Ebay Senior Staff Engineer - Video Streaming 

United States, California, San Jose 

877316084

• Independently lead complex technical initiatives for the entire organization and across domains

• Drive technical direction and roadmap, leads across domain teams and guides others towards the right technical decisions.

• Authors ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) that serves as blueprint or a proposed solution for a given technical problem and influences overall tech strategy

• Responsible for one or more large functional areas possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise.

• Demonstrate strong systems mindset, go beyond immediate needs, proactively addressing performance, security, and future-proofing solutions.

• Take ownership of complex projects, driving them from conception to successful implementation.

• Change agency to set high bar and uplevel across teams on culture, process and engineering practices. Empower teams through effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tool building.

• Identifying areas in the app ecosystem and adjacencies that are likely to change and integrating flexibility in the design for these areas improving engineering velocity

• Long term technology vision to continually modernize and keep systems relevant in constantly changing environments

• Excellent decision-making skills, thrive on dealing with ambiguities and changes.

• Strong sense of ownership and communication skills , embrace diverse ideas across organizations and align on a mutually agreed direction to get things done and move forward.

• Deeply care about growing others, great at mentoring and coaching, creating a large positive impact on organizational culture.

• Strong learning ability, self-driven

• Attending knowledge sharing sessions, both within the company and externally

• Learning transferable skills

• Growth mindset and constantly looking for opportunities to learn

• Learns adjacent areas (project management, people management, product management) in addition to core technical skills to better support the organization

• Exciting Product Mission with Impactful Technical Challenges - Dive into the heart of eCommerce innovation at Buyer Experiences, where we’re transforming eBay's shopping journey. By focusing on simplification, personalization, and modernization, we aim to build world-class buyer and seller experiences on eBay marketplaces with creativity and passion. Utilizing cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI, you'll tackle complex challenges that directly improve the shopping experience for millions of eBay users everyday.

• Vibrant Culture - At Buyer Experiences, our strength lies in our diversity, transparency, and collaborative spirit. Our open culture ensures every voice is valued and heard. We celebrate our successes together and approach each challenge as an opportunity for collective growth. Be a part of a dynamic community that not only values your expertise but is also committed to your personal and professional growth.

• Flexible Working - Enjoy exceptional support for remote work, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life seamlessly.

• Competitive Compensation and Benefit

• Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or other related field.

• 10+ years of experience in video streaming or related domains with 5+ years as an architect/technical lead responsible for the end to end product scope across multiple domains.

• Deep knowledge of video codecs (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1) and encoding tools (FFmpeg).

• Expertise in streaming protocols (such as HLS, WebRTC, SRT), Deep understanding of the tradeoffs between implementations.

• Experience building and scaling media pipelines in cloud environments.

• Proficiency in performance tuning, video analytics (QoE), and debugging live systems.

• Solid knowledge in end to end system design from frontend to backend involving JavaScript frameworks, GraphQL/Rest APIs, Messaging Systems, RDBMS/NOSQL, Containers, Infrastructure layer, with deep knowledge in several key components. Experience in GraphQL is preferable.

• Experiences in leading complex technical initiatives across teams independently from inception to successful delivery.

• Has designed and built live video streaming solutions at enterprise scale, with deep expertise in live streaming technologies; will drive the technical direction of eBay’s live video platform.

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below: