Sr Member of Technical Staff

About the role

At eBay, we’re a global ecommerce leader committed to reinventing the future of online retail. This Sr Member of Technical Staff role in Bengaluru, India places you at the heart of our engineering team, where you will independently lead complex technical initiatives, drive technical direction and roadmap, and author Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that shape our tech strategy. You’ll coordinate large functional areas, proactively address performance, security, and future‑proofing, and guide projects from inception to successful execution. As a change agent, you’ll elevate team culture, processes, and engineering practices, empower teams through collaboration and tool building, and identify platform changes to improve engineering velocity. You will also lead engineering support, release, and on‑call responsibilities for an always‑on 24/7 site, ensuring reliability and continuous improvement.

What you’ll do

• Independently lead complex technical initiatives within and beyond your team.
• Drive technical direction and roadmap, leading across domain teams and guiding others towards the right technical decisions.
• Author ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) that serve as blueprints for technical problems and influence overall tech strategy.
• Coordinate one or more large functional areas with in-depth knowledge and expertise.
• Show a strong systems approach, proactively handling performance, security, and future-proofing solutions.
• Assume responsibility for intricate projects, guiding them from inception to successful execution.
• Act as a change agent to set high standards and elevate team culture, process, and engineering practices.
• Empower teams through effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tool building.
• Identify areas in the company platforms likely to change and integrate flexibility in the development to improve engineering velocity.
• Develop a long-term technology vision to continually modernize and keep systems relevant in evolving environments.
• Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an “always-on” 24/7 site.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or other related field.
• Excellent decision-making skills, thrive on dealing with ambiguities and changes.
• Strong sense of ownership and communication skills , embrace diverse ideas across organization 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

Education

Bachelor's degree