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Principal, Design
Ebay INC · 🇺🇸 San Jose
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.
- 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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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. About the team and the role: eBay’s Design organization creates seamless, end-to-end experiences that connect millions of buyers and sellers globally. The team is customer-focused, collaborative, and driven by curiosity—working across product, engineering, and business to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful impact. As a Principal Designer (director-level), you will define eBay’s long-term experience vision, working closely with executive leadership to shape strategy, drive alignment, and lead multi-year, enterprise-wide initiatives that scale innovation and impact. What you will accomplish: • Define and lead a long-term vision for the user experience that guides executive decisions and shapes eBay’s multi-year strategy across buyers, sellers, and the platform. • Lead annual strategic initiatives that rethink core commerce experiences—such as auctions, live commerce, and end-to-end journeys—through hands-on design exploration, prototyping, and execution that deliver clear business and customer impact. • Drive design quality across the organization by actively crafting user experiences, setting a high bar for interaction and visual design, and building scalable frameworks, systems, and platforms that increase speed, consistency, and quality across global teams. • Build scalable frameworks, systems, and platforms that increase speed, consistency, and quality across global teams. • Explore and apply AI tools in workflows, modeling new ways of working through both strategic leadership and direct experimentation in design practice. • Align senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Legal, and Operations to deliver complex solutions that no single team can achieve alone. • Balance user needs, business goals, ambition, and regulatory requirements while making practical product and design decisions in execution. What you will bring: • A maker mindset with 15+ years of experience moving fluidly between strategic thinking and detailed execution, including creating concepts, flows, prototypes, and polished user experiences. • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, ambiguous initiatives and delivering measurable outcomes across multiple teams or business domains. • Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders (VP+), using clear communication, storytelling, and tangible design work to align on strategy and drive decisions. • Expertise in designing and scaling systems, platforms, or end-to-end experiences within complex, global organizations, with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional hands-on UX, interaction, and product design craft. • Solid understanding of technical concepts, platform constraints, and how design decisions connect to business impact • Proven ability to navigate uncertainty, define strategic direction, and secure alignment without direct authority • Experience working across global teams; ability to operate effectively in a hybrid environment and collaborate across time zones Additional Details The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below: $224,800 - $300,100 Base pay