Web Engineer
Web Engineer
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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 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.
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.
Depop is looking for an experienced Web Engineer to join us permanently. Within this role youll be working in the Demand product pillar with the mission of attracting and activating users arriving on Depop by crafting seamless buying experiences.
As a member of this multi-functional space you will collaborate with product design and other engineers to build a smooth quick and trustworthy journey for our users from the moment they land on the website.
Youll be responsible for the entire lifecycle of small/medium projects of moderate complexity in both our web app and web APIs. Youll need to be comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity proactively pulling in people at the right time. Your work will be pivotal in ensuring we facilitate excellent interactions between Depop and our customers on the platform.
Responsibilities
As a Web Engineer within this team you can expect to:
Work closely with Engineering Managers Product Managers Product Designers and various Engineers to understand problems and to craft solutions
Produce high-quality code that is well-structured and simple to understand that will be used by 1M active daily users
Take ownership of product development from feature discovery to the breakdown of work and its implementation
End-to-end application support including production incident management
Adopt agile methodologies and user-centred thinking
Engage in a culture of continuous improvement by attending events such as blameless post-mortems architecture reviews and engineering guild sessions
Collaborate daily with fellow engineers in the multi-functional environment to address problems and write code
Mentor and coach your colleagues
Qualifications
Proven JavaScript skills including concepts like asynchronous programming promises closures types and ES6
HTML/CSS experience including concepts like layout specificity cross browser compatibility and accessibility
Experience in TypeScript React and
Building automated tests using Javascript test frameworks
Experience consuming RESTful API services
Comfortable in using Git
Experience working collaboratively as part of an agile team in a product-focused business
Nice To Haves
Experience deploying web applications at scale
Experience writing RESTful API services either in Javascript or TypeScript
Experience of CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Delivery) and adopting DevOps with maintaining pipelines using Jenkins
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!
Employment Type
Full-Time
