Associate Web Engineer

Depop is hiring an Associate Web Engineer to join the Demand product pillar. This team focuses on attracting and activating users through high-performing, seamless buying experiences on the website. You will work closely with Product, Design, Data, and other engineers to build and improve user-facing features that impact conversion, engagement, and trust. You'll contribute to the delivery of small to medium-sized projects, collaborating with teammates to break down work, solve problems, and deliver value incrementally.

This role combines engineering expertise, product thinking, and collaboration.

• Develop features that support growth and engagement to 1M+ active daily users
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver experiments and product improvements
• Contribute to product development from discovery through implementation
• Build performant, accessible, and resilient user experiences
• Support the development and maintenance of APIs
• Contribute to improvements in our design system and frontend codebase
• Participate in engineering practices such as architecture reviews, blameless post-mortems, and guild sessions
• Help maintain reliability, performance, and operational standards across the team's services
• Participate in code reviews and team discussions

• Experience working with JavaScript / Type Script
• Experience building web applications using React.js
• Understanding of web fundamentals: performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility
• Experience writing automated tests using modern JS testing frameworks
• Ability to work within existing architectures and make pragmatic technical decisions

• Experience with Next.js App Router (including server components and SSR strategies)
• Experience building APIs using Node.js
• Experience writing automated tests using modern testing frameworks
• Experience working in product teams, or e-commerce / marketplace environments
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools
• Exposure to AI tools or LLMs (e.g. Claude, Copilot, Codex)

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!