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.
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Role
Depop is the resale destination for the next generation. We connect millions of buyers and sellers across 150+ countries, making it easy to buy and sell secondhand fashion. Our ambition is bold: 5x GMV growth by 2030, and payments is one of the most powerful levers to get there.
We are looking for a UK based Engineering Manager to lead one of our two Payments squads. As Depop is a dual-sided marketplace that holds money, you’re not just building a checkout: you're working across wallet balances, re-spend, withdrawals, refunds, seller onboarding, and tax capture, each with different rules per market and making architectural decisions about how these payment flows are expressed. You will be expected to help guide your team while delivering a contribution to its impact and strategic roadmap, and be part of shaping our engineering culture of high performance.
As an Engineering Manager at Depop, you will be responsible for the success, wellbeing and effectiveness of the team. You will work alongside a Product Manager and Product Designer with domain expertise as part of our wider Transactional Experience initiative focusing specifically on making sure transactions with Depop are simple, efficient and hassle-free for our users.
You will manage all engineers in the team and be responsible for helping to create and executing on the team's roadmap.
Responsibilities
Deliver Value and Drive Results: Ensure your team delivers high-quality solutions that meet business needs, while maintaining a strong focus on delivery and creating measurable value.
Lead and Support Your Team: Manage a cross-functional team of 3-7 engineers (BE and iOS), ensuring they are happy, motivated, and set up for success. While encouraged to stay hands-on, your primary focus will be on enabling the team to perform and deliver at their best.
Foster Growth and Feedback: Be accountable for the team's performance and the career growth of its members, providing regular feedback, guidance and coaching through 1:1s and continuous support.
Collaborate Across Functions: Partner closely with marketing, ops, analytics, engineering, and product to align on goals, define priorities, and ensure smooth cross-functional collaboration.
Build an Inclusive Culture: Advocate for team health, inclusion, and diversity, while fostering a respectful and empowering environment that encourages continuous learning and improvement.
Qualifications
You’ll be an excellent fit if you have:
A proven track record as an Engineering manager of growing and building high-performing engineers, teams, and processes.
Come from a strong Backend engineering background (preferably on the JVM), and are comfortable relying on your technical expertise to lead and guide the team from a technical perspective.
You have previously worked in the Fulfilment or Payments spaces, and are experienced with dealing with and integrating with vendors such as Stripe and Paypal in this space.
Enough experience to lead across the full-stack, and lean on your technical expertise and leadership to provide the connective tissue between BE and FE in order to uphold high engineering standards across all.
Have a strong sense of ownership and track record of delivery. You get huge satisfaction from tackling complex and ambitious problems, and delivering the highest quality features.
Strong decision making skills, based on the data available in the face of ambiguous or changing priorities and goals, with preference towards simplicity and a strong bias towards delivery.
Strong stakeholder management skills, able to collaborate with cross-disciplinary stakeholders with varying goals to achieve great results that satisfy all requirements.
Know how to drive positive interactions throughout your team and drive positive change.
Bonus points if:
You are familiar with any one of the following technologies : Scala, Java or Typescript.
You are familiar with observability, tracking and data pipeline tools and methodologies.
You have previously worked in an App first business.
Additional Information
Health + Mental Wellbeing
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Depop is a circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable, affordable secondhand fashion. Since Depop was founded in 2011, our community of 43M registered users has helped popularise preloved fashion and drive forward resale culture, globally.
Today, our platform is defined by its breadth, depth and diversity. Whatever your style, whatever the mood or moment - you’ll find the fashion you love. A place where anyone can clear out their wardrobe and explore their style, where new cult brands are born, and where celebrities and stylists source unique vintage finds.
Together with our community, we’re on a mission to make fashion circular - encouraging millions more people to choose secondhand and extend the lives of their clothes.
The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and a team of approximately 400 employees. 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. Find out more at www.depop.com
Our mission is to make fashion circular and 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.
