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Senior Staff Frontend Engineer

Job

  • Level
    Senior
  • Location
    Kleinmachnow
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Field
    Web, Front End
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment

Job Summary

In this role, you will develop modern web applications in React and TypeScript, lead technical standards and architectural decisions, mentor the team, and enhance user experience through innovative solutions.

Job Technologies

Your role in the team

  • You will be working on new experiences for millions of customers.
  • You will lead the development of modern web applications (React / TypeScript) by developing system designs, helping define the technical roadmap, guiding the team on all frontend aspects, and implementing code.
  • You will report to a Sr. Manager of Engineering, as well as work closely with the wider engineering team of the new engineering hub.
  • Translate product problems into designed cross-component frontend solutions that balance user experience, performance, and maintainability; author design documents and technical specifications for key projects.
  • Lead and own frontend architectural decisions, drive system-level innovation, and influence technical direction beyond your immediate team.
  • Define and uphold frontend engineering standards, coding guidelines, and technical culture; contribute meaningfully to the roadmap by surfacing investment opportunities, flagging risks, and shaping sequencing decisions.
  • Mentor engineers across levels through design reviews, pairing, and structured feedback to raise the team's overall frontend capability.
  • Build accessible, performant, and maintainable web applications in React and TypeScript; write clean, efficient, and well-documented code and conduct code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to break down work into milestones with accurate estimations, deliver features, and maintain tests while resolving performance bottlenecks, rendering issues, and browser compatibility problems.

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Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • Deep expertise in React and TypeScript with a strong command of web fundamentals: browser rendering, network performance, accessibility, and modern JavaScript (ES2020+).
  • Familiarity with frontend observability tooling (e.g., web vitals, error tracking, real-user monitoring) is a plus.

Experience

  • Bachelor's in CS or related field with extensive experience in designing and developing highly scalable web applications in Agile/Scrum environments with modern CI/CD practices.
  • Experience building and maintaining design systems or component libraries at scale; proficiency writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests (e.g., Jest, Playwright, Cypress).
  • Experience collaborating with backend teams on RESTful or GraphQL API contracts and integrating with microservices architectures.
  • Experience influencing technical direction across teams, mentoring engineers, and raising the overall frontend capability of an engineering organization.
  • Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) is a strong plus.

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What we offer

  • eBay requires employees to be present in the Dreilinden office three days per week.

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Benefits

Work-Life-Integration

Health, Fitness & Fun

Food & Drink

Topics You Will Work On

Job Locations

  • Location Kleinmachnow

    Brandenburg

    Germany

About Your Employer

Ebay

Ebay

eBay Inc. is a world leader in online commerce, connecting millions of buyers and sellers around the globe. We offer individuals, businesses, and organizations of all sizes economical opportunities. Our portfolio of brands includes eBay Marketplace and eBay Classifieds Group, which operate in 190 markets worldwide.

Description

  • Company Type
    Digital Agency
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Trade

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Senior Staff Frontend Engineer

Location
Kleinmachnow
Working Model
Hybrid, Onsite
Diversity
Open for all genders
English Only
English only required

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