eBay Software Developer reviews

3.8

58% would recommend to a friend

(297 total reviews)
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Jamie Iannone

64% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated eBay with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 297 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. eBay is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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297 reviews
4.0
Mar 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

work/life balance can be good (depends on the team) a lot of talented people some projects are genuinely interesting and contemporary (others may lag behind the industry by a few years or more)

Cons

eBay has been around for a long time, and it shows. Like in a geology class, when examining layers of rock, some of the code reads the same way. Lots of reinventing the wheel - e.g. you might spend a year on a project and then learn that another team did essentially the same thing. Politics... The cycles of over-hiring and layoffs are pretty demoralizing, both from a human standpoint and in terms of simply having a cohesive vision.

4.0
Mar 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really good WLB and company culture.

Cons

Pay is below market Growth opportunities low

5.0
Jan 14, 2026

Great Workplace

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and talent in Israel Good compensation and RSU

Cons

Sometimes political as a large organization can be Lack of new business ideas made eBay close the Israeli site

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