Associate Platform Engineer

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 Etsy. Find out more at www.depop.com 

Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re 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. We’re 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. We’re 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 [email protected]. For any other non-disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.

Platform Engineering at Depop provides the foundational infrastructure and tooling that powers our engineering organisation. Our mission is to enable engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure services with ease, by abstracting away the complexities of operating in production.

As an Associate Platform Engineer on the Platform Enablement team, you'll contribute to maintaining and improving our platform, supporting internal developer needs, and learning best practices in infrastructure and platform engineering. This is an entry-level role with a focus on growth and learning, where you will gain hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies while helping keep our platform stable and reliable.

Responsibilities:

• Support platform operations: Assist with maintaining critical platform capabilities (Github, incident.io, JFrog, Jenkins to name a few)

• Observability and reliability: Contribute to managing Datadog dashboards, alerts, and logging patterns to improve visibility across services.

• Security and compliance: Help enforce best practices for secure and compliant service hosting within Kubernetes.

• Developer enablement: Work closely with product engineers to improve their experience running services on our platform.

• Continuous improvement: Participate in incident management and platform reliability culture, automation, and process improvements.

• Learning & growth: Develop expertise in cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and platform engineering under mentorship from senior team members.

Expectations:

• Show curiosity and eagerness to learn cloud-native and platform technologies.

• Collaborate effectively with other engineers and stakeholders.

• Take ownership of small platform features or improvements with guidance.

• Proactively seek feedback and continuously develop technical skills.

Key Knowledge & Experience:

To be successful in this role, candidates should bring:

• Fundamentals in software engineering (e.g., one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, or JavaScript).

• Basic understanding of Linux systems and shell scripting.

• Exposure to or interest in Kubernetes and containerisation - familiarity with Docker is a plus.

• Awareness of CI/CD concepts (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar).

• Interest in observability tooling (monitoring, logging, tracing) – familiarity with Datadog is a plus.

• Interest in improving and refining incident management processes

• Interest in improving developer experience

• Understanding of cloud platforms at a conceptual level - familiarity with AWS is a plus.

• Good problem-solving skills and the ability to learn new technologies quickly.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience working with service meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).

• Hands-on exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm).

• Awareness of security and compliance considerations in cloud environments.

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!