Senior Staff Engineer jobs at Ebay in Canada, Toronto

MTS 2, Software Engineer, Data Platform

Job Type: Full-time

This role is focused on Data Platform Engineering not data engineering . While familiarity with Spark, Flink , and other tools in the Hadoop ecosystem is valuable, your primary responsibility will be building and evolving the platform itself , not just authoring data pipelines.

• major components of eBay’s Data Platforms — from design through production rollout.

• Design and evolve distributed systems powering ingestion, streaming, lakehouse/warehouse, catalog, and governance.

• Contribute to long-term architecture through design reviews and authoring architecture design documents, ensuring scalability and resilience.

• Build systems that balance latency , correctness , and cost while ensuring security and compliance.

• Drive operational excellence for services you own, including observability and incident response.

• Collaborate across product , infra , and analytics teams to align execution with business needs.

• Learn and grow in areas like governance , orchestration , and privacy engineering .
  

• Experience designing large-scale distributed systems (compute, storage, APIs, streaming).

• Ability to independently deliver complex projects from requirements to production.

• Systems thinker who anticipates bottlenecks, schema evolution, and reliability issues.

• Strong communication skills to influence cross-team technical outcomes.

• Growth mindset with curiosity to learn new technologies.
  

• Impact at scale : powering global analytics and ML systems.

• Challenging problems : streaming, freshness/correctness , and multi-cloud resiliency.

• Collaborative culture that values inclusion and knowledge sharing.

• Support & growth : flexibility, benefits, and career development resources.

• Focus on reliability and sustainable on-call
  

• 8+ years of distributed systems or data platform experience.

• Proven ability to design and deliver critical systems with impact.

• Proficiency in Java/Python , CI/CD , and containerized environments.

• Hands-on expertise in tools like Kafka/Flink , Spark , Delta/Iceberg , Kubernetes , NoSQL/columnar stores .

• Experience in streaming and batch data platforms.

• Strong foundation in algorithms and distributed design .

• BS/MS in CS or equivalent experience.

This role requires a unique product leader who can successfully navigate an ambiguous, fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for defining and delivering high-impact features across the entire live commerce journey, including the foundational technology platform, the global buyer experience, and the tools sellers use to broadcast, engage, and monetize their live streams. If you thrive on significant ownership, high visibility, and the chance to build the future of e-commerce, this is the role for you.

What you will accomplish:

• customer empathy with an understanding of market trends, business goals, and competitive insights.

• Drive the full product lifecycle for multiple features or a major product initiative, from initial discovery and opportunity sizing to launch, iteration, and post-launch analysis.

• Own and deliver a challenging product roadmap on time, demonstrating a strong bias for action and high-quality outcomes. You will write clear, detailed requirements (PRDs) that prioritize hypotheses for testing and iteration.

• Lead and inspire confidence among a wide range of partners, including engineering, design, data science, research, and marketing . You will foster collaboration, build alignment, and drive shared goals across all stakeholders.

• Define key success metrics, leverage data and analytics to quantify customer problems, size opportunities, and ultimately measure the impact of your work on organizational goals.

• Cultivate a knowledge of the technical architecture and backend systems for your product area to effectively partner with engineering, unblock development, and influence technical decisions.

What you will bring:

• 5+ years of product management or related strategy experience, with e-commerce, video, or social commerce experience highly preferred .

• Bachelor’s degree required ; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred .

• Ambiguity Management: Exceptional ability to thrive in an ambiguous, 0-1 environment , distilling complex, unclear problems into a clear product vision and actionable roadmap.

• Prioritization and Tradeoffs: Demonstrated ability to evaluate options, assess trade-offs (short-term vs. long-term), and recommend a path forward, even with incomplete data.

• Influence & Communication: Masters written and verbal communication, adapting your message to influence both execution teams and executive leadership. Ability to lead and inspire without direct authority.

• Analytical Rigor:

This role focuses on hands-on design work, prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration to improve the end-to-end live seller journey. You will be challenged to balance creativity and usability, using advanced design and prototyping tools, while also building strong partnerships with key stakeholders across disciplines.

What You'll Accomplish

• Contribute to product design and UX for eBay Live seller experiences, focusing on onboarding, event setup, inventory, and post-sale workflows.

