MTS1, Android Engineer - eBay Live

eBay • San Jose, CA

2d

About The Position

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re 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. We're 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:
You will be part of a team responsible for building out the newest eBay experience -- live shopping platform: eBay Live. Live shopping naturally fits into the eBay ethos -- focused largely on unique items, collectibles and fashion, and enabling direct communication between buyers and sellers. This is a relatively new trend in the US and Europe, growing quickly, and is already broadly established in APAC.
We are looking to hire a passionate, collaborative, and motivated Android Software Engineer, who will help us develop and evolve eBay Live to be a market leader in live shopping and become a key part of the global eBay platform.
Join us to make an impact on one of the world’s largest e-commerce websites.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in Android development.
• Proficiency in Kotlin (Java experience is a plus), including advanced language features such as coroutines and lambdas.
• Experience building Android applications using Jetpack Compose and/or XML-based UI, with a focus on modern platform design patterns.
• Solid understanding of Android architectural patterns, particularly MVVM and unidirectional data flow.
• Experience developing small to medium-sized features independently.
• Experience writing unit, UI, and automation tests using Android platform tools, with an emphasis on clean, testable code.
• Familiarity with dependency management and build tools such as Gradle and Artifactory.
• Basic understanding of system design principles for large-scale consumer mobile applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, production monitoring, and memory management fundamentals.
• Ability to independently translate product and design requirements into clean, well-tested, crash-free, and maintainable production code, including solving issues across development, test, and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, modular, and loosely coupled features for eBay’s core Android application.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams (Product, Design, Backend) to define, develop, and ship new features.
• Ensure performance, quality, responsiveness, and stability of the application.
• Work with backend service teams to design mobile-optimized service contracts.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum processes, providing estimates, identifying risks, and supporting planning and rollout of changes.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement through adoption of modern Android tools and practices.

Benefits

• a target bonus
• restricted stock units (as applicable)
• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed