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Solutions Architect
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Depop is the fashion marketplace where the next generation buy, sell and get inspired. We are headquartered in London, UK with locations in Manchester, New York, Los Angeles and Australia. We have almost 20 million registered users in 147 countries. In the UK, 1 in 3 Gen Z/Millennials are registered and in the US we have grown 300% over two years. We are also the only European player to have recently entered the top 25 shopping apps by daily active users. Our mission is to empower the next generation to transform fashion, and our team of nearly 200 people are dedicated to serving the needs of our global community. We operate on three pillars: * Community: Our buyers, sellers and employees are inclusive, diverse and accessible. We are committed to empowering diversity within the fashion community. * Entrepreneurship: We support our community and help them build their business with Depop. We thrive on supporting innovation by shaping an environment where creators, makers or hustlers can thrive. * Sustainability: Depop helps extend the life of garments and reduce waste, we care about the world and want to make a positive change within the fashion industry. Read a little more about usHere The Role TBC Want to find out more about Depop & our engineering team? Take a look at our blog. We write about technology, people and smart engineering - Responsibilities * TBC Requirements Technical: * Experience building high-traffic systems servicing 10,000s of concurrent users * Expert knowledge with a high-level programming language (e.g. Java, Scala, Python) * Strong knowledge of systems design, within a modern cloud-based environment (AWS, GCP) Non-technical: * Experience working in a B2C product-based technical environment * Successful end-to-end delivery of your team's projects; from scoping and translating business requirements into plans, to design, implementation and maintenance, whilst coordinating with other teams (and engineers). * Good people management and mentoring experience; we want you to help shape and develop our people * You're experienced in improving your team's way of working (e.g. testing, deployment, delivery) * Reinforce the 'you build it, you ship it' mentality to your teams working methodology, ultimately, owning the underlying infrastructure * Exemplary communication skills, especially in dealing with multiple stakeholders Benefits Depop offers the opportunity to work in one of the UK's fastest-growing scale-ups, with a vibrant and diverse group of people, building a product we all deeply care about, in addition to: Learn and Grow: We sponsor and run a myriad of programs, conferences and meet-ups to up-skill our employees and enhance their journey with us, just ask! Wellbeing: We care about wellbeing. We offer a cycle to work scheme, healthy fruit and snacks in the office, breakfast every Tuesday, eye-care vouchers and a discounted gym membership. Mental Health: Mental health is a top priority for Depop. We offer subsidised counselling appointments through SelfSpace, have mental health first aiders and also run yoga, meditation and more. Work/life balance: We have 25 days of holiday with the opportunity to buy or sell 5 more, a day off for activism, and sabbaticals for our long-serving employees. Family life: We offer flexible working (based on your team), generous parental leave policies, and, all of our offices are dog-friendly! Financial: We match up to 6 percent on your pensionbased on qualified earningsand have retail discounts from benefithub. Fun: We love to celebrate our successes at Depop. On Friday we finish an hour early to socialise with free food, and have amazing Winter and Summer Parties. We also host internal employee socials such as quiz night, games night, movie night and more. Depop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Equality and Diversity Monitoring Depop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Depop recognises the benefits of a diverse workforce which reflects the wider population and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Under the Equality Act (2010), Depop must demonstrate that their recruitment processes are fair and that we are not discriminating against or disadvantaging anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We need to ask applicants some questions to make sure that no one is being unfairly discriminated against or disadvantaged. We collect this information only for anonymised monitoring purposes to help the organisation look at the profile of individuals who apply, are shortlisted for and appointed to each vacancy. In this way, we can check that we are complying with the Equality Act (2010). Under the Equality Act 2010 th