1 day ago
Kaunas, LithuaniaMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Design and develop managed services and automation for Vinted’s Kafka platform.
- Build, deploy, and operate reliable and scalable services on bare metal and Kubernetes.
- Lead complex technical initiatives from design through production, including cross-region replication and storage lifecycle management.
- Own the health, performance, maintenance, SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets of the Kafka fleet.
- Define infrastructure architecture and technical direction in partnership with Staff Engineering and Engineering Management.
- Collaborate with Compute/Kubernetes, Production Engineering, Hardware Operations, and Product teams on Kafka APIs and client integrations.
- Optimize high-throughput, multi-datacenter infrastructure for resilience, low latency, and efficient resource utilization.
- Participate in an on-call rotation currently scheduled approximately once every five to seven weeks.
Requirements
- Strong backend software engineering and system design skills, ideally with production experience in Go.
- Hands-on experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting services on bare metal and Kubernetes.
- Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems throughout their production lifecycle.
- Understanding of reliability, scalability, monitoring, safe deployments, and failure recovery.
- Infrastructure operations or site reliability experience, or motivation to develop those skills and participate in on-call.
- Clear technical communication, effective cross-team collaboration, and excellent written and spoken English.
Benefits
- Share options programme.
- 25 working days of holiday.
- Access to all tools and technology needed for work.
- Home office IT equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for workplace furniture.
- Private health insurance and a confidential Employee Assistance Program for employees and families.
- Frequent team-building events and a personal monthly Vinted shopping budget.
- Dog-friendly offices, with gym and in-house meals in Vilnius and lunch allowances plus weekly meals in Kaunas.
- Hybrid work with two recommended office days per week.
- Workation policy allowing remote work for up to 90 days per year in the EU, including up to 21 days globally depending on eligibility.
- Annual learning budget starting at €3,000 and up to 10 working days over two years for professional development.
- Gross monthly salary range of €7,168–€9,683 EUR.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendSite Reliability
About Vinted
Vinted runs a consumer-to-consumer marketplace and app for buying and selling second-hand fashion and related items across Europe. It monetizes through transaction-related fees, buyer protection, and shipping services, and also operates Vinted Go for logistics and Vinted Pay for payments. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, the platform serves members in 20+ European markets.