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Software Architect - Cloud Security
Ebay INC · 🇺🇸 Austin
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 478 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 314 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Ebay INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles58 certified filings for “MTS 1, Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in TX: $142k–$188k, median $169k. Most were filed at wage level IV (58%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Ebay INC
The US Department of Labor certified 478 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 314 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts. Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet. Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all. * This role cannot offer any sort of visa sponsorship * About the team and the role: The Identity team is responsible for building and evolving the foundational services that secure how people, applications, and platforms access eBay systems and experiences. This team partners broadly across engineering, security, and product organizations to deliver scalable, resilient, and modern identity capabilities that support a hybrid, multi-cloud, and SaaS ecosystem. As a senior technical leader in the Identity domain, this role will shape the future of authentication, authorization, federation, and identity lifecycle management across eBay. You will serve as a trusted authority on enterprise IAM architecture, define engineering standards embraced across teams, and guide the invent of secure, scalable, and reliable identity solutions. This role offers broad influence across platforms and roadmaps, with the opportunity to mentor engineers, elevate technical quality, and help drive secure innovation in an AI-first environment. What you will accomplish: • Define and evolve enterprise-wide identity and access management architecture, standards, and reference implementations that improve consistency, scalability, and security across platforms. • Own the design and adoption of modern authentication and federation solutions, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, FIDO2, WebAuthn, and Passkeys, to strengthen user and system trust. • Establish secure authorization patterns for both user and service-to-service access, including JWT, mTLS, and adaptive access models aligned with Zero Trust principles. • Drive automation of identity lifecycle management through SCIM and federated identity models, helping teams simplify provisioning, strengthen governance, and improve cross-domain interoperability. • Influence technical direction across multiple teams by reviewing designs and code, guiding platform decisions, and ensuring identity services meet high standards for security, correctness, and reliability. • Mentor engineers and partner with security, product, and platform leaders to set the standard on identity engineering, develop roadmaps, and embed guardrails and security checkpoints throughout the software development lifecycle. What you will bring: • 12+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, including 5+ years as a technical lead or architect owning end-to-end identity or access management designs. • Deep expertise in IAM technologies and standards, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and SCIM, with experience designing federated or unified identity architectures. • Strong experience building secure authentication, authorization, and federation solutions across distributed, hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, or SaaS environments. • Proven ability to influence technical strategy, establish engineering standards, and lead through collaboration across multiple teams and platforms. • Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures, adaptive access models such as RBAC and ABAC, and areas such as identity verificat