2 days ago
Vilnius, LithuaniaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the long-term technical vision for Member Lifecycle, beginning with the communication platform, orchestration, Vinted CRM, consent management, and Braze integration.
- Define architecture for targeting, ranking, rendering, delivery, and measurement of large-scale member communications.
- Guide RFC development and approve technical decisions across multiple engineering teams.
- Lead the transition from static communication rules to productionized communication ranking in partnership with data scientists.
- Define responsibilities and data, consent, and localisation flows between in-house tools and Braze.
- Drive modernization of legacy systems and guide technical direction for acquisition and content platforms.
- Set domain-wide standards for APIs, data contracts, observability, privacy, and reliability.
- Lead cross-team technical initiatives, manage risks transparently, and represent Member Lifecycle within the Staff and Principal Engineer community.
Requirements
- Prior experience as a staff or principal engineer, architect, or lead engineer delivering cross-team platform initiatives at scale.
- Strong architectural judgment in distributed, high-throughput systems and the ability to connect technical decisions to product and business outcomes.
- Ability to create technical vision in ambiguous environments and translate it into architecture, standards, and execution direction.
- Experience reviewing and approving RFCs, delegating implementation, and remaining sufficiently close to architecture to provide guidance.
- Data-driven approach involving experiments, metrics, analysts, or data scientists.
- Comfort using AI in personal workflows and in systems, with judgment about where it is useful.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication with engineers, product teams, leadership, and external partners.
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to build alignment and influence without authority.
- Experience with large-scale messaging or notification systems, CRM or marketing automation platforms such as Braze, consent management, localisation, or SEO is advantageous.
Benefits
- Share options programme, private health insurance, pension plan with flexible contributions and matching, and an Employee Assistance Program for employees and families.
- 25 working days of holiday, frequent team-building events, a monthly Vinted shopping budget, and dog-friendly offices.
- Home office IT equipment and up to €540 for home workplace furniture.
- Workation policy permits remote work for up to 90 days per year in the EU, including up to 21 days globally; non-EU citizens may work up to 21 days worldwide.
- Annual learning budget starting at €3,000 plus up to 10 working days over two years for development.
- Hybrid work model with two recommended office days per week.
- Vilnius employees have access to a gym and in-house meals at friendly prices; Kaunas employees receive a monthly lunch allowance and weekly in-house lunch and breakfast.
- The role is based in Vinted’s Vilnius or Kaunas office context and offers a gross monthly salary range of €8,442–€11,425.
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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.