Engineering Manager, People Powered Experience

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 Etsy. 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.

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. For any other non-disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.

In 2025 our ambition is to be a high-performing, delivery-focused organisation and the best engineering organisation for those who value meaningful career growth. 

We are looking for a UK-based Engineering Manager to run our People Powered Experience team. You will be encouraged to help guide the team while delivering a contribution to its impact and strategic roadmap, and be part of shaping our engineering culture of high performance and high compassion. 

As an Engineering Manager at Depop, you will be responsible for the delivery, wellbeing, efficiency and ultimately, success of the team. You will work alongside a Product Manager, Product Designer and Senior Staff Engineer as part of our wider ‘People Powered’ initiative focusing specifically around how we transform Depop into a thriving social shopping platform through new UGC experiences and increased P2P connections.

You will manage the engineers in the team and be responsible for creating and executing on the team's roadmap. You’ll report to the Senior Director of Engineering in the Demand pillar.

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: Run a cross-functional team of 3-8 engineers, 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.

• Cultivate 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, analytics, engineering, product to align on goals, define priorities, and ensure smooth multi-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:

• An experienced Engineering manager with experience growing and building high-performing engineers, teams, and processes.

• Worked closely in tandem with Design and Product, as either a Product Engineer in the past, or Engineering Manager, to build rich user experiences on mobile.

• Either a BE engineering background with working experience of building high-traffic systems servicing 10,000s of concurrent users, or a Mobile engineering background with working experience building a consumer app at scale.

• 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.

• You align with our “Depop DNA” - showing up for the community,  having each other's backs, acting with purpose while having sustainability and cost in mind through thinking thrift.

Bonus points if:

• You are familiar with any one of the following technologies : Scala, Swift ( iOS) or Typescript.

• You have previously worked on UGC experiences or rich product experiences connecting users (and their content) with each other.

• You have previously worked in an App first business.

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!