Lead Analytics Engineer

Company Description

Depop is a fashion marketplace powered by the community, specializing in circular fashion with over 30 million registered users in more than 150 countries. Depop provides a platform for people to discover and express their style in their own terms, and make mindful fashion choices by prolonging the life of millions of garments.

The company was established in 2011 with headquarters in London and offices in Manchester and New York. Depop employs approximately 400 people who are devoted to creating the world’s most diverse and progressive fashion platform that is environmentally friendly and beneficial to people. In 2021, Etsy - the global marketplace for distinct and creative goods - acquired Depop, however, it continues to operate as an independent entity.

Depop is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to build a diverse and progressive fashion platform and encourage applications from underrepresented communities. We believe in diversity and ensure an inclusive environment for all employees. We are dedicated towards creating fair recruitment processes and are open to requests for reasonable accommodations throughout the interview process. Depop supports visa sponsorship, however, these opportunities may be limited to specific roles and skillsets.

Job Description

Data lies at the core of our work.

We are seeking an Analytics Engineering (AE) Lead to join our Insights team at Depop. Our Insights team empowers our product, marketing, strategy, finance, and operations teams to make data-driven decisions, and our AEs play a critical role in making data easily accessible to the analysts and the wider business. This role will oversee our AE roadmap closely with Depop's wider data engineering ecosystem and manage our team of AEs. To manage our growing information needs and support the analysis of increasingly complex business problems, you will:

- Ensure our data is suitable and accessible for business use, which includes helping design our data model and writing and testing dbt models and other ETLs, presenting data in an efficient and user-friendly format.
- Build and promote self-service tools and data best practices throughout the organisation, including managing our BI and reporting tools like Looker.

You will work closely with Depop's wide variety of stakeholders, as well as our Insights, MarTech and Data Engineering teams.

We’re building scalable and robust systems to process and analyze the large volumes of data produced by our technology ecosystem. With growing demand from other business areas and our 25 million users, you'll be instrumental in pioneering Data-as-a-Service.

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Responsibilities

You will...

- Design a scalable data model to facilitate business insights.
- Manage a team of Analytics Engineers and shape the team's roadmap.
- Identify efficiency gaps and work with cross-functional teams to create solutions for smoother delivery and clear requirements for back-end engineering projects.
- Oversee the health and stability of our BI analytics tools and advocate for best practices for their scalable growth.
- Encourage company-wide best practices to access data and use our BI and reporting tools by creating clear documentation, tutorials, and hosting training sessions.
- Actively seek and implement ways to enhance data processes and warehousing for the Insights team.

Qualifications

Requirements

You have…

- Strong proficiency in SQL including an understanding of op- timizing query performance.
- Experience designing production-grade data ETLs using a tool such as dbt, or similar.
- Familiarity with Looker, particularly LookML developer proficiency.
- Experience with cloud-based data warehouse technologies, like Databricks, Snowflake, or Bigquery.
- Understanding of data modeling best practices.
- Skills for applying advanced analytical abilities and troubleshooting techniques to simplify complex problems into actionable tasks.
- Collaborative and humble team player ability to work with cross-functional teams, including those without technical experience.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and positivity in response to change or uncertainty with a willingness to learn.
- High level of responsibility and organization.
- Desire to learn, natural curiosity, and attention to detail.
- Working experience with Python.

Bonus points if you have…

- Experience working on a marketplace, in a mobile-first environment or on social products.
- Experience managing a team of Engineers or Analysts.
- Experience building A/B testing analysis tools.
- Familiarity with workflow management tools like Airflow.

Technologies and Tools

Must have:

- Cloud-based SQL warehouse experience (i.e. Databricks, Snowflake, Bigquery)
- Looker, LookML
- Python
- ETL development using a tool such as dbt or similar

Nice to have:

- Databricks
- Airflow

Additional Information

UK Benefits
Healthcare + Mental Wellbeing

- Cash-plan or PMI -you have the choice of a healthcare plan that best suits you.
- Subsidised counselling and coaching -through our partnership with Selfspace, you have access to a qualified individual for a good conversation.
- Cycle to Work scheme -choose from either Evans or the Green Commute Initiative for your commute.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - access to a confidential network of expert advice 24/7.
- Mental Health First Aiders - trained individuals across the business offer support and guidance.

Work/Life Balance

- 25 days of annual leave with the option to carry over up to 5 days.
- A company-wide day off per quarter for you to rest and decompress.
- Two activism days per year for volunteering, demonstrations or internal initiatives.
- Sabbaticals for long-serving employees.

Flexible Working

Being Flexa® accredited, we offer truly flexible working.
MyMode is our hybrid-working model, empowering our employees to choose a working mode that suits them. MyMode consists of 3 working modes: Flex, Office-Based and Remote.

- Flex: we would like you to visit your nearest Depop office once a week, but feel free to work from home for the rest of the week.
- Office: If you prefer more office time, no problem. You can opt to be "Office-Based", with your very own desk.
- Remote: Depending on your role, you can request to be a remote worker and only visit the office four times per year.

All our offices are also dog-friendly! Do your best work with your best friend.
We also offer the opportunity to work abroad for four weeks of the year (in UK tax treaty countries).

Family Life

Our parental leave policies support and enable parents to play equal roles in developing their families, in a flexible and truly gender-neutral manner. Our full-time regular employees are eligible for 18 weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of their child. We also offer IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave.

Learning and Growing

- We offer budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions and more. We also sponsor and run various programmes, conferences and meet-ups to advance the skills of our employees and enhance their journey with us.

Your Future

- Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your )
- Pension (Depop will match your contribution up to 6% of your qualifying earnings)

Lastly, as a valued Depop employee, all employees are exempt from fees when selling on Depop, allowing for free shipping of sold items anywhere in the UK.