Job Description

Brief info about Vinted

Our mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third.
The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission:

Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life.

Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces.

Vinted Pay is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members.

Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people. Our backers include Accel, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sprints, and TPG.

Information about the position

At Vinted, backend engineers are part of cross-functional product teams that include Mobile, Web, and Backend engineers, as well as a product manager, designer, and decision scientist. Backend engineers are responsible for implementing business logic, developing APIs for our FE platforms, and scaling our backend systems to meet growing and performance platform needs.

The Order domain encompasses all the processes and contexts related to the end-to-end lifecycle of the Order - from order creation through shipment, fulfilment, order management, finance, and resolution - managing the systems that keep orders moving where order operations and real-world complexity meet software.

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to strengthen the team focused on Order Management and Order Finance managing the lifecycle of the order from creation to completion and refunds (Order Management, Refunds, Releases, Compensations). Our mission is simple: make order lifecycle and order-related financial flows seamless for users and downstream systems Join us to work on large-scale projects and help make second-hand the first choice!

Take a look at engineering.vinted.com to see what we’re up to.

In this position, you’ll

• Join us in the exciting challenge of transforming our monolithic system into streamlined, standalone services using Go and Ruby.
• Proficiency in Go is essential, as you will be developing a service for order management and order finances, while also helping establish Go standards and best practices at Vinted.
• Additionally, embrace Ruby, Vinted's primary backend language. You will be expected to both understand and actively participate in reducing our existing monolith.
• Work with Golang, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Memcached, Elasticsearch, Kafka and other technologies. You don’t need prior experience with all of them.
• Craft the code which can handle more than 1M requests per minute and around 100 orders per second.
• See your impact fast: with every merge to our master branch, your code goes live to 85 million users. Watch your work empower millions almost instantly.
• Keep quality and reliability top of mind. Monitor your deployments using Kibana, Grafana, Jaeger, DataDog, and your own team’s SLIs/SLOs to deliver rock-solid performance.
• Write unit tests for all of the code you write.
• Live and breathe Agile & Lean values, collaborate daily through code reviews, GitHub pull requests, and teamwork across the company.
• Partner across teams, share your insights, and help set priorities to achieve outstanding results. Your voice shapes the direction we go.
• Get and give real feedback: your contributions matter, and so does your growth. Help others level up, and let them help you, too.
• As a trusted engineer, you will participate in on-call rotations to ensure our product performs well. You will spend time understanding the circumstances, addressing underlying root causes, writing post-mortems, and engaging in similar activities according to an agreed-upon timeline.

About you

• You’re excited to dive into new technologies and concepts—continuous learning energizes you, and you love mastering new skills.
• When you spot opportunities for improvement, you speak up and take the initiative to make things better. Your drive for excellence sets the bar higher.
• You’re comfortable engaging in open debate and constructive discussions, sharing your opinions openly while always respecting and uplifting your teammates.
• ‘Good enough’ isn’t in your vocabulary - aiming high and pushing boundaries are at the heart of your approach.
• You thrive on tackling difficult technical puzzles, keeping up with emerging trends, and applying best practices for lasting solutions.
• You know how to balance technical projects and product needs, always keeping the business goal in sight and delivering real impact.
• Your communication, both written and spoken in English, is clear and engaging, making it easy to connect and collaborate across cultures.
• You see the big architectural picture, able to weigh quick fixes against strategic, long-term choices to set the right course.
• You are familiar with the following disciplines: Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Systems Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture.
• Your voice is heard in planning; you bring thoughtful input and help drive what the team builds and improves each quarter.
• Pragmatic builder - you choose approaches based on trade-offs, avoid over-engineering, and keep long-term stability in mind even under pressure.

Work perks

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 25 working days of holiday
• Access to all the tools & tech needed for work
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• Private health insurance
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• 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
• In Vilnius office: Gym & in-house meals at friendly prices
• In Kaunas office: a monthly lunch allowance, and a once-a-week provided in-house lunch and breakfast

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 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.

The salary range for this position is € 4,975 - € 6,725 gross per month.