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.
About eBay
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.
About the Team and Role
We are looking for a Data Sceintist to join our Focus Category Analytics team. Our team builds data solutions that help eBay understand marketplace trends, improve customer experiences, and support growth across key categories, including Collectibles, Luxury, Sneakers, and Apparel.
In this role, you will design and develop scalable data platforms, pipelines, and tools that make it easier for analysts, data scientists, and business teams to explore data and generate insights.
You will contribute to building Data Studio capabilities, including interactive development environments, SQL editors, notebooks, and self-service analytics tools. You will also work with distributed data technologies to support reliable data processing and efficient access to large-scale datasets.
We are looking for someone who enjoys building practical engineering solutions and using AI coding agents to improve software development. You will collaborate with engineering, analytics, and product teams to deliver tools that support better decisions across eBay.
What You Will Accomplish
Build data platforms: Design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure and Data Studio capabilities that support data exploration, analytics, and development.
Improve developer experiences: Build and enhance interactive tools such as Jupyter Notebook environments, SQL editors, query consoles, and data exploration interfaces.
Enable large-scale data processing: Integrate data tools with distributed processing technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, Flink, and cloud-based compute services.
Develop backend services: Build APIs and services to manage workspaces, user sessions, compute resources, and application lifecycles.
Create reliable data solutions: Develop and maintain data pipelines, processing workflows, and reusable components that support analytics and reporting needs.
Improve platform performance: Identify opportunities to enhance system reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
Apply AI-assisted development: Use AI coding agents to support software design, development, testing, debugging, and code maintenance while ensuring code quality.
Support workflow orchestration: Develop and improve data workflows using scheduling and orchestration tools such as Airflow or similar technologies.
Collaborate across teams: Work with data engineers, analysts, data scientists, and product partners to understand their needs and deliver accessible, self-service data capabilities.
Contribute to engineering quality: Participate in code reviews, testing,…