Depop
Engineering Manager, Account Security
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Engineering Manager, Account Security
UK-Based Engineering Manager – Account Protection
Company Description
Depop is a peer-to-peer circular fashion marketplace, enabling users to buy, sell, and discover secondhand clothing. Our mission is clear: make fashion circular by making secondhand shopping as exciting and rewarding as buying new.
Founded in 2011, Depop has grown into a global platform with 56+ million registered users, redefining how people engage with fashion while promoting sustainability. Powered by over 500 employees, we treat sustainability, diversity, and community impact as core to our growth. Since 2021, Depop is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy, operating as an independent brand and expanding our mission to more markets.
We prioritise an inclusive workplace, celebrating differences across backgrounds and fostering a culture where every voice drives growth. As an equal opportunities employer, we ensure fairness in recruitment and adapt to individual needs.
AI Note: We use AI tools as a screening aid, but all hiring decisions are made by humans.
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About the Role
Depop seeks a UK-based Engineering Manager to lead our Account Protection squad, tasked with ensuring secure, trusted, and user-friendly account interactions. You’ll grow this critical function by selecting, educating, and motivating a team of engineers, defining its trajectory, and embedding best practices for fraud prevention, abusive behaviour protection, and lasting platform reliability.
Reporting into ** senior engineering leadership**, this is an opportunity for growth, ownership, and shaping an influential company-wide priority.
Our Expectations
- Lead a 5-7 engineer squad, helping them develop expertise, best practices, and career tracks.
- Focus on account security elements like **login systems (MFA, OAuth, WebAuthn/passkeys), fraud prevention (credential stuffing detection, suspicious login analysis), and automated abuse suppression (scraping, bots)*.
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As a collaborative leader, you’ll align closely with Product, Security, Marketplace, Trust & Support teams to ensure smooth workflows while addressing risks early.
Key Responsibilities
✔ Train and support your team to deliver secure solutions ✔ Triage priority trade-offs and safeguard dependencies ✔ Build clear team governance with measurable outcomes ✔ Protect online safety without compromising simplicity ✔ Consult senior tech leadership on architecture and engineering choices ✔ Create a culture of empathy, transparency, and growth
What We’re Looking For
Ideal Background
- Strong leadership experience in engineering teams (1:1 coaching, conflict resolution, workflow guidance).
- A robust software development background, familiar with OIDC, MFA or bot protection tools.
- Proactive attitude towards ownership, delivering quality work, and adapting to ambiguous challenges.
- A collaborative approach to fostering constructive disagreements and a supportive work environment.
We value diverse career paths. Experience in account security, fraud detection, or resilient web systems is valuable, but judgement and drive are essential.
Nice-To-Haves
- Background in login flow design, account recovery, device trust, bot detection, cloud security (WAFs, rate limiting), or reliable systems (observability, reliability engineering) would complement your skillset.
Who We Are: Off-Site Responsibilities
Depop staffs all on-call support, ensuring accountability and fairness. Prioritise team autonomy and individual well-being—our aim is to create a space where everyone is empowered to learn, push boundaries, and build a safer digital world.
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What’s in It For You
A Role with Purpose
You’ll shape account protections that empower buyers and sellers to trust Depop. Directly influence security product development, scaling hiring needs, and a team’s future growth.
Benefits
Flexibility, wellness, and growth have always been at our hearts:
-** Work/Life Balance 25 annual paid days; flexible leaves, sabbaticals after 5 years, free item shipping within the UK (we subsidise your sales).
-** Health & Welfare 🏥 Healthcare (cash plan or PMI) via Bupa, confidential coaching/therapy via Selfspace, mental-health sponsored resources.
-** Family Support 👶 20-week leave for birth parents; 12 weeks for non-birth partners for full-time staff. IVF leave, shared parental/Pay Emergency Leave.
-** Professional Growth 📚 Annual development chats, upskills via budgets, team-led workshops, and bespoke industry events.
-** Elite Investment Insurance: 3x salary; pension match up to 6% of earnings. 🐕 Offices are dog-friendly, and conveniently set up: flicks for stock cyclists, no commute.
MyMode means your option: 💻 Flex: 1 office/week + remote 📍 Office: stets up at your milestone desk 🌍 Remote: up to four days off-site /year (role-dependent).
How to Apply
Ready to lead? Apply through our usual channels. Flexible-Announcement Roles are available—our doors are open.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and actively encourage inclusivity in applications. Requests for reasonable accommodations are destigmatized throughout the recruitment process.
Note: If you’d like additional guidance or accessibility considerations before applying, reach out to: adjustments@depop.com.*
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