Director of Data Engineering
Director of Data Engineering
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Job Description
Company Description
Depop is the communitypowered 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 whollyowned subsidiary of 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 theyre 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. Were 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. Were continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.
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The Role
We are seeking a visionary and technically adept Director of Data Engineering to lead our data engineering initiatives at Depop as we are at a growth point where we want a step change in the performance of our data. We want insights globalised to the whole business by default clear and incentivised data ownership and a valuable data catalogue.
We are looking for a customercentric leader who measures success in the daily active users of their data products as well as accuracy and compliance. We want a strategy for low and highintent data discovery that prioritises knowledge sharing and resilient data models.
You will lead multiple squads responsible for critical components of our data ecosystem including experimentation analytics event logging our batch data platform on Databricks Kafka/Avrobased realtime infrastructure and our analytics engineering platform which leverages dbt. Your role will be essential in improving selfservice capabilities for all users of our data infrastructure enhancing data quality and ensuring the usability of our core data sets.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
Develop and implement the data engineering strategy ensuring alignment with Depops business goals.
Lead and mentor 34 squads responsible for experimentation analytics event logging batch data platform realtime infrastructure and analytics engineering.
Technical Oversight:
Oversee and optimise our data infrastructure including Databricks (Spark/Spark SQL) Kafka/Avro and dbtdriven data pipelines.
Drive initiatives to improve data quality usability and the selfservice experience for engineers.
CrossFunctional Collaboration:
Partner with Data Science Insights and Engineering teams to ensure data solutions meet their needs.
Advocate for best practices in data governance security and compliance.
Innovation and Continuous Improvement:
Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve data processing storage and accessibility.
Cultivate a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement within the data engineering team.
Qualifications:
Experience & Expertise:
Experience in data engineering within a leadership or managerial role overseeing multiple teams or squads.
Strong expertise in data infrastructure including experience with Databricks Apache Spark Spark SQL Kafka Avro and dbt.
Demonstrated success in managing data platforms at scale including both batch processing and realtime streaming architectures.
Deep understanding of data warehousing concepts ETL/ELT processes and analytics engineering.
Strong programming skills particularly in Python Scala or Java and a solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure).
Leadership & Management:
Experience in hiring mentoring and developing managers and senior individual contributors.
Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and nurturing highperforming collaborative teams.
Ability to inspire and influence teams driving alignment with organisational goals and encouraging a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Collaboration & Communication:
Experience working closely with data science analytics and engineering teams to deliver impactful data solutions.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders around a common data strategy.
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 companywide 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 hybridworking model with Flex Office Based and Remote options *role dependant
All offices are dogfriendly
Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries
Family Life:
18 weeks of paid parental leave for fulltime 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!
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
