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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 the 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.
  • Own your code and workflows through their entire lifecycle.
  • Document any feature development.

Qualifications

  • Be capable of writing high-quality code in Scala, Java, or Python.
  • Experience with distributed datastores (e.g. DynamoDB, Redshift, AWS Athena).
  • Familiarity with message queues (e.g. RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka).
  • Experience building scalable web applications serving 10,000s of requests per second.
  • Experience working with RDBMS, ideally Postgres.
  • Familiarity with DevOps culture (CI/CD pipeline).
  • Ability to proactively find and solve complex problems independently, while also knowing when to seek guidance from peers.

Must haves:

  • Experience with Scala, Java, or Python.
  • Experience working with Frontend Engineers (Web/Mobile).
  • Proficiency in testing solutions at different levels - unit, integration, etc.
  • Experience with relational or non-relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS Athena.

Nice to haves:

  • 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.

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 the 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 dependent). 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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