• Apply advanced mastery of Figma and prototyping tools to create, iterate, and hand off interactive design assets and user flows.

• Help develop and refine design concepts based on research and feedback from sellers, in close partnership with content and research peers.

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, research, content) to support the delivery of high-quality solutions that drive seller value.

• Participate in user testing, workshops, and field research to validate design decisions and gather insights.

• Present design rationale and solutions to peers and occasionally to senior stakeholders using clear storytelling and narrative techniques.

• Maintain organized and well-documented design files to ensure alignment and smooth handoff within the team.

• Stay curious about trends in live commerce, streaming platforms, and video-first experiences; actively share relevant ideas and inspiration.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of professional product design experience, ideally in ecommerce, live commerce, marketplace, or related seller-facing environments.

• Advance mastery of Figma and prototyping tools, with a portfolio that demonstrates impactful contributions to product design and user experience.

• Strong storytelling skills in presenting design thinking, rationale, and user journeys to team members and stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with content and research peers, integrating insights and narratives into design solutions.

• Experience working with cross-functional partners to deliver end-to-end design solutions.

• Proficiency in workshop participation, user-centered research, and testing to inform design iterations.

• Inclusive, team-oriented mindset, open to feedback and dedicated to continuous personal development.

• Bonus: Experience or strong interest in streaming, live commerce, video-first platforms, or game design.

What you’ll accomplish

• Lead design strategy, architecture, and vision for Shipping buyer and seller experiences, enabling global scalability and customer growth.

• Drive end-to-end product design across customer experiences.

• Collaborate with senior design, product, engineering, product marketing, content, and research leadership to align roadmaps, optimize workflows, and deliver scalable solutions that benefit sellers and buyers.

• Develop sophisticated design prototypes and narratives that bring innovative concepts to life for testing and refinement in partnership with Research and Content teams.

• Lead high-level presentations, storytelling, and crafting innovative narratives to effectively convey opportunities, solutions, and outcomes to senior leadership and collaborators.

• Advocate for customers by synthesizing research findings, competitive insights, and internal priorities into actionable UX strategy and design execution.

• Facilitate workshops, user testing, and field research to uncover customer needs, validate hypotheses, and inform design directions.

• Serve as a primary design lead and mentor for cross-team collaboration, contributing to Figma file development, design documentation, and process improvement initiatives.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years of professional product design experience, e-commerce or marketplace experience is a plus.

• Advanced mastery of Figma, prototyping tools, and interactive design methods, proven through a robust portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design, strategy, and delivery of complex solutions across web and native platforms.

• Experience delivering compelling executive-level presentations, storytelling, and clear design narratives to influence senior leaders and drive alignment.

• Demonstrated ability to design comprehensive, scalable design systems and drive cross-domain alignment.

• Advanced proficiency in journey mapping, service design documentation, and workshop facilitation.

• Proven success influencing product vision, and roadmap prioritization.

• Track record of building strong partnerships with content and research peers, and collaborating effectively across cross-functional design, product, engineering, and stakeholder communities.

• Inclusive, collaborative approach—building positive relationships and mentoring others to develop innovation within and across teams.

• Commitment to ongoing learning, mentoring, and advancing design excellence.

Additional Information

• Locations: Hybrid Portland, OR USA or Toronto, Canada (Travel may be required for workshops, user research, or team activities.)

• Create world-class, user-centered designs and experiences which solve for customer needs, deliver on business requirements, account for technical feasibility and leverage future trends

• Use your understanding of user-centered design processes and ability to create prototypes and high quality design work to drive product design for end-to-end projects in agile, cross-functional teams

• Operate as a "Co-Founder" within the cross-functional product team by identifying and validating user problems, producing inventive and thoughtful solutions for users and the business, and shipping meaningful product updates that deliver tangible results

• Unite multiple AI-related projects into a cohesive portfolio and end-to-end experience for our customers via collaboration with our design system teams, engineers and multiple product management teams

• Deliver tested solutions via participation in user research, product discovery & testing

• 8+ years of professional experience in product design as an IC design lead working across large cross-domain and cross-functional projects which define an end-to-end customer experience

• An outstanding portfolio which demonstrates a broad range of design and product strategy across web-based and native applications and consumer experiences

