About the role

Senior Backend Engineer responsible for high-quality code and backend systems at Depop. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring colleagues in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

Work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, 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 with fellow engineers in the cross-functional environment to solve problems and write code
Mentor and coach your colleagues
Be responsible for your code, workflows and, data through their entire lifecycle

Solid software engineering experience - you can provide evidence that you can learn our TypeScript and Scala stack effectively.
Experience with relational or non-relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
Stream processing: (e.g. Kafka)
Experience building scalable web applications serving 10,000s of requests per second
DevOps culture (CI/CD pipeline)
Ability to proactively find and solve complex problems independently, but also know when to seek guidance or help from your peers.
Product-oriented mindset with a focus on solving real business problems rather than over-engineering solutions.
Experience with iterative development using A/B testing
Willing to work across multiple paradigms and languages, such as backend or data work, using TypeScript, Scala and Python.
Strong technical and non-technical communication skills
Proficient in testing solutions at different levels — unit and integration
Experience with Kubernetes or similar

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
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
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
18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employees
IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave
Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more
Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees
Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)
Pension matching up to 6% of qualifying earnings
Employees enjoy free shipping on their Depop sales within the UK.
Special milestones are celebrated with gifts and rewards!