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Team Overview:

Join the Marketing Technologies Platform Team that powers billions of communications per day sent to customers across the world. This team plays a pivotal role in delivering personalized and timely customer engagement experiences across eBay's global user base.
 

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff React Engineer to join our innovative front-end engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for architecting, developing, and optimizing user interfaces and web applications that deliver seamless, performant, and accessible customer experiences. As a technical leader, you will collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to drive forward high-impact projects and help shape the future of customer engagement at eBay.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture & Design: Lead the design and implementation of scalable and modular front-end architecture using React and related technologies.

Development: Build and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable React components and web applications.

User Experience: Collaborate with design and product teams to create intuitive and accessible interfaces.

Performance Optimization: Profile and optimize web applications for maximum speed, scalability, and responsiveness.

Code Quality: Ensure code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and code reviews. Promote best practices in front-end development.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with backend, DevOps, QA, and data teams to ensure seamless integration of front-end interfaces with backend services.

Mentorship: Mentor junior developers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Innovation: Evaluate and incorporate new front-end technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance development productivity and application performance.

Qualifications Required:

Education: Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, HCI, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience: 12+ years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on front-end technologies and a Bachelor's degree, or 10+ years with a Master's degree.

React Expertise: Deep understanding and hands-on experience with React.js, including hooks, context API, and component lifecycle.

Modern JavaScript: Proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript.

AI Assisted Code Generation: Familiarity with foundational AI concepts and practical experience applying AI-powered coding generation (e.g., OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or understanding of transformer-based code generation) will be a significant asset.

State Management: Experience with state management libraries such as Redux, Recoil, or Zustand.

Tooling: Proficiency with modern front-end tooling including Webpack, Babel, ESLint, and testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library).

Accessibility: Knowledge and experience implementing accessible web applications (WCAG standards).

Responsive Design: Strong understanding of responsive and mobile-first design principles.

Testing: Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and E2E testing.

Version Control: Proficient in Git and collaborative development workflows.

Problem Solving: Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred:

Understanding of large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval augmentation generation, Model Context Protocol is highly desirable.

Familiarity with design systems and component libraries (e.g., Storybook, Figma integration).

Knowledge of web performance best practices and optimization techniques.

Understanding of GraphQL and RESTful APIs.

Experience integrating with backend services in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP).

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.

Knowledge of security best practices in web development.

Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Awareness of Generative AI and LLM technologies and their impact on front-end development workflows.

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