Web Engineer

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 will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of small/medium projects of moderate complexity. You'll need to be comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity, proactively pulling in people at the right time

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

What You'll Do

• Develop features that support growth and engagement to 1M+ active daily users
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver experiments and product improvements
• Take ownership of product development, from feature discovery, to the breakdown of work, and its implementation
• Build performant, accessible, and resilient user experiences
• Evolve our APIs to support scalable product development
• Contribute to improvements in our design system and frontend codebase
• Engage in a culture of continuous improvement by attending events such as blameless post-mortems, architecture reviews, and engineering guild sessions
• Maintain high standards for reliability, performance and operational excellence
• Participate in code reviews and team discussions

• Strong expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript
• Experience building web applications using React.js
• Familiarity with building APIs using Node.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

Bonus Points

• Experience with Next.js App Router (including server components and SSR strategies)
• Exposure to experimentation practices (A/B testing, feature flags)
• Experience working in product teams, or e-commerce / marketplace environments
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools
• Basic knowledge of CI/CD workflows
• Exposure to AI tools or LLMs (e.g. Claude, Copilot, Codex)

• 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