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Tech Lead, Global E-commerce Governance Business
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years building highly scalable backend services and distributed systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads the design and implementation of scalable e-commerce product governance and intellectual-property protection systems, including listing screening, enforcement, and takedown workflows.
What you'll do
- Own architecture and write code for product governance and IPR services, including listing risk screening and policy-driven review.
- Lead development of rights-holder reporting, brand-protection, notice-and-takedown, and infringement-detection systems.
- Set technical direction and standards, mentor engineers, and drive adoption of LLM and agent-based capabilities where they improve outcomes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience building highly scalable backend services and distributed systems.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, such as leading complex projects, making architecture decisions, or mentoring engineers.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience in e-commerce or marketplace platforms, IP or brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, or trust & safety.
- Experience deploying LLM or agent-based solutions with measurable impact, or working with global, cross-timezone teams.
Tools
LLM
AI focus
Drive practical adoption of LLM and agent-based capabilities in review and takedown workflows to improve accuracy, coverage, or efficiency.
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