Overview
Depop is a peer-to-peer circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover secondhand fashion. Our mission is to make fashion circular by making secondhand as exciting and rewarding as buying new. Founded in 2011, Depop’s diverse community has helped move resale into the mainstream, where buying secondhand is no longer an alternative, but how people of different ages now engage with fashion. Today, more than 56 million registered users come to Depop to find great value, express their own personal style and give clothes a longer life. We are headquartered in London with offices in New York, and Depop operates as a standalone company within Etsy. For more information, visit www.depop.com. We aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re from. We’re an equal opportunity employer and support reasonable adjustments in the application process if needed.
Depop is looking for an Associate Backend Software Engineer to join us permanently in the Search Retrieval team.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Product Managers, Data Scientists and other Backend Engineers to understand problems and design solutions.
- Produce high-quality code that is well-structured and easy to understand, used by 1M+ active daily users.
- Embrace agile methodologies.
- Engage in a culture of continuous improvement by attending events such as blameless post-mortems and architecture reviews.
- Collaborate daily with engineers in a cross-functional environment to solve problems and write code.
- Own code, workflows and data through their entire lifecycle.
- Document feature development.
Requirements
- A strong sense of ownership and autonomy.
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to respond to change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.
- Desire to work on a user-impacting product team and play an integral role in helping users find products they will love.
- Passion for learning and growing skills within a collaborative environment.
- Familiarity with a high-level programming language (e.g. Python, Scala).
- Experience using version control such as Git or similar.
What You’ll Learn
- Python/Scala.
- Scalable systems design within a modern cloud-based environment (AWS).
- Product-oriented mindset focused on solving real business problems.
- Software engineering best practices, including testing, clean coding standards, code reviews, pair programming, technical documentation, observability, and iterative development using A/B testing.
- Develop a solid understanding of search engines and machine learning driven information retrieval systems by working with product teams, data scientists and ML scientists.
Additional Information
- Health & Mental Wellbeing: PMI and cash plan healthcare with Bupa, subsidised counselling and coaching, EAP, and mental health support.
- Work/Life Balance: 25 days annual leave (with carryover up to 5 days), quarterly company-wide day off, volunteer leave, sabbatical after 5 years, flexible hybrid working, dog-friendly offices, and remote work options where applicable.
- Family Life: Paid parental leave and related support options.
- Learn & Grow: Budgets for conferences and learning subscriptions, mentorship programs.
- Your Future: Life insurance (3x salary) and pension matching up to 6% of qualifying earnings.
- Depop Extras: Free shipping on Depop sales within the UK and milestone gifts/rewards.
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