Senior Director, Cloud Engineering

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:

eBay's traffic engineering team is tasked with developing and overseeing the global cloud platforms that manage the entirety of eBay's site traffic. The successful candidate will lead several engineering teams, comprising both junior and senior members, in constructing a highly resilient distributed system at eBay's global network edges. This system will not only proxy all of eBay's traffic but also support eBay's service mesh for all our site services.

We are seeking a Cloud Engineering Director to lead our Traffic team within the Infrastructure Engineering Organization. This dynamic and motivated team of software engineers is united by a common mission, tackling complex challenges on a global scale. In this key leadership position, you will help shape our engineering strategy and roadmap, translating business requirements into actionable implementation phases. Additionally, you will play an active role in recruiting as we expand our team across various geographic locations.

What you will accomplish:

Lead Strategic Transformation: Spearhead the design, development, and evolution of eBay's Cloud Software-Defined Infrastructure and Networking, ensuring our private cloud compute environment is at the cutting edge of performance and scalability.

Drive Operational Excellence with AI: Champion our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, leveraging advanced AI/ML techniques to identify new opportunities for global operational efficiency and predictive intelligence across our vast infrastructure.

Build & Inspire World-Class Teams: Recruit, mentor, and lead a diverse, globally distributed team of infrastructure software engineers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation, empowering your team members to achieve their full potential and grow their careers.

Influence & Execute: Translate high-level business needs into clear, actionable engineering plans. Provide expert technical guidance and leadership, automating processes and enhancing team productivity from ideation through deployment and operations.

Ensure End-to-End Quality: Own the full software lifecycle instrumentation, from initial requirements gathering to robust software development and seamless deployment, ensuring quality, observability, and scalability are built-in from day one.

Strategic Collaboration: Partner closely with Cloud Engineering, Operations, Product, and PMO teams to balance resources, optimize project schedules, and ensure transparent communication across all levels of the organization.

What You Will Bring:

• 15+ years of progressive industry experience with a deep focus on large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, and/or cloud engineering.
• 10+ years in senior leadership roles within the technology sector, ideally managing global, geographically distributed software development and operations teams.
• Proven expertise in Software-Defined Infrastructure and Software-Defined Networking.
• Demonstrated experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and building highly resilient, scalable systems.
• Experience leveraging AI/ML to drive operational insights, productivity, automation, or efficiency improvements in infrastructure.
• Exceptional ability to lead organizational change management, influence executive stakeholders, and drive consensus in complex, cross-functional environments.
• Expertise in modern global software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevOps).
• Superior communication skills, with a track record of clearly articulating critical technical updates and strategies to diverse audiences, including C-level leadership.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) and traffic engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and related container orchestration technologies.
• Experience with service mesh implementations.
• Leadership in open-source projects related to cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of networking, cybersecurity principles, and related fields within a c