1 day ago
Remote, United KingdomEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Contribute to Depop’s internal developer platform, including Backstage service catalog tooling, GitHub compliance automation, and AI platform foundations.
- Build and maintain integrations between platform services and engineering workflows.
- Deploy, configure, and maintain workloads in the Kubernetes (EKS) estate and contribute to cluster health and resource management.
- Build and improve AWS infrastructure using Terraform/IaC across compute, networking, IAM, and storage patterns.
- Create platform guardrails, reusable Terraform/IaC patterns, and tooling that help engineers deploy safely and consistently.
- Identify and address AWS security posture, cost hygiene, and operational-standard gaps alongside senior platform engineers.
- Support incident-management tooling, observability integrations, and post-incident improvements.
- Collaborate with product engineering teams, participate in code review, and take ownership of well-scoped platform tasks.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including pods, deployments, services, namespaces, and kubectl.
- Working knowledge of AWS, with experience in some combination of EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, or equivalent services in a real environment.
- Familiarity with scripting or automation using Python, Bash, or a similar tool.
- Comfort with Git and GitHub-based workflows and ability to communicate clearly across teams.
- Preferred experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Crossplane.
- Preferred exposure to observability tools such as Datadog or Prometheus.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, Backstage or service catalog concepts, and incident-management or on-call workflows is preferred.
- Interest in developer experience, internal tooling, platform engineering, or AI/ML infrastructure and LLM tooling is preferred.
Benefits
- UK permanent employment with flexible MyMode working options, including hybrid, office-based, or remote arrangements depending on the role.
- Private medical insurance and cash-plan healthcare access through Bupa, subsidised counselling and coaching, an Employee Assistance Programme, and Mental Health First Aiders.
- 25 days of annual leave, up to 2 additional paid volunteering days per year, and a fully paid 4-week sabbatical after 5 years of consecutive service.
- Cycle to Work scheme, dog-friendly offices, and family benefits including paid parental, IVF, shared parental, and emergency parent/carer leave.
- Twice-yearly development chats, annual performance reviews, a learning budget, and company-wide training resources.
- Life insurance at 3x salary and pension matching up to 6% of full base salary with Aviva.
- Free in-office Depop Shop, a packing station with free delivery, and milestone gifts and rewards.
About Depop
Depop runs a peer-to-peer mobile marketplace where people buy and sell secondhand fashion, with revenue from transaction and payment fees. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, it operates globally and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Etsy in 2021. The app is popular with Gen Z thrifters and resellers, with over 56 million registered users discovering vintage, streetwear, and designer items.