MTS1 Software Engineer - MTS1 Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

4.0
5 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good perks, Good people and easy access to work from North Austin. Online commerce is the place to be today, eBay is in middle of making huge strides.

Cons

Marketplace has lot of baggage if you like to code, Old platforms, everything is proprietary, you will get to maintain old code on old platform and its frustrating at times. San Jose and Seattle get all the good work, Austin gets all the left over, not enough commitment from management to grow Austin Site. Way too many folks with H1B.

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5.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good culture friendly people and good benefits

Cons

leadership direction politics tenured individuals who do not change their ways of working

3.0
20 June 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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