eBay Jobs and Careers
Start Your Future Business at eBay

eBay Jobs and Careers
Starting a business on eBay is perhaps your fastest route to the American Dream. The payoff can be high, and the barriers to entry are low. For less than $100 and very little risk. eBay is a worldwide auction site that was founded by Pierre Omidyar on September 3, 1995 in San Jose, CA. It was originally called AuctionWeb and was part of a larger personal site. The very first item sold on the site by Omidyar was a broken laser pointer, to a collector of broken laser pointers.

eBay Jobs and Careers - The name of the company was officially changed to eBay in September, 1997. The company went public in 1998, making Omidyar and the first eBay president, Jeff Skoll, instant billionaires. The company has since purchased many other related companies, including PayPal, Skype and a percentage interest in Craigslist. As of this writing they employ over 12,000 employees worldwide, and are headquartered in San Jose, CA. (by Laura Schneider)

Starting a business on eBay is perhaps your fastest route to the American Dream. The payoff can be high, and the barriers to entry can be low. The world's most popular online marketplace, eBay has millions of registered buyers waiting to do business with you. For less than $100 and very little risk, you can start an eBay venture with profit margins rivaling those of any business.

eBay is an internet-based auction and shopping venue where people and businesses around world buy and sell goods and services. If you are already employed, you can begin your eBay business as a part-time venture, if your eBay profits grow bigger than your paycheck, you can quit your day job and enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences of your life: building a thriving business from scratch.

eBay Compensation and Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance from the date of hire
Life Insurance, AD&D, short term and long term disability
Flexible spending accounts, Employee Assistance program
Business Travel Accident insurance
PTO starts at 16 days per year, with an additional day added for each year of service up to 20 days per year
Holidays - 10 holidays per year, plus one floating holiday of your choice
Sabbatical After five years of service with eBay, you are eligible for 4 weeks of time off with pay
401k plan with participation eligibility on hire, 100% vesting in all contributions (including employer contributions) and a 100% company match up to $2000 per year
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Referral Program – Up to $1000
Charitable Contribution & Gift Matching

Sample Job Positions at eBay

Information Security Engineer: BSCS/MSCS, TCP/IP protocols, C, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, HTML, JavaScript
Project Managers: BS/BA, knowledge of project management tools and techniques
QA Engineers (QART): BSCS/MSCS, Java, C++, PERL scripting, Oracle, HTML, Windows or Unix
Research Assistant: BS/MS/PhD, Java and/or C++, highly scalable applications and/or distributed systems
Software Engineers: BSCS/MSCS, C++, Java and J2EE, including servlets, XML, SQL and RDBMS
Business Process Analyst: BA/BS. Excel, PowerPoint, strong quantitative and communication skills
Business Development Manager: MBA, consulting or investment banking experience preferred, strong quantitative and analytical skills
Trust and Marketing Manager: MBA, Quantitative background, Finance and Accounting experience