Backend Engineer - London

Only for registered members London, United Kingdom

2 days ago

£45,000 - £90,000 (GBP) per year *

* This salary range is an estimation made by beBee

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. · Fou ...

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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

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 For any other non-disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.

Job Description

Depop is looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join us permanently.

Within this role, you'll be working in the cross-functional team in partnership with mobile, web and machine learning/data science teams to drive the team to success.

Responsibilities

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

Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, Front-End and other Backend 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
Embrace agile methodologies
Engage in a culture of continuous improvement by attending events such as blameless post-mortems, architecture reviews etc.
Collaborate on a daily basis with fellow engineers in the cross functional environment to solve problems and write code
You'll own , code, workflows and data, through their entire lifecycle
Documenting any feature development

Desired Experience

Writing high quality code in Scala, Java, Kotlin or another JVM language
Experience building scalable applications serving 10,000s of requests per second
Relational databases, ideally Postgres
NoSql datastores (e.g. DynamoDB)

Stream processing:
(e.g. Kafka)

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

Must Haves

Solid software engineering experience. Strong evidence that you can learn our TypeScript and Scala stack effectively
Willing to work across multiple paradigms and languages, such as backend or data work, using TypeScript, Scala and Python
Proficient in testing solutions at different levels —unit, integration, etc—
Experience with relational or non-relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL and DynamoDB

Bonus Points

Experience with eCommerce
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with event-driven architectures, preferably using RabbitMQ or Kafka
Experience in using production AWS infrastructure, ideally with Terraform
Experience with Python
Experience with data engineering

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

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