Sr. Data Engineer Manager

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.

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At eBay were more than a global ecommerce leader were changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world and creates economic opportunity for individuals entrepreneurs businesses and organizations of all sizes.

As we continue our tech-led reimagination of the global marketplace were looking for people who are passionate about solving complex problems building at scale and creating experiences that make commerce better for everyone.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Data Engineering Manager to lead a team building scalable reliable data solutions that power critical experiences across eBay. This team plays a central role in eBays data ecosystem enabling trusted real-time insights analytics experimentation and personalized experiences for millions of customers across the marketplace.

As part of this focused C2C strategy eBay continues to invest in the future of circular commerce and the next generation of conscious consumers. With the recent acquisition of Depop a leading consumer-to-consumer fashion marketplace with a highly engaged Gen Z and Millennial customer base eBay is expanding its portfolio of complementary C2C businesses while preserving the distinct brand community and product experience that make Depop unique.

In this role you will lead and grow a team of data engineers responsible for architecting building and operating high-performance real-time and batch data pipelines and platforms. You will set technical direction drive execution across complex initiatives and partner closely with Product Data Science Analytics and Engineering leaders to translate business priorities into durable high-quality data solutions.

This is an opportunity to combine people leadership technical depth and organizational influence in a highly scaled environment. You will help shape modern data engineering practices across technologies such as Kafka Flink Spark Databricks Airflow dbt and AWS while fostering an inclusive high-performing team culture focused on innovation operational excellence and continuous learning.

• Lead coach and develop a team of data engineers creating an inclusive and high-performing environment where team members grow their technical depth expand ownership and deliver meaningful business impact.

• Drive the design and delivery of scalable real-time and batch data pipelines and platforms that enable trusted timely and high-volume data consumption across product analytics and machine learning use cases.

• Define and execute the roadmap for modern data engineering capabilities including streaming orchestration transformation observability and cloud-native platform development using technologies such as Kafka Spark Flink Airflow dbt Databricks and AWS.

• Partner cross-functionally with Product Data Science Analytics and Engineering teams to prioritize investments translate evolving requirements into robust technical solutions and deliver data products that improve customer and business outcomes.

• Raise the engineering bar by establishing strong practices for architecture code quality testing documentation operational readiness and data reliability while proactively improving scalability performance and cost efficiency.

• Own execution across major initiatives from planning through production operations balancing near-term delivery with long-term platform health and influencing technical decisions that improve reuse maintainability and speed across teams.

• Experience leading and developing engineering teams with a track record of delivering complex data platform or backend initiatives in fast-paced and highly collaborative environments.

• Strong technical foundation in data engineering or software engineering including experience with distributed systems large-scale batch and streaming pipelines and cloud-based data platforms.

• Hands-on knowledge of technologies such as Kafka Spark Flink Databricks Airflow dbt AWS or comparable modern data engineering tools with the ability to guide architecture and support strong technical execution.

• Experience establishing engineering best practices across system design data quality observability testing production support and operational excellence for large-scale data platforms.

• Strong cross-functional collaboration communication and prioritization skills with the ability to align engineering investments to product and business goals and influence stakeholders across multiple disciplines.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience. Experience in ecommerce marketplace fintech payments or other high-scale environments is a plus.

Additional Details

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.

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