Backend Engineer

DEPOP; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in eCommerce is seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join their team. You will work in a collaborative environment, focusing on producing high-quality code and ensuring the seamless operation of scalable web applications. The role offers a range of benefits designed to support your growth and wellbeing, including flexible working arrangements and wellness programs.

Benefits

Health programs

Mental wellbeing programs

Flexible working arrangements

Family leave

Learning budgets

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Scala, Java, or Python required.
• Experience with AWS and relational/non-relational databases desired.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions.
• Produce high-quality code for over 1M active users.
• Document feature developments.

Skills

Scala

Java

Python

Distributed datastores

Message queues

Web applications

RDBMS

DevOps culture

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Job Description

Depop is looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join us permanently. Within this role, you'll work in a cross-functional team in partnership with mobile, web, and machine learning/data science teams to drive success.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, Front-End, and other Backend Engineers to understand problems and design solutions.
• Produce high-quality, well-structured, and understandable code used by 1M+ active daily users.
• Embrace agile methodologies.
• Participate in a culture of continuous improvement through events like blameless post-mortems and architecture reviews.
• Collaborate daily with engineers in a cross-functional environment to solve problems and write code.
• Own your code and workflows throughout their lifecycle.
• Document feature development.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Scala, Java, or Python.
• Experience with distributed datastores (e.g., DynamoDB, Redshift, AWS Athena).
• Knowledge of message queues like RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka.
• Experience building scalable web applications handling thousands of requests per second.
• Experience with RDBMS, preferably Postgres.
• Familiarity with DevOps culture and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to independently solve complex problems and seek guidance when needed.

Must Haves

• Experience with Scala, Java, or Python.
• Experience collaborating with Frontend Engineers (Web/Mobile).
• Proficiency in testing at various levels (unit, integration, etc.).
• Experience with relational or non-relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS Athena.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with eCommerce.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, preferably using RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Experience deploying on production AWS infrastructure, ideally with Terraform.

Additional Information

Benefits include health and mental wellbeing programs, flexible working arrangements, family leave, learning budgets, and more. Depop offers a supportive environment with various perks to support your growth and wellbeing.