Senior Backend Software Engineer Depop is a peer to peer circular fashion marketplace connecting millions of users to discover, buy, and sell secondhand fashion. Responsibilities Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and engineers to define problems and design solutions. Write high quality, maintainable code used by more than 1million active daily users. Take ownership of product development from feature discovery to implementation. Provide end to end application support, including production incident management. Embrace agile methodologies and user centred thinking. Participate in blameless post mortems, architecture reviews, and engineering guild sessions. Mentor and coach colleagues. Ensure code, workflows, and data lifecycle are responsibly managed. Qualifications Strong experience in software engineering; proven ability to learn Scala and Python stacks. Experience with relational or non relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL and DynamoDB. Knowledge of stream processing technologies such as Kafka. Ability to design scalable web applications that serve tens of thousands of requests per second. DevOps culture familiarity (CI/CD pipelines). Independent problem solving skills with the ability to seek guidance when needed. Product oriented mindset focused on solving real business problems. Experience with iterative development and A/B testing. Flexible to work across multiple paradigms and languages, including TypeScript, Scala, and Python. Strong technical and non technical communication skills. Proficiency in unit and integration testing. Experience with Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration. Preferred experience Play framework. eCommerce background. Event driven architectures (Kafka). Production AWS infrastructure; Terraform. Data engineering. Benefits Health and mental wellbeing: PMI and cash plan, Bupa healthcare access, subsidised counselling and coaching. Cycle to work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative. Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). 25 days annual leave with carry over up to 5 days; 1 company wide day off per quarter. Up to 2 additional paid leave days per year for volunteering. Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after 5 consecutive years. Flexible working (hybrid, office, remote). Dog friendly offices. Option to work abroad for 4 weeks a year in UK tax treaty countries. 18 weeks paid parental leave for full time employees; IVF leave, shared parental leave, paid emergency parent/carer leave. Budgets for conferences and learning subscriptions. Mentorship programmes. Life Insurance (3 salary) and pension matching up to 6%. Free shipping for Depop sales within the UK. Depop is a peer to peer circular fashion marketplace. 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.
30/05/2026
Full time
Senior Backend Software Engineer Depop is a peer to peer circular fashion marketplace connecting millions of users to discover, buy, and sell secondhand fashion. Responsibilities Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and engineers to define problems and design solutions. Write high quality, maintainable code used by more than 1million active daily users. Take ownership of product development from feature discovery to implementation. Provide end to end application support, including production incident management. Embrace agile methodologies and user centred thinking. Participate in blameless post mortems, architecture reviews, and engineering guild sessions. Mentor and coach colleagues. Ensure code, workflows, and data lifecycle are responsibly managed. Qualifications Strong experience in software engineering; proven ability to learn Scala and Python stacks. Experience with relational or non relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL and DynamoDB. Knowledge of stream processing technologies such as Kafka. Ability to design scalable web applications that serve tens of thousands of requests per second. DevOps culture familiarity (CI/CD pipelines). Independent problem solving skills with the ability to seek guidance when needed. Product oriented mindset focused on solving real business problems. Experience with iterative development and A/B testing. Flexible to work across multiple paradigms and languages, including TypeScript, Scala, and Python. Strong technical and non technical communication skills. Proficiency in unit and integration testing. Experience with Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration. Preferred experience Play framework. eCommerce background. Event driven architectures (Kafka). Production AWS infrastructure; Terraform. Data engineering. Benefits Health and mental wellbeing: PMI and cash plan, Bupa healthcare access, subsidised counselling and coaching. Cycle to work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative. Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). 25 days annual leave with carry over up to 5 days; 1 company wide day off per quarter. Up to 2 additional paid leave days per year for volunteering. Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after 5 consecutive years. Flexible working (hybrid, office, remote). Dog friendly offices. Option to work abroad for 4 weeks a year in UK tax treaty countries. 18 weeks paid parental leave for full time employees; IVF leave, shared parental leave, paid emergency parent/carer leave. Budgets for conferences and learning subscriptions. Mentorship programmes. Life Insurance (3 salary) and pension matching up to 6%. Free shipping for Depop sales within the UK. Depop is a peer to peer circular fashion marketplace. 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.
Depop Limited is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Trust Detection squad. In this role, you'll design and deliver backend solutions to build core detection services, collaborating closely with machine learning engineers and other teams. The role requires a strong background in backend engineering and proficiency in a backend programming language such as Scala, Java, or Python. Benefits include flexible working options, health and mental wellbeing programs, and a fully paid sabbatical after five years of service. Join us to help create safe and enjoyable experiences on Depop!
