Case Study: Depop scales engineering 75% and saves £846,000 with Talentful

How we helped Depop scale their engineering team by 75% over a year

Depop, a global fashion resale marketplace with over 16 million users, partnered with Talentful to scale its engineering organisation amid rapid growth and an acquisition. Depop tasked Talentful with owning engineering hiring — including Tech Leads, Scala engineers and mobile roles — and faced the challenge of growing the engineering team by 75% in a year while recruiting niche, top-tier talent and aligning hiring managers with interview teams.

Talentful embedded on-site talent experts and restructured a dedicated team (Talent Lead, two Senior Talent Partners, two Talent Partners plus Director- and Managing Partner-level support), broadened sourcing into EU markets like Eastern Europe, and refined interview processes to match Depop’s needs. The engagement delivered 135 hires over four years, saved Depop £846,000 versus an agency model, and achieved a 76.92% offer acceptance rate (including 44 hires and £308,448 saved in the first year), demonstrating Talentful’s measurable impact on Depop’s rapid engineering growth.

Depop

Chris Wilkinson

Director of People