Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead

eBay•Longmont, CO

2d•$118,800 - $205,600•Hybrid

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 and role: Roca builds automated sorting systems for the trading card community. The team helps local game stores, hobby shops, collectors, and high-volume sellers identify, organize, and process cards more efficiently through a combination of robotics, software, and deep connection to the hobby they love! As part of TCGplayer, an eBay company, Roca connects the physical world of collectibles to the digital marketplace. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead to join the Roca Software team and help lead the systems behind that experience, including software running on connected devices, backend services, REST APIs, cloud integrations, internal tools, deployment tooling, and support systems. You will join a small, collaborative engineering team at an important stage of growth. As the installed fleet expands, this role will help bring structure to complex problems, improve code quality, guide architecture discussions, mentor engineers, and modernize systems that must remain reliable in the field. You will work closely with hardware, firmware, computer vision, cloud engineering, product, support, and Scan and Identify teams to deliver a connected experience across the Roca ecosystem. This is a hybrid role based in Longmont, Colorado, with regular in-office collaboration expected.

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining production software
Experience leading technical direction through mentoring, architecture input, design reviews, delivery planning, or team-level decision making
Strong experience building applications in a modern object-oriented or modular programming language such as Java, C#, C++, Python, Go, or similar
Experience designing, building, hosting, or consuming REST APIs
Working knowledge of SQL or relational databases, including data modeling and access pattern tradeoffs
A code review approach that improves quality and helps engineers grow
Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners
Strong judgment, curiosity, and comfort working across evolving systems and priorities

Nice To Haves

Go and/or Python
Linux
AWS
Docker
networking fundamentals
MQTT
IoT systems
observability
DevOps practices
embedded software environments
connected devices
distributed systems
robotics
automation systems
Agile delivery practices

Responsibilities

Build and maintain software for Roca’s robotic sorting systems, balancing new development with improvements to existing products
Lead technical design for software running on robotic devices and connecting to REST APIs, cloud services, IoT infrastructure, internal tools, and support workflows
Guide design decisions, engineering standards, and execution across the software team
Make architecture decisions across system boundaries, data flow, reliability, testing, deployment, observability, and maintainability
Raise code quality through strong reviews, clear standards, maintainable patterns, and testable design
Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, debugging, pairing, and day-to-day problem solving
Improve legacy systems through incremental modernization while continuing to support stable products in the field
Partner with hardware, firmware, computer vision, cloud engineering, product, support, and Scan and Identify teams to deliver connected product experiences
Strengthen software development lifecycle practices, including planning, estimation, delivery, and continuous improvement
Communicate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and delivery expectations to technical and non-technical stakeholders