30/05/2026
Full time
Depop Limited is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Trust Detection squad. In this role, you'll design and deliver backend solutions to build core detection services, collaborating closely with machine learning engineers and other teams. The role requires a strong background in backend engineering and proficiency in a backend programming language such as Scala, Java, or Python. Benefits include flexible working options, health and mental wellbeing programs, and a fully paid sabbatical after five years of service. Join us to help create safe and enjoyable experiences on Depop!
Depop Limited is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer in Greater London to enhance our peer-to-peer fashion marketplace. You will collaborate with diverse teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. The role requires strong software engineering skills with proficiency in Scala and Python, alongside an understanding of databases such as PostgreSQL. Enjoy benefits like flexible working options, generous annual leave, and health & well-being programs.
30/05/2026
Full time
Depop Limited is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer in Greater London to enhance our peer-to-peer fashion marketplace. You will collaborate with diverse teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. The role requires strong software engineering skills with proficiency in Scala and Python, alongside an understanding of databases such as PostgreSQL. Enjoy benefits like flexible working options, generous annual leave, and health & well-being programs.
About the role Depop's Trust Detection squad builds proactive, scalable detection systems that identify harmful content and user behaviour early, enabling fast, fair and effective moderation at scale. As a Senior Backend Engineer in Trust Detection you will shape, evolve and scale these detection capabilities, working closely with ML engineers, scientists and cross functional partners. Responsibilities Independently design and deliver backend solutions to medium to large problem spaces, from discovery through production and iteration. Build and evolve core detection services, pipelines, and APIs that operate at scale and under real world adversarial conditions. Work hands on with ML Engineers and ML Scientists to productionise models and improve detection pipelines, monitoring, and iteration loops. Take end to end ownership of your work, including design, implementation, testing, observability and operational support. Contribute to shaping technical direction within the team, improving system design, reliability and developer experience. Operate in an experiment led environment, helping define hypotheses, success metrics and feedback loops. Collaborate closely with Product, Fraud, Trust and Safety and other Engineering teams to ensure solutions are well scoped and well understood. Actively contribute to continuous improvement through retrospectives, post incident reviews and technical discussions. Mentor and support other engineers in the team, raising the overall quality of delivery. Qualifications Strong backend engineering fundamentals with experience independently delivering production systems. Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Scala, Java or Python, with the ability to learn new languages quickly. Experience working with data intensive systems, including designing, consuming and evolving data models across services. Experience building or operating event driven systems, such as producing and consuming events or messages in distributed architectures. Experience building scalable and reliable services and APIs. Strong sense of ownership paired with effective collaboration and communication. Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and proactively shaping solutions. Solid testing practices across unit and integration levels. Experience working in a DevOps oriented environment, including CI/CD and production monitoring. Helpful experience with running, maintaining or evolving ML powered systems in production. Experience in experiment led or hypothesis driven teams with strong data and insights practices. Prior work in Trust and Safety, fraud, abuse detection or moderation systems. Experience in marketplace or eCommerce environments. Hands on experience with message brokers or streaming platforms such as Kafka. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and infrastructure as code tooling. Benefits Health + Mental Wellbeing: PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa, subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space, Cycle to Work scheme and Green Commute Initiative. Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support and Mental Health First Aiders across the business. Work/Life Balance: 25 days annual leave (up to 5 days can be carried over) and one 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 5 years of consecutive service with Depop. Flexible working: MyMode hybrid working model with Flex, Office Based and Remote options (role dependent) and the 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 employees, IVF leave, shared parental leave and paid emergency parent/carer leave. Learning & Growth: budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions and other up skilling programmes. Insurance and retirement: Life Insurance (3 your salary), pension match up to 6% of qualifying earnings. Depop Extras: free shipping on Depop sales within the UK and special milestone celebrations with gifts and rewards. EEO Statement Depop is an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity or any other protected status. We are open to accommodating all needs you may have. For disability accommodations, please email .
