Depop
eCommerce
SeniorBackendEngineer
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“Senior Backend Engineer at Depop. Skills: backend engineering, discovery systems, personalisation systems, search, recommendations, event-driven systems, data-intensive systems, scalable services and APIs. design and deliver backend solutions. Build and evolve core discovery services, pipelines and APIs”
What You'll Achieve.
accelerate new user success; continuous discovery; improve search relevance and recommendation quality; raise the overall quality of delivery
Industry & Context.
Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces; proactively shaping solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
backend engineering fundamentals, independently delivering production systems, Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Scala, Java or Typescript, ability to learn new languages quickly, Experience working with data-intensive systems, designing, consuming, and evolving data models across services, Experience building or operating event-driven systems, producing and consuming events or messages in distributed architectures, Experience building scalable and reliable services and APIs, A sense of ownership, effective collaboration and communication, Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces, proactively shaping solutions, Solid testing practices across unit and integration levels, Experience working in a DevOps-oriented environment, CI/CD, production monitoring
Nice to Have
Experience with search or recommendation systems (e. g. OpenSearch, Elasticsearch), Experience working alongside ML/data science teams on personalisation or relevance problems, Experience in experiment-led or hypothesis-driven teams with data and insights practices, Experience in marketplace or eCommerce environments, Hands-on experience with message brokers or streaming platforms such as Kafka or similar technologies, Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code tooling
What You'll Do.
design and deliver backend solutions
Build and evolve core discovery services
improve search relevance and recommendation quality
Take end-to-end ownership of your work
Contribute to shaping technical direction within the team
Operate in an experiment-led environment
Collaborate closely with Product
and other Engineering teams
Actively contribute to continuous improvement
Mentor and support other engineers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
cross-functional squad of Backend and iOS Engineers working closely with Product, Data Science, ML Scientists and Design partners; Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, Design, and other Engineering teams; Mentor and support other engineers in the team
Communication Scope
effective communication
Full Job Description
**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_**](http://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. 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
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