Engineering Manager - Shipping

Depop; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion marketplace is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a diverse team ensuring high-quality post-purchase experiences. The ideal candidate will have strong backend engineering background and proven team leadership skills. Responsibilities include managing team performance, driving collaboration, and fostering an inclusive culture. This full-time position offers excellent benefits and flexibility in work arrangements.

Benefits

Health insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

25 days annual leave

Up to 2 days paid volunteering leave

Learning and development budgets

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong background in backend engineering preferred.
• Experience in Fulfilment or Payments integrations with vendors.

Responsibilities

• Guide a team of 3-7 engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Manage team performance and career growth through feedback and support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on goals.

Skills

Backend engineering

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Fulfilment integration

Technical expertise

Tools

Scala

Java

Swift

Typescript

Job description

Company Description

Depop is the community-powered circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy sell and discover desirable secondhand fashion. With a community of over 35 million users Depop is on a mission to make fashion circular redefining fashion consumption. Founded in 2011 the company is headquartered in London with offices in New York and Manchester and in 2021 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of out more at

Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome no matter who they are or where theyre from. Just as our platform connects people globally we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users. Were proud to be an equal opportunity employer providing employment opportunities without regard to age ethnicity religion or belief gender identity sex sexual orientation disability pregnancy or maternity marriage and civil partnership or any other protected status. Were continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.

If due to a disability you need adjustments to complete the application please let us know by sending an email with your name the role to which you would like to apply and the type of support you need to complete the application to . For any other non-disability related questions please reach out to our Talent Partners.

In 2025 our ambition is to be a high-performing delivery-focused organisation and the best engineering organisation for those who value meaningful career growth.

We are looking for a UK based Engineering Manager to lead our Shipping squad a key team ensuring we provide our users with a best in class post purchase experience. You will be expected to help guide your team while delivering a contribution to its impact and strategic roadmap and be part of shaping our engineering culture of high performance and high compassion.

As an Engineering Manager at Depop you will be responsible for the success wellbeing and effectiveness of the team. You will work alongside a Product Manager and Product Designer with domain expertise as part of our wider Transactional Experience initiative focusing specifically on making sure shipping with Depop is simple efficient and hassle-free for our users.

You will manage all engineers in the team and be responsible for helping to create and executing on the teams roadmap.

Responsibilities

Deliver Value and Drive Results : Ensure your team delivers high-quality solutions that meet business needs while maintaining a strong focus on delivery and creating measurable value.

Lead and Support Your Team : Manage a cross-functional team of 3-7 engineers (BE and iOS) ensuring they are happy motivated and set up for success. While encouraged to stay hands-on your primary focus will be on enabling the team to perform and deliver at their best.

Foster Growth and Feedback : Be accountable for the teams performance and the career growth of its members providing regular feedback guidance and coaching through 1 : 1s and continuous support.

Collaborate Across Functions : Partner closely with marketing ops analytics engineering and product to align on goals define priorities and ensure smooth cross-functional collaboration.

Build an Inclusive Culture : Advocate for team health inclusion and diversity while fostering a respectful and empowering environment that encourages continuous learning and improvement.

Qualifications

You’ll be an excellent fit if you have :

A proven track record as an Engineering manager of growing and building high-performing engineers teams and processes.

Come from a strong Backend engineering background (preferably on the JVM) and are comfortable relying on your technical expertise to lead and guide the team from a technical perspective.

You have previously worked in the Fulfilment or Payments spaces and are experienced with dealing with and integrating with vendors such as Stripe PayPal or Shippo in this space.

Enough experience to lead across the full-stack and lean on your technical expertise and leadership to provide the connective tissue between BE and FE in order to uphold high engineering standards across all.

Have a strong sense of ownership and track record of delivery. You get huge satisfaction from tackling complex and ambitious problems and delivering the highest quality features.

Strong decision making skills based on the data available in the face of ambiguous or changing priorities and goals with preference towards simplicity and a strong bias towards delivery.

Strong stakeholder management skills able to 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.

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 one of the following technologies : Scala Java Swift ( iOS) or Typescript.

You are familiar with observability tracking and data pipeline tools and methodologies.

You have previously worked in an App first business.

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

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!

Required Experience

Manager

Key Skills

Inventory Control,Warehouse Operations,Warehousing,Customer Service,Shipping & Freight Forwarding,ISO,AS400,International Shipments,Shipping & Logistics,Inbound shipments,Outgoing shipments,Purchase order,LTL

Employment Type

Full-Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1