30/05/2026
Full time
About the role Depop's Trust Detection squad builds proactive, scalable detection systems that identify harmful content and user behaviour early, enabling fast, fair and effective moderation at scale. As a Senior Backend Engineer in Trust Detection you will shape, evolve and scale these detection capabilities, working closely with ML engineers, scientists and cross functional partners. Responsibilities Independently design and deliver backend solutions to medium to large problem spaces, from discovery through production and iteration. Build and evolve core detection services, pipelines, and APIs that operate at scale and under real world adversarial conditions. Work hands on with ML Engineers and ML Scientists to productionise models and improve detection pipelines, monitoring, and iteration loops. Take end to end ownership of your work, including design, implementation, testing, observability and operational support. Contribute to shaping technical direction within the team, improving system design, reliability and developer experience. Operate in an experiment led environment, helping define hypotheses, success metrics and feedback loops. Collaborate closely with Product, Fraud, Trust and Safety and other Engineering teams to ensure solutions are well scoped and well understood. Actively contribute to continuous improvement through retrospectives, post incident reviews and technical discussions. Mentor and support other engineers in the team, raising the overall quality of delivery. Qualifications Strong backend engineering fundamentals with experience independently delivering production systems. Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Scala, Java or Python, with the ability to learn new languages quickly. Experience working with data intensive systems, including designing, consuming and evolving data models across services. Experience building or operating event driven systems, such as producing and consuming events or messages in distributed architectures. Experience building scalable and reliable services and APIs. Strong sense of ownership paired with effective collaboration and communication. Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and proactively shaping solutions. Solid testing practices across unit and integration levels. Experience working in a DevOps oriented environment, including CI/CD and production monitoring. Helpful experience with running, maintaining or evolving ML powered systems in production. Experience in experiment led or hypothesis driven teams with strong data and insights practices. Prior work in Trust and Safety, fraud, abuse detection or moderation systems. Experience in marketplace or eCommerce environments. Hands on experience with message brokers or streaming platforms such as Kafka. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and infrastructure as code tooling. Benefits Health + Mental Wellbeing: PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa, subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space, Cycle to Work scheme and Green Commute Initiative. Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support and Mental Health First Aiders across the business. Work/Life Balance: 25 days annual leave (up to 5 days can be carried over) and one 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 5 years of consecutive service with Depop. Flexible working: MyMode hybrid working model with Flex, Office Based and Remote options (role dependent) and the 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 employees, IVF leave, shared parental leave and paid emergency parent/carer leave. Learning & Growth: budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions and other up skilling programmes. Insurance and retirement: Life Insurance (3 your salary), pension match up to 6% of qualifying earnings. Depop Extras: free shipping on Depop sales within the UK and special milestone celebrations with gifts and rewards. EEO Statement Depop is an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity or any other protected status. We are open to accommodating all needs you may have. For disability accommodations, please email .
Company Overview 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. We are 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. Role Overview Depop is looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join us permanently. Within this role, you'll work in a cross functional team in partnership with mobile, web and machine learning/data science teams to drive the team to success. Responsibilities Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, Front End and other Backend Engineers to understand problems and design solutions. Produce high quality code that is well structured and simple to understand, to 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, code, workflows and data through their entire lifecycle. Document 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 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 using production AWS infrastructure, ideally with Terraform. Experience with Python. Experience with data engineering. Benefits Health + Mental Wellbeing PMI कॅश प्लॅन 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, to give you a chance to recharge or pursue interests. 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. Contact & Application Note We are 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 non disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.
30/05/2026
Full time
Company Overview 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. We are 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. Role Overview Depop is looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join us permanently. Within this role, you'll work in a cross functional team in partnership with mobile, web and machine learning/data science teams to drive the team to success. Responsibilities Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, Front End and other Backend Engineers to understand problems and design solutions. Produce high quality code that is well structured and simple to understand, to 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, code, workflows and data through their entire lifecycle. Document 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 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 using production AWS infrastructure, ideally with Terraform. Experience with Python. Experience with data engineering. Benefits Health + Mental Wellbeing PMI कॅश प्लॅन 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, to give you a chance to recharge or pursue interests. 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. Contact & Application Note We are 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 non disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.
Depop Limited, based in London, seeks a skilled Backend Software Engineer to join their team. In this permanent role, you will collaborate across teams to produce high-quality code for a community of over 35 million users, engaging in agile methodologies and continuous improvement practices. Ideal candidates will have experience in Scala, Java, and building scalable applications. The position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and annual leave.
30/05/2026
Full time
Depop Limited, based in London, seeks a skilled Backend Software Engineer to join their team. In this permanent role, you will collaborate across teams to produce high-quality code for a community of over 35 million users, engaging in agile methodologies and continuous improvement practices. Ideal candidates will have experience in Scala, Java, and building scalable applications. The position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and annual leave.
Depop Limited is seeking a versatile Senior Machine Learning Scientist to join our Search & Ranking team in the UK. The role involves collaborating with various teams to develop innovative models for enhancing our search engine functionality. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in machine learning and a strong background in experiment design, proficient in Python, and familiar with key ML frameworks. We offer a flexible working model, various health benefits, and a commitment to work-life balance.
30/05/2026
Full time
Depop Limited is seeking a versatile Senior Machine Learning Scientist to join our Search & Ranking team in the UK. The role involves collaborating with various teams to develop innovative models for enhancing our search engine functionality. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in machine learning and a strong background in experiment design, proficient in Python, and familiar with key ML frameworks. We offer a flexible working model, various health benefits, and a commitment to work-life balance.