Web Engineer

Company Description

Depop is a peer-to-peer circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover secondhand fashion. Our mission is simple: to make fashion circular by making secondhand as exciting and rewarding as buying new.

Founded in 2011, Depop’s diverse community has helped move resale into the mainstream, where buying secondhand is no longer an alternative, but how people of different ages now engage with fashion. Today, more than 56 million registered users come to Depop to find great value, express their own personal style and give clothes a longer life. We believe that everything you want already exists, and our role is to help people discover it.

Powered by a team of over 500 people, our company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York. In 2021, Depop became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy - the global marketplace for unique and creative goods - and continues to operate as a standalone company. For more information, visit www.depop.com

We aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re 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.

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. We’re continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.

AI Disclosure: We use AI tools (Google Gemini) to help our team source and review applications for roles with a high volume of applications. These tools assist our recruiters in identifying great talent but do not replace human decision-making. At Depop, every hiring decision is made by a human.

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 adjustments@depop.com.

Depop is hiring a Web Engineer to join the Demand product pillar. This team focuses on attracting and activating users through high-performing, seamless buying experiences on the website.

You will work closely with Product, Design, Data, and other engineers to build and improve user-facing features that impact conversion, engagement, and trust.

You will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of small/medium projects of moderate complexity. You’ll need to be comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity, proactively pulling in people at the right time

This role combines engineering expertise, product thinking, and collaboration.

What You’ll Do

• Develop features that support growth and engagement to 1M+ active daily users

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver experiments and product improvements 

• Take ownership of product development, from feature discovery, to the breakdown of work, and its implementation

• Build performant, accessible, and resilient user experiences

• Evolve our APIs to support scalable product development

• Contribute to improvements in our design system and frontend codebase

• Engage in a culture of continuous improvement by attending events such as blameless post-mortems, architecture reviews, and engineering guild sessions

• Maintain high standards for reliability, performance and operational excellence

• Participate in code reviews and team discussions

What You’ll Bring

• Strong expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript

• Experience building web applications using React.js

• Familiarity with building APIs using Node.js

• Understanding of web fundamentals: performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility

• Experience writing automated tests using modern JS testing frameworks

• Ability to work within existing architectures and make pragmatic technical decisions

Bonus Points

• Experience with Next.js App Router (including server components and SSR strategies)

• Exposure to experimentation practices (A/B testing, feature flags)

• Experience working in product teams, or e-commerce / marketplace environments

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools

• Basic knowledge of CI/CD workflows

• Exposure to AI tools or LLMs (e.g. Claude, Copilot, Codex)

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!