• Experience using design thinking methodologies & UCD processes to drive collaboration across agile, cross-functional teams in a large organization

• Hands-on experience driving product and concept development, including generative research, storyboarding, user-journey mapping, competitive analysis, prototyping, qualitative interviews and quantitative testing

• Ability to synthesize ambiguity, bringing industry trends, research, team insights, business priorities, and partner feedback into actionable UX strategy and design execution

• Experience designing AI interfaces or other experience designing with emerging technologies

You’ll report directly into the Senior Manager of eBay Live and work closely with cross-functional partners in design, product, engineering, research, and marketing. You will be a primary driver advancing eBay Live to industry leadership by deeply understanding seller pain points, innovating on design solutions, and integrating Live workflows into core selling experiences.

What You'll Accomplish

• Lead design strategy, architecture, and vision for eBay Live seller experiences, enabling retention and growth in a competitive live commerce landscape.

• Drive end-to-end product design, championing service-design methodologies to define and elevate the Live seller journey (onboarding, pre-stream, in-stream, post-stream, business management).

• Collaborate with senior design, product, engineering, content, and research leadership to align roadmaps, optimize workflows, and deliver scalable solutions that benefit sellers and buyers.

• Develop and iterate advanced design prototypes and narratives that bring innovative concepts to life for testing and refinement in partnership with Research and Content teams.

• Partner deeply with content and research peers to ensure seller perspectives, data, and storytelling inform UX strategy and execution across live commerce touchpoints.

• Drive executive-level presentations, storytelling, and crafting of design narratives that clearly communicate opportunities, solutions, and results to senior leadership and stakeholder audiences.

• Advocate for sellers by synthesizing research findings, competitive insights, and internal priorities into actionable UX strategy and design execution.

• Facilitate workshops, user testing, and field research to uncover seller needs, validate hypotheses, and inform design directions.

• Serve as a primary design lead and mentor for cross-team collaboration, contributing to Figma file development, service-design documentation, and process improvement initiatives.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of professional product design experience, with deep expertise in live commerce, marketplace, or high-velocity seller experiences.

• Advanced mastery of Figma, prototyping tools, and interactive design methods, demonstrated through a robust portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design, strategy, and delivery of complex seller-focused solutions across web and native platforms.

• Experience delivering compelling executive-level presentations, storytelling, and clear design narratives to influence senior leaders and drive alignment.

• Demonstrated ability to architect holistic, scalable design systems and drive cross-domain alignment.

• Advanced proficiency in journey mapping, service design documentation, and workshop facilitation.

• Proven success influencing product vision, roadmap prioritization, and organizational advocacy for seller needs in a high-growth environment.

• Track record of building strong partnerships with content and research peers, and collaborating effectively across cross-functional design, product, engineering, and stakeholder communities.

• Experience leading design thinking activities, user-centered research, and qualitative validation within cross-functional squads.

• Inclusive, collaborative approach—building trusted relationships and coaching others to foster innovation within and across teams.

• Commitment to ongoing learning, mentoring, and advancing design excellence.

• Background or deep interest in streaming, live commerce, video-first platforms, or game design.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Native iOS app development and converting ideas, designs and requirements to concrete stable production builds

• Coordinate and collaborate with the Product and Engineering team to identify problems, come up with creative solutions, and help with tracking and delivering within the release plan

• Understand and implement iOS specific design patterns

• Experience with iOS XCode, Obj-C, Swift, SwiftUI, network debugging (e.g. Charles), revision control systems (e.g. Git) and bug tracking (e.g. Jira)

• Develop and iterate within a rather lean, yet very fast-paced Engineering team

• Develop code and testing methodologies to improve the DevOps "Four Key Metrics"

• Be part of a transformative, productive and fun startup culture

Job Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience developing iOS applications, with deep experience in both Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI, Xcode

• Deep experience in unit testing and functional UI testing with XCTest / XCUITest

• Well versed in SOLID principles

• Experience with GraphQL

• Experience with modern design patterns such as MVVM, VIPER, RIBS, etc...

• Ability to collaborate and drive best practices with engineers from numerous teams

• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies

• Experience working with services teams to design optimal mobile services contracts

• B.S Degree in Computer Science or equivalence.