MTS1, Android Engineer - eBay Live

Company: eBay
Location: San Jose
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

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. What you will accomplish: 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. What you will bring: 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. Preferred Experience: Experience building real time, user facing systems (e.g., live streaming, chat, bidding, collaboration tools, gaming, or financial trading) where latency and errors materially impact user trust and outcomes. Background working on high traffic, event driven products (launches, flash sales, live events) with an understanding of infrastructure capacity planning, traffic spikes, and graceful degradation under load. Lead root-cause analysis and implement long-term fixes across platform to eliminate recurring issues and continuously elevate the customer experience. Websocket and FGQL experience a plus. Additional Details The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below: $172,000 - $229,600 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 401(k) eligibility and 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. If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at talent@ebay.com . We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. 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