2 days ago
Kaunas, LithuaniaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the long-term technical vision and architecture for the Member Lifecycle domain, beginning with the communication ecosystem.
- Define how member messages are targeted, ranked, rendered, delivered, and measured across Vinted.
- Guide the division of responsibilities between in-house tools and Braze, including build-versus-buy decisions and data, consent, and localisation flows.
- Help engineers develop and review RFCs, compare technical options, and drive timely architectural decisions.
- Partner with data scientists to move communication-ranking capabilities from proof of concept to production.
- Guide technical direction for acquisition, tracking, SEO/GEO foundations, localisation, and automated translation capabilities.
- Drive legacy-system modernisation and establish engineering standards for APIs, data contracts, observability, privacy, and reliability.
- Lead cross-team technical initiatives, communicate risks and progress transparently, and represent Member Lifecycle within the Staff/Principal Engineer layer.
Requirements
- Prior experience as a Staff or Principal Engineer, architect, or lead engineer delivering cross-team platform initiatives at scale.
- Strong architectural judgement 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 across several teams.
- Experience reviewing and approving RFCs, taking responsibility for resulting technical decisions, and delegating implementation while providing architectural guidance.
- Data-driven approach involving experiments, metrics, analysts, or data scientists.
- Comfort working with AI and evaluating where it adds value in engineering work and systems.
- 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 formal authority.
- Flexibility and adaptability when priorities change.
- 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 contribution and matching, and confidential 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.
- 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, with a 21-day worldwide allowance for non-EU citizens.
- Annual learning budget starting at €3,000 and up to 10 working days over two years for professional development.
- Vilnius office gym and in-house meals at friendly prices; Kaunas office monthly lunch allowance and weekly provided lunch and breakfast.
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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.