Software Development Manager, Platforms

About the role

eBay's Infrastructure Engineering organization in Bengaluru is hiring a Software Development Manager to build and lead a Platform Engineering team. You will define and execute the roadmap for Java developer platforms, frameworks, and CI/CD capabilities while providing technical leadership across architecture and design of scalable, reliable, and secure platform services. The role involves growing the Bangalore team, partnering with US and Shanghai teams, and driving platform development using Java, Spring Boot, Maven, Kubernetes, Tekton, Kafka, and cloud-native technologies.

What you’ll do

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Platform Engineering team in Bangalore.
• Define and execute the roadmap for Java developer platforms, frameworks, and CI/CD capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture and design of scalable, reliable, and secure platform services.
• Drive platform development using Java, Spring Boot, Maven, Kubernetes, Tekton, Kafka, and cloud-native technologies.
• Champion end-to-end ownership—teams build, test, deploy, operate, and support what they develop.
• Improve developer productivity through reusable frameworks, self-service capabilities, automation, and simplified developer workflows.
• Partner with engineering teams in the US, Shanghai, and India to align technical strategy, architecture, and execution.
• Establish a culture of engineering excellence, operational ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams and delivering large-scale platforms or distributed systems.
• Strong technical foundation in Java, Spring Boot, Maven, REST services, and microservices architecture.
• Experience building developer platforms, reusable frameworks, CI/CD platforms, or infrastructure tooling, rather than only application microservices.
• Experience with Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, automation, observability, and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of the complete software lifecycle, including automated testing, deployment, production operations, reliability, and support.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with experience working across globally distributed teams.
• Developer-first mindset with experience improving developer experience and engineering productivity.

Nice to have

Tekton and Kafka experience is a plus.

Skills