML/CSS, and responsive design.
Proficiency in backend development with Node.js, Java (17+), and Spring Boot.
Experience designing and building scalable APIs, distributed systems, and high-traffic applications.
Strong knowledge of messaging technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ), relational and NoSQL databases, and data modeling.
Architecture & Engineering
Proven system design expertise with distributed systems, including scalability, reliability, and performance trade-offs.
Experience leading end-to-end technical design, architecture reviews, and cross-functional engineering initiatives.
Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
Tools & Practices
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development tools.
Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools and AI-driven automation workflows.
Additional Details
This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.
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