Junior Backend Engineer - Vinted Academy

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Brief info about Vinted

Vinted Marketplace is the largest online international C2C marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with millions of registered members spanning 20+ markets in Europe and North America. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables people to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life.

Vinted Go launched in 2022, with a focus on developing products and solutions for more seamless shipping and delivery across Europe. Vinted Go has connected more than 40 carriers and more than 200,000 PUDO points across Europe to support the delivery of millions of parcels per year.

The Vinted Group, composed of Vinted Marketplace and Vinted Go, is headquartered in Vilnius, with workplaces in Germany, Lithuania, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and over 2,000 employees. It is backed by six leading venture capital firms: Accel, Burda Principal Investments, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sprints Capital.

Information about the position

What is the Engineering Academy?

The Engineering Academy is designed to accelerate your tech career at Vinted. This intensive, hands-on programme features training sessions led by our very own experts, who will mentor and guide you through our technology and ways of working.

The programme kicks off with a 2-month induction, covering a broad range of topics - from best practices with Git to understanding how Kubernetes operates at Vinted. It’s a challenging yet rewarding experience that will give you a solid foundation to succeed in your future teams!

The Engineering Academy runs for 6 months and includes:

• 2 months of technical induction: collaborate with other Academy students in product teams, refine your skills & knowledge with a mentor & in technical workshops.
• 4 months in a real Vinted engineering team: experience day-to-day life of a Vinted engineer.
• Ongoing learning sessions: join learning sessions and build your personal skills.

You’ll be hired on a 6 months contract, with the opportunity to join Vinted permanently after completing the Academy and continue growing your career with the skills you’ve gained.

Want to learn more? Check out engineering.vinted.com to see what we’re up to.

Who are we looking for?

The Vinted Engineering Academy is where we grow our tech talent in Backend Engineering. Whether you’re a student, recent graduate, self-taught coder, or something else, this is the place for you.

We’re looking for people with some coding skills and a passion for all things engineering - those who are just starting their careers in this area and are eager to learn, grow, and make an impact.

When?

Our SpringEngineering Academy begins on May 12, 2025. You will be expected to be available full time (0.8 contract option for University students is possible).

In this position, you'll

• Learn everything you need to work with one of the world's largest Ruby on Rails codebases, MySQL (Vitess) and Redis.
• Participate in extracting small, manageable components from a monolithic application.
• Learn about (and use) Grafana, Kiban, and Datadog to monitor your code.
• Have a chance to work closely with an experienced engineer who will help you grow.
• Collaborate with other engineers through GitHub pull requests and code reviews.
• Improve our user experience by implementing product changes, often via experimentation.
• Apply Agile and Scrum principles in your work.

About you

• Some experience with object-oriented languages such as Ruby, Java, PHP, or similar.
• Understanding of backend frameworks (Symfony, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel, etc.) would be a plus.
• Dabbled in MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch? That’s amazing!
• Willing to learn new things.
• Problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ready to commit, own, and create.
• Have a Github account.

Recruitment process

• Online application where you can share with us your GitHub or any link to your projects or anything similar that showcases your technical skills/code. Anything that you think we would love to see! It doesn’t have to be Ruby.
• Technical take-home task.
• Two interviews: one focused on technical skills and problem-solving, and the other on interpersonal skills, communication, and how your values align with Vinted.
• Offer!

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

We invest in your professional growth! As part of our commitment to continuous learning, we offer an annual learning budget to support your personal and career development through courses, certifications, workshops and more.

Hybrid Work

We’ve adopted a hybrid workplace model where 2 days in office are recommended but not enforced. However, during the first 2 months of the Engineering Academy, we expect you to come to the office more frequently for a better onboarding experience.

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.

The salary for this position is € 2,442 gross per month.

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you! The application window closes on the 23 of February. Please allow us a few days to respond before reaching out to us again.