
Software Engineer 3 - iOS
eBay · Posted Nov 4
Global online marketplace and e-commerce services
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About the role
The Digital Services team within Customer Service Technology under eBay's Global Technology Organization owns the end-to-end online customer service experience across web and native mobile, helping buyers and sellers resolve issues through self-service. The team builds intuitive, reliable, scalable solutions in partnership with Product, Design, Data, and Platform teams in a modern, diverse tech stack focused on quality and observability. This role focuses primarily on building high-quality native iOS experiences while also contributing to backend services, APIs, and platform integrations supporting the end-to-end customer journey.
What you will do
- Design and build modular iOS features that integrate with eBay’s self-service platforms and backend services.
- Own native iOS development across the feature lifecycle, from technical design through implementation, testing, release, and post-launch support.
- Translate product and design requirements into clean, high-quality, crash-free, well-tested production code with minimal supervision.
- Apply strong software engineering practices including clean code, writing tests first, maintainable architecture, and continuous improvement.
- Implement testing at multiple levels, including unit, integration, UI, and acceptance testing, and build automation for shipped features.
- Refactor existing code to improve testability, reusability, performance, readability, and long-term maintainability.
- Participate in and occasionally lead design discussions, propose implementation options, evaluate tradeoffs, and provide effort estimates.
- Support product developers with debugging Xcode issues, OS upgrades, SDK changes, and adoption of new iOS platform capabilities.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and release processes to ensure smooth, reliable mobile deployments.
- Partner closely with backend and platform engineers to define APIs, improve service integrations, and deliver seamless end-to-end customer experiences.
- Contribute beyond mobile when needed by supporting full stack engineering work such as backend services, APIs, and platform integrations aligned with team priorities.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation that supports the continued evolution and operation of our applications.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 3+ years of experience designing, building, refactoring, and releasing native iOS applications in production environments.
- Strong proficiency in Swift and/or Objective-C, with the ability to independently own and deliver features within an iOS application.
- Solid experience with Xcode, modern iOS APIs, Swift Concurrency, and SwiftUI and/or UIKit.
- Strong understanding of mobile application architecture, performance optimization, debugging, and reliability standards.
- Experience implementing automated testing across unit, integration, and UI layers.
- Experience collaborating through code reviews, pairing, and other engineering practices that improve code quality and team resiliency.
- Working knowledge of backend development concepts, APIs, and service integrations.
- Familiarity with Java, Spring Boot, Python, REST, and/or GraphQL, with the ability to contribute outside the mobile stack when needed.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively across mobile, platform, and product teams.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as coding assistants, test generation, and code review aids to improve delivery speed while maintaining high quality.
- A flexible engineering mindset with enthusiasm for contributing where the team needs it most, whether on native mobile or broader full stack initiatives.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About eBay
eBay Inc. is a multinational e-commerce corporation based in San Jose, California, that facilitates online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales. Founded in 1995, the platform connects millions of buyers and sellers globally through auctions and fixed-price 'Buy It Now' listings across numerous categories. It operates as one of the world's largest digital marketplaces, emphasizing specialized categories like collectibles, luxury goods, and refurbished products.
- Industry
- E-commerce
- Company size
- 12000+ employees
- Founded
- 1995-09-03
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
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