Overview

As the Depop community continues to grow on a global-scale, the systems and cloud infrastructure behind our product must be intelligently designed and built to withstand peaks and troughs in demand.

As an Engineer on the core infrastructure team, you will play a key role in this effort. You'll focus on delivering high-value projects and ensuring the design and implementation of the next phase of our platform meet high standards with our users in mind. You’ll have the opportunity to make architectural decisions and drive improvements when better solutions are available. Our team values quick iteration and adaptation.

You'll use tools like AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Golang, and Python to build the next generation of our platform, enabling distributed ownership of services among engineers. Your work will help develop a robust infrastructure platform that supports Depop’s goals.

Responsibilities

• Build and Support Services: Contribute to the development and maintenance of reliable, scalable, and performant services, taking shared ownership of their operation and availability.
• Deliver Software Solutions: Develop and implement software that improves developer experience, scalability, and platform efficiency.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Help maintain, secure, and optimize the cloud infrastructure that underpins our platform, with a focus on stability and performance.
• On-Call Participation: Join our on-call rota to support services, respond to incidents, and help maintain reliability.
• Iterate and Improve: Find opportunities to automate, streamline, and improve processes and systems, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with developers, platform engineers, and security specialists to deliver infrastructure that enables smooth development and deployment workflows.
• Security and Compliance: Apply security guidelines and follow compliance standards when working on infrastructure and processes.

Benefits and Perks

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

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Software Development