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Engineering Manager – Agentic Search Experience

Location: Amsterdam (Hybrid)

At eBay, we’re transforming the future of commerce for enthusiasts worldwide. Search is at the heart of that experience: each query reveals buyer intent, trust, and opportunity. We’re developing the next generation of smart, scalable, and progressively autonomous search experiences that assist customers in finding what they want quicker, more intuitively, and more efficiently.

We’re seeking an Engineering Manager to guide a high-performing software engineering team developing backend services and platforms for agentic and search experiences worldwide. This position suits a leader passionate about growing engineers, crafting clear technical direction, and working in an environment where engineering quality, product impact, and team culture are valued.

Why this role matters

Search is a fundamental element of the eBay experience. The systems developed by this team drive influential buyer journeys worldwide, shape engagement and revenue, and contribute to defining the future of discovery on eBay.

As Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-performing team that builds highly available, low-latency backend systems and APIs powering large-scale search and agentic experiences at eBay. You will mentor and develop engineers, nurture a culture of accountability, inclusion, technical excellence, and operational rigor, and make thoughtful hiring and talent growth decisions. In this role, you will direct technical strategy and delivery by guiding the architecture and implementation of scalable distributed systems using Java, Kotlin, and GraphQL. You will also enhance reliability, performance, quality, and developer efficiency. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with Product, Applied Science, Build, and peer Engineering teams to translate business priorities into technical plans and help compose the future of search and discovery.

What we’re seeking

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams
• Strong track record of delivering scalable backend systems in production
• Experience building and operating distributed systems with demanding availability, performance, and latency requirements
• Hands-on technical depth in backend engineering, ideally with Java and/or Kotlin
• Experience crafting and delivering APIs and service architectures, including GraphQL, REST, or gRPC
• Strong understanding of backend systems, data flows, and platform build
• Experience with operational excellence practices such as SLOs, observability, incident management, and postmortems
• Ability to turn ambiguous goals into clear execution plans and strong team outcomes
• Proven success hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers
• Data-driven, ownership-oriented approach passionate about business and customer outcomes

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in search, relevance, discovery, recommendations, or agentic/product intelligence systems
• Experience leading teams through platform modernization or periods of rapid growth
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL systems, event-driven architectures, or streaming technologies such as Kafka
• Strong quality approach with experience promoting testing, code reviews, and resilient engineering practices
• Experience contributing to agile teams dedicated to constant development

What kind of leader thrives here

The strongest candidates for this role are technical leaders who know how to zoom in and zoom out. You can contribute meaningfully to architecture discussions, unblock teams, and ask the right questions, while also crafting clarity, building trust, and helping people grow.

You care deeply about engineering quality, but you also know that great teams are built through strong culture. You value psychological safety, honest feedback, shared ownership, and continuous learning. You build an environment where the best ideas can come from anywhere and where teams can move fast, collaborate well, and improve constantly.

What we offer

• Competitive salary, performance bonus, and RSU equity
• Flexible hybrid working model
• Generous PTO and family-friendly policies, including parental leave
• Learning and growth through mentorship, internal tech communities, and continuous development
• Comprehensive benefits that support different stages of life and career
• An inclusive culture where you can bring your authentic self to work every day!

Additional Details

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, veteran status, 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 for people with disabilities.

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