Good job, but it is just a job - Senior Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

3.0
Feb 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is okay, not great, but not bad. Culture and peers are generally nice to work with. Some very smart people, in select groups. Some interesting products in terms of development of the eBay site

Cons

Outsource too much. Hire a lot of people who are not creative, just to get the project done. Very little focus on stability of the system and quality of code Very, Very, Very bad build and release system, all built in house. Business Unit changes their mind very often as to what they want, make for very low quality site.

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5.0
Apr 28, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay and beneifts and the overall work experience

Cons

None at this time it’s been great

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Relaxing culture. family first. Stock performance is generally good for the recent two years and huge benefit if you're eligible for ESPP. Stable product with large customer base means you get opportunity to work on project with real impact.

Cons

1. Blind push for AI and leadership expect unrealistic efficiency improvement 2. Layoff every year in Feb (2024, 2025, 2026) and sometimes can feel the tension in team 3. Legacy tech stack with isolated and fragile infrastructure. Developer friction is a real pain. You get random infra down every once a while and internal support becomes even worse since they started offshoring to LCOL area in 2025. 4. Hiring freeze in San Jose... just expect more layoff coming up + frequent meetings at night / early morning across regions

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