Engineering Manager, Marketplace Technologies

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Information about the position

We’re seeking an Engineering Manager to join and lead the QA Technologies team in the Marketplace Technologies domain. Your main responsibility will be to ensure the health, morale, and efficiency of your team and, of course, ensure your team contributes to our company's vision of making second-hand the first choice worldwide.

Take a look athttps://vinted.engineering/ to see what we’re up to.

In this position, you’ll

Be accountable for:

• Results of the team (delivery management and quality of engineering)
• Processes and procedures in the team (working in the right ways on the right things)
• People in the team (ensuring that we have great people working in true harmony)

In practice, it means:

• Lead a core QA team of around 8 engineers
• Ensure the team’s direction and delivery
• Collaborate closely with QA Staff Engineer, Technologies and Marketplace leadership, to deliver on testing strategy for Marketplace
• Drive crucial cross-domain initiatives in testing and ensure their timely delivery
• Apply Agile and Lean principles in your work and ensure the team has a set of processes that enables them to be effective
• Focus on the professional and personal growth of your team and yourself, including conducting performance and compensation reviews
• Work on team’s maturity: a group of people who trust each other, are not afraid of conflict, are committed and accountable, and care about results

About you

• Proven experience leading a software engineering team and delivering results
• With previous QA engineering experience, we expect you to be technical to a degree
• Project management experience delivery on cross-department initiatives
• Know how to make teams effective, manage scopes and deliverables
• Have experience building teams & hiring new team members
• You possess strong people management skills - have experience ensuring the development of team members
• Solid proficiency in communicating with both technical and management levels
• “Embracing uncertainty” is a phrase that does not scare you
• Able to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
• Excellent at communicating in spoken and written English

Work perks

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 25 working days of holiday
• Newest MacBook models
• Free access to an office gym
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• Private health insurance
• On-site canteen serving delicious homemade food at discount prices
• Frequent team-building events
• A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
• The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation
• A dog-friendly office

Working at Vinted

Individual Learning Budget

Vinted will set aside a yearly sum equal to 13.2% of your annual salary to be invested in your continuous professional development. You’ll be able to take the initiative to use it for covering relevant learning activities that benefit your role.

Equal Opportunity

The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. At Vinted, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.