Engineering Manager - Data Quality & Governance

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 adjustments@depop.com.

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Role

We’re building a Data Quality, Observability & Governance Team to make Depop’s data more reliable, trustworthy, and compliant.

As an Engineering Manager (Tech Lead Manager) for this team, you’ll lead a group of engineers focused on improving data reliability, reducing time to detect and resolve data incidents, and driving accountability across data producers and consumers.

You’ll provide both technical leadership and people management, helping define and execute the strategy for data observability, data contracts, and governance frameworks — ensuring our data is treated as a product: reliable, discoverable, high-quality, and built with clear ownership and accountability.

Your team’s mission is to improve the mean time to detection and resolution (MTTD/MTTR) for data incidents, establish data contracts between producers and consumers, and embed GDPR and privacy-by-design principles into our data stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team of data and backend engineers focused on data quality, observability, and governance.