eBay
Sr. MTS Software Engineer - Identity
$218K–$290K
San Jose · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years building large-scale distributed systems; 5+ years as a technical lead or architect in identity management domain owning end-to-end system design.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.
About the job
Provides senior technical leadership for eBay’s identity services, defining IAM architecture and standards and guiding secure authentication, authorization, and identity federation across teams.
What you'll do
- Define IAM architecture, engineering standards, and reference implementations; review designs and code for security, scalability, and correctness.
- Architect identity protocols and capabilities, including federation, passwordless authentication, API authorization, adaptive access control, and identity lifecycle management.
- Mentor and influence engineers and partners across teams, shaping technical direction, roadmaps, and priorities.
What they ask for
- Extensive experience designing and building identity and access management systems; experience with federated and unified identity architectures in distributed environments.
- Strong knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and SCIM.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and platforms.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Nice to have
- Experience with identity verification, risk-based authentication, or trust signals; familiarity with Zero Trust and adaptive access control.
- Experience operating identity platforms at scale in regulated or security-sensitive environments.
Pay
$217,600 - $290,500 USD base salary
Tools
OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML 2.0, FIDO2, WebAuthn, Passkeys, JWT, mTLS
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