Web Engineer

Company Description

Depop is the community-powered circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable secondhand fashion. With a community of over 35 million users, Depop is on a mission to make fashion circular, redefining fashion consumption. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Manchester, and in 2021 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy. Find out more at www.depop.com 

Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re from. Just as our platform connects people globally, we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences, knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status. We’re continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.

If, due to a disability, you need adjustments to complete the application, please let us know by sending an email with your name, the role to which you would like to apply, and the type of support you need to complete the application to [email protected]. For any other non-disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.

Web Engineer

Company Description

Depop is the community-powered fashion marketplace to buy and sell circular fashion, with over 30 million registered users in more than 150 countries. Depop is a place for anyone to discover and celebrate their style on their own terms, and to feel good about their fashion choices by extending the lives of millions of garments.
The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in London with offices in Manchester and New York. Depop has approximately 400 employees dedicated to its mission of building the world’s most diverse progressive home of fashion, that’s kinder on the planet and kinder to people. In 2021, Depop became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy - the global marketplace for unique and creative goods - and continues to operate as a standalone company.

Depop is an equal opportunity employer. Our mission is to build the world’s most diverse progressive home of fashion. To do this, we encourage people from underrepresented communities to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We’re continuing to build recruitment processes that are fair and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments required throughout your interview experience with us. Depop supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skillsets.

Job Description

Depop is looking for an experienced Web Engineer to join us permanently. Within this role, you’ll be working in the Marketplace product engineering pillar developing the services used for interaction between our customers, Depop agents, and Depop. 

As a member of this cross functional space, you will collaborate with product, design and other engineers to create a seamless, efficient, and trustworthy journey for our users, from the moment they register to the moment they receive an order or need customer support.

You’ll own the entire lifecycle of small/medium projects of moderate complexity in both our web app and web APIs. You’ll need to be comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity, proactively pulling in people at the right time. Your work will be pivotal in ensuring we facilitate excellent interactions between Depop and our customers on the platform. 

Responsibilities:
 

As a Web Engineer within this team, you can expect to:

• Work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Product Designers, and various Engineers to understand problems and to design solutions 

• Produce high-quality code that is well-structured and simple to understand that will be used by 1M+ active daily users

• Take ownership of product development, from feature discovery, to the breakdown of work, and its implementation

• End-to-end application support, including production incident management 

• Embrace agile methodologies and user-centred thinking

• Engage in a culture of continuous improvement by attending events such as blameless post-mortems, architecture reviews, and engineering guild sessions. 

• Collaborate on a daily basis with fellow engineers in the cross functional environment  to solve problems and write code

• Mentor and coach your colleagues
   

Qualifications

• Solid JavaScript skills, including concepts like asynchronous programming, promises, closures, types, and ES6.

• HTML/CSS experience, including concepts like layout, specificity, cross browser compatibility, and accessibility.

• Experience in TypeScript, React and Node.js. 

• Building automated tests using Javascript test frameworks.

• Experience consuming RESTful API services.

• Comfortable in using Git.

• Experience working collaboratively as part of an agile team in a product-focused business.

Nice to haves:

• Experience deploying web applications at scale.

• Experience writing RESTful API services, either in Javascript or Kotlin/Scala.

• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with databases like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MySQL

• Experience of CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Delivery) and embracing DevOps with maintaining pipelines using Jenkins.

Additional Information

Health + Mental Wellbeing

• PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa

• Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space

• Cycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support

• Mental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signposting

Work/Life Balance:

• 25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days

• 1 company-wide day off per quarter

• Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering

• Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love.

• Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options *role dependant

• All offices are dog-friendly

• Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries

Family Life:

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employees

• IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave

Learn + Grow:

• Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more

• Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees

Your Future:

• Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)

• Pension matching up to 6% of qualifying earnings

Depop Extras:

• Employees enjoy free shipping on their Depop sales within the UK.

• Special milestones are celebrated with gifts and rewards!