Sr. Data Engineer Manager

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts. Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet. Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all. At eBay, we’re more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re 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, we’re looking for people who are passionate about solving complex problems, building at scale, and creating experiences that make commerce better for everyone. About The Team And The Role 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 eBay’s 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. What You Will Accomplish 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. What You Will Bring 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. Bachelor’s 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. eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility. We use cookies to enhance your experience and may use AI tools for administrative tasks in the hiring process. To learn how we handle your personal data and use AI responsibly, please visit our Talent Privacy Notice, Privacy Center, and AI Hiring Guidelines.

Lead and develop a team of data engineers to build scalable real-time and batch data pipelines that power critical eBay experiences. Partner with cross-functional leaders to translate business priorities into high-quality data products and establish engineering best practices.

Requires a strong technical foundation in distributed systems and cloud-based data platforms with experience leading engineering teams. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, with a preference for experience in high-scale ecommerce or fintech environments.

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Relevées dans la description du poste. Confirmez les exigences importantes ci-dessus.

• People Leadership
• Data Engineering
• Distributed Systems
• Kafka
• Spark
• Flink
• Databricks
• Airflow
• Dbt
• AWS
• System Design
• Data Pipeline Architecture
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Operational Excellence
• Cloud-native Platform Development
• Data Reliability

• Data & Analytics
• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Engineering
• Software

Formation minimale

Baccalauréat

Expérience minimale

10+ ans

Postuler avant le

21 sept. 2026

Langue de l’offre

anglais

Heures de travail

40 heures par semaine

Niveau d’expérience

Mid-Senior level