Web Engineer, Data Infrastructure

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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 22 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.

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

As our new Web Engineer, you will be part of the Experimentation team. Unfamiliar with experimentation? No problem! Only a few companies manage to successfully scale experimentation company-wide, and we are aiming to be one of them. With your help, we can make it happen!

At Vinted our vision is crystal clear: every decision, no matter how large or small, should be backed by solid experimental data. To realise this vision we aim to make our platform accessible, trustworthy, and deeply embedded in our company’s culture. Experimentation is a core driver of innovation at Vinted.

In this role, you will develop software and provide essential tools for our experimentation platform. Your work will be crucial to building a fast, scalable, and reliable infrastructure that supports experimentation. You will enable our product engineering teams to execute experiments that will help Vinted innovate at new heights.

In this position, you’ll

• Build a world-class experimentation platform loved by decision scientists, software engineers, and product managers
• Create, build, and maintain various frontend applications for self-service experiment configuration and automated experiment analysis reports
• Focus on monitoring and reducing frontend performance bottlenecks
• Make code quality improvements and eliminate inconsistencies
• Collaborate with other developers through GitHub pull requests and code reviews
• Write ES6+ TypeScript code with sprinkles of SCSS-style code and HTML5-conformant mark-up
• Work with the latest versions of Next.js, React, Redux, JSX, Jest, and other tools
• Automate every possible aspect of designing, setting up, running, and wrapping up an experiment
• Take ownership and write clean, easy-to-understand code, and contribute to the team’s scientific and data software
• Grow and use the opportunity to learn and share new knowledge in the experimentation field
• Collaborate closely with the Data Science group to bring them continuous improvements and take our experimentation capabilities to a new level

About you

• A curious individual who wants to learn and master concepts and technologies we use
• Have good knowledge of web technologies and standards
• Interested in engineering problems beyond regular product development
• Hands-on work experience in the development of operations at scale
• Familiar with most and have deep knowledge in some of the following disciplines: Software Engineering, Functional Programming, Data Structures, Algorithms, Systems Programming, Systems Architecture, Computer Science
• Pragmatic approach to problem-solving and results-oriented mindset
• Able to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
• Advantage: Experience in developing internal self-service platforms

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 10-13.2% 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.

Hybrid Work

We’ve adopted a hybrid workplace model where 2 days in the office are recommended but not enforced. It’s up to you and your team to decide on the exact days you’ll spend working together in person.

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.