Data Engineer

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.

Job Description

Depop's AdTech team is an product enablement team within Depop that focuses on the backend, infrastructure, and data that primarily support our paid marketing teams.

Our goal is to provide a robust, scalable, and efficient foundation for the use of data in marketing services and to act as an accelerator for the paid marketing team’s ability to acquire new users and drive GMV for Depop.

As a Data Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our data roadmap, empowering marketing teams with reliable, high-quality data. You'll also contribute to a vibrant data culture, fostering self-service capabilities and  impactful insights.

What you’ll do

• Drive significant impact – Take ownership of highly impactful and complex marketing data initiatives, contribute to the team’s long term roadmap, and see projects through to successful delivery.

• Shape our data foundations – Build and maintain central data marketing models that power insights, marketing pipelines, and machine learning applications. 

• Deliver reliable pipelines – Design, develop, and run production-ready data pipelines that ensure high-quality, trusted data for marketing and insights teams.

• Work with modern tools – Use our stack to create scalable models and workflows that support decision-making across the business.

What we’re looking for

• Proven delivery skills - You’ve taken projects from idea to production, partnering with business teams, scoping requirements, and owning solutions end-to-end.

• Strong technical toolkit - You’re confident with SQL, Python, and modern data tools (e.g., AWS, Databricks, Airflow, dbt, Looker), and you know how to design scalable, cost-effective, and well-governed pipelines.

• Collaboration & communication - You document clearly, plan effectively, and work closely with other engineers, analysts, and marketers to make data accessible and impactful.

• MarTech & customer data experience - You’ve worked with event streams, customer journeys, and marketing/advertising platforms and technologies (e.g., Google Ads, Meta CAPI, CDPs and CMPs), with an eye on attribution, privacy, and compliance.

• Engineering mindset – You value CI/CD, observability, and integration across the stack, and you’re curious about real-time processing (Kafka, Kinesis, etc.) as a bonus.

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!