Job Description

The Role

In 2022 and 2023 we are heavily investing in providing support for our engineers aligned better with the current company structure. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to guide our Recommendations team and shape the engineering culture inside the company. 

As an Engineering Manager in Depop, you will be responsible for the success, well-being and effectiveness of the team. You will line-manage all engineers in the team and be responsible for creating and executing the team’s roadmap. 

The Recommendations Team is a platform team responsible for leveraging machine learning to improve the quality and relevancy of recommendation placements for both buyers and sellers across Depop’s web and app experience.

Responsibilities;

As an Engineering Manager within this team, you can expect to:

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team of engineers (from 3 to typically 6) - your main responsibility will be making sure the people in the team are happy and set up for success, you are encouraged to stay hands-on, but this should not be the primary focus.
• Be accountable for the performance of the team as a unit and the career growth of the engineers within the team. Have regular 1:1s and provide continuous feedback to the team members.
• Work closely with diverse functions within the team across product, design, analytics and QA to ensure that your team is clear on goals and delivering value for our users.
• Work with the recruiting team in the end-to-end recruiting process.
• Ensure that new engineers onboard successfully and have the greatest opportunity to excel at Depop and their careers.
• Advocate for your team and engineering to raise awareness on team health, ensure inclusion, and drive positive change.
• Establish and maintain an inclusive, respectful, and diverse culture to ensure that all voices are heard.
• Collaborate with teams across the pillar and the organisation to ensure cohesion across projects and roadmaps.
• Facilitate continuous learning and improvement for your team.

Qualifications

About you:

• You are an Engineering Manager in search of a new exciting opportunity, or you have the aspiration, enthusiasm, and empathy to begin your people management journey.
• Can facilitate technical decision-making across multiple technical landscapes, having passion for the technical aspects of your work, but can let engineers drive the details.
• Experience building high-traffic systems servicing 10,000s of concurrent users
• Strong knowledge of systems design, within a modern cloud-based environment (AWS, GCP)
• Know how to apply processes judiciously to improve, rather than hamper, the team’s productivity.
• Can explore and assess needs from a high level perspective and make decisions based on the data available in the face of ambiguous or changing priorities and goals.
• Can 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.
• Passion for building a platform that is user-obsessed.
• You align with our “Depop DNA” - showing up for the community,  having each others backs, acting with purpose while having sustainability and cost in mind through thinking thrift.

Bonus points if:

• You are familiar with any of the following technologies : Scala, Swift ( iOS), React and Typescript or Kotlin (Android).
• You come from an e-commerce background.
• You have previously worked in an App first business.
• Worked with infrastructure as code and deployment pipelines, preferably with terraform.