Data Engineer

DEPOP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce platform is seeking a Data Engineer to enhance its marketing data initiatives. In this role, you'll take ownership of impactful data projects and develop reliable pipelines to facilitate insights. Candidates should possess strong SQL and Python proficiency, along with experience in using modern data tools. This position offers a flexible working model, comprehensive health benefits, and various perks to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Health + Mental Wellbeing PMI

Cycle to Work scheme

Flexible Working

Life Insurance

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering data projects from inception to production.
• Strong skills in SQL and Python with modern data tools.
• Ability to document clearly and plan effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive impactful marketing data initiatives and contribute to the roadmap.
• Build and maintain data marketing models and pipelines.
• Design production-ready data pipelines for high-quality data.

Skills

SQL

Python

AWS

Databricks

Airflow

dbt

Looker

Collaboration & communication

Job description

Job Description

Depop's AdTech team is a 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!