Software engineer at ebay - Software Engineer II eBay Employee Review

4.0
Jan 29, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Great system architecture and nice place to start your career. 2. Waste knowledge base easily accessible to grow. 3. You will always be heard. 4. Company execs are never afraid of changes and keeps on trying new things. 5. Ebay does believe in innovation and tries to find new business ideas.

Cons

1. Work is very laid back and not thoroughly planned. 2. Compensation is average and not very appealing. 3. Most of the people at ebay are of regress hard work culture and not very productive brain work culture. In short everyday meeting and communication are given way more importance and that will hampers your daily work

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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