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Navigating Abroad Season 5, Episode 6: How eBay Uses GenAI to Drive Developer Productivity — Without Chasing the Hype

eBay isn’t experimenting with GenAI — they’re deploying it across a global engineering organization that supports one of the internet’s largest marketplaces.

In this episode of Navigating Abroad, we sit down with Senthil Padmanabhan, Vice President and Technical Fellow at eBay, who leads Platform and Infrastructure — including the private cloud that powers over 4,000 engineers.

Senthil shares how his team is applying GenAI to increase developer velocity, reduce tech debt, and streamline software upkeep — and why he believes the key is not chasing every new AI trend, but instead focusing on what drives impact.

We talk through:

  • GitHub Copilot rollout results across 300 engineers
  • GenAI for testing, debugging, and framework upgrades Building HubGPT, an internal support tool answering 8,000+ dev questions/week
  • How to stay focused in a hype-heavy AI market

Whether you're leading engineering, product, or platform at an enterprise org — this episode is full of real insights from someone doing the work at scale.

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eBay isn’t experimenting with GenAI — they’re deploying it across a global engineering organization that supports one of the internet’s largest marketplaces.

In this episode of Navigating Abroad, we sit down with Senthil Padmanabhan, Vice President and Technical Fellow at eBay, who leads Platform and Infrastructure — including the private cloud that powers over 4,000 engineers.

Senthil shares how his team is applying GenAI to increase developer velocity, reduce tech debt, and streamline software upkeep — and why he believes the key is not chasing every new AI trend, but instead focusing on what drives impact.

We talk through:

  • GitHub Copilot rollout results across 300 engineers
  • GenAI for testing, debugging, and framework upgrades Building HubGPT, an internal support tool answering 8,000+ dev questions/week
  • How to stay focused in a hype-heavy AI market

Whether you're leading engineering, product, or platform at an enterprise org — this episode is full of real insights from someone doing the work at scale.

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