Scala Engineer

Key Skills

C Programming, C++, Cloud computing, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MATLAB Programming, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

Depop is the community-powered marketplace app where people exploring style and the latest trends come to shop and sell circular fashion. With over 26m users in more than 150 countries, Depop is the place for anyone looking to celebrate style on their terms and keeping millions of items of clothing in rotation.

Founded in 2011, Depop has its headquarters in London and offices in Manchester, New York and Sydney with 400 employees dedicated to helping build a new fashion system that’s kinder to people and kinder to the planet.

In 2021, Depop joined Etsy, Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary and continues to operate as a standalone marketplace for fashion items, community and creativity.

Our brand operates on three values:

• Circularity - We’re taking the circular economy mainstream. Changing people’s relationship with clothes and making it easy to choose options that are kinder to the planet. 
• Self expression - We’re a space for self expression that encourages millions to explore, connect and find their identities through style.
• Opportunity - We’re building a home of fashion where everyone feels welcome and anyone can succeed on their own terms.

Role:

Depop is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join us on a permanent basis. Within this role, you’ll be working in the cross functional Martech team in partnership with the mobile, web and machine learning/data science teams and Tech Lead to drive the team to success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Front-End and other Backend Developers to understand problems and to design solutions.
• Produce high-quality code that is well-structured and simple to understand that will 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 developers to solve problems and write code
• You’ll own your code and workflows, through its entire lifecycle, including deployment to production
• Resolving bugs in the backend
• Documenting any feature development

Key Skills and Requirements:

• Scala
• Proficiency with at least one of the following programming languages: Scala / Functional Java / Kotlin /Python
• Distributed datastores (e.g. DynamoDB, Redshift, Apache Cassandra)
• Message queues: (e.g. RabbitMQ / Apache Kafka)
• Experience building scalable web applications serving 10,000s of requests per second
• Experience working with RDBMS, ideally Postgres
• DevOps culture (CI/CD pipeline)
• Ability to proactively find and solve complex problems independently, but also know when to seek guidance or help from your peers.

Must have:

• Experience with Scala
• Experience with Docker 
• Proficient in testing solutions at different levels —unit, integration, etc—
• Experience with event-driven architectures, preferably using RabbitMQ or Kafka
• Experience with relational or non-relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL or DynamoDB

Nice to have:

• Experience with AdTech / eComm 
• Experience in using production AWS infrastructure, ideally with Terraform
• Degree level knowledge of Computer Science or related technical field.

Benefits

Health + Mental Wellbeing

• Cash-plan or PMI - you have the choice of a healthcare plan that best suits you
• Subsidised counselling and coaching - we partner with Selfspace to provide you the opportunity for a good conversation with a qualified person
• Cycle to Work scheme - choose between Evans or the Green Commute Initiative to help access a bike for your commute
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - have access to a confidential support network of expert advice 24/7
• Mental Health First Aiders - we have trained individuals across the business to offer support and signposting

Work/Life balance

• 25 days annual leave with the option to carryover up to 5 days
• 1 company-wide day off per quarter, for you to take some time for yourself and decompress
• 2 activism days per year for you to use for volunteering, demonstrations or internal initiatives
• We offer sabbaticals for our long serving employees.

Flexible Working

We’re Flexa® accredited, meaning we offer genuinely flexible working;

• We'd love you to head to your nearest Depop office once a week, but feel free to work from home the rest of the week!
• Want to head into the office more? No problem, you can opt to be Office-Based, with your very own desk.
• Do you do your best work from home? You can also request to be a remote worker, and only head into the office 4 times per year *role dependent

• In the office, we provide healthy snacks, tea and coffee and the occasional surprise treats!
• All of our offices are also dog-friendly! Do your best work with your best friend. 
• Apply to work abroad 4 weeks of the year (in UK tax treaty countries)

Family Life

• Maternity + Paternity Leave, plus adoption leave, IVF leave, shared parental leave + paid emergency parent/carer leave

Learn and Grow

• We offer a personal learning budget for every employee and also sponsor and run a myriad of programmes, conferences and meet-ups to upskill our employees and enhance their journey with us.

Your Future

• Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)
• Pension (Depop will match your contribution up to 6% of your qualifying earnings)