Inside Engineering at Vinted Go: building beyond the screen
At many companies, engineering stays behind a screen. You develop features and maintain systems, but rarely get to see the real-life results of your work.
But we do things differently at Vinted Go, a new part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to developing a better approach to shipping. Whether it’s scaling our pick-up and drop-off network or streamlining warehouse logistics, we believe that to build systems for the real world, you need to step into it.
That’s why our Engineers spend time in the field, testing products in practice and learning directly from the people who use them. It leads to better decisions, stronger solutions, and work that feels more meaningful. Here, engineering has a physical footprint. The code we write moves parcels, supports drivers and helps shape how millions of people send and receive items.
So join us as we sit down with Judita (Web Engineer), Liudas (Backend Engineer), and Viktorija (QA Engineer), to discover how the projects they work on create change you can see.
Testing a UI on the streets of Paris with Judita
For Web Engineer, Judita, working at Vinted Go means bridging the gap between a digital UI and physical parcel lockers. She describes it as “a place you can literally touch your work”, where Engineers aren’t just “pushing code” but building meaningful products shaped by genuine user experiences.
“In many tech roles, you're isolated in a virtual environment, but here, we have physical lockers in the office where we can view our code running on actual devices rather than just a local simulation.“ - says Judita
And that connection to reality goes beyond the office. Recently, Judita travelled to Paris for a drive-along with one of our delivery drivers, to understand how the lockers she works on perform under day-to-day operations. She described the experience as eye-opening, saying it provides a vital reality check for Engineers:
As Engineers, we often assume a user will interact with a feature in a specific way, but seeing a human interpret it differently in a real-world environment is invaluable.”
Judita notes how it’s one thing to view a feature test in a sandbox environment, but it’s “another thing entirely to watch a driver use a feature you built and see the genuine excitement in their eyes because your work just made their day easier.”
Experiencing that first-hand changed how Judita approached her project. It helped her focus on the core driver flow and spot friction points that wouldn’t show up in testing. “After spending two months on the details of a major feature, I’d spent so much time worrying about complex 'edge cases' and fail scenarios that I’d lost sight of the core driver flow…watching a driver use the interface in a busy, high-pressure environment, I saw immediate UI/UX friction points that weren't obvious on a monitor.”
For Judita, the most fulfilling part of on-the-ground testing is the immediacy. Instead of taking notes to fix later, you’re solving problems in the moment, alongside the people using the platform.
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of finding a mistake, learning from it in the field, and then celebrating the success of a live, working solution with the team afterwards.”Judita Musteikė, Web Engineer
Writing the logic behind robotic movement with Liudas
Working at Vinted Go means solving puzzles that don’t stay on a screen. For Backend Engineer, Liudas, that takes shape in the warehouse, where his code directly controls robots and keeps parcels moving through the system at scale.
Moving a single robot in a warehouse is easy in isolation. The complexity comes when we combine operational flows, state management, infrastructure reliability, scale, and people.”Liudas Kasperavičius, Backend Engineer
That complexity is at the heart of his role. From defining how robots move and what they carry, to keeping systems aligned and machines running reliably, all while giving key stakeholders a clear insight into performance, Liudas’ backend code sits at the centre of a sophisticated physical and digital operation.
At this high volume, even small changes can have an immediate effect. A few lines of code can shift how key processes run, with feedback arriving almost as soon as something is released. Witnessing it all in motion brings a different kind of clarity:
“When I see a robot move a pallet full of parcels, I’m already in awe knowing how many processes and requests had to run for this one pallet to start its journey…Then I look over my shoulder and see 40 more robots doing the same. It feels a bit like a mesmerising performance, watching them move so precisely and smoothly.” - shares Liudas
For Engineers who thrive on speed, scale, and constant problem-solving, the job is very rewarding: “At Vinted Go, there’s always something new waiting just beyond what we’re currently working on. We’re constantly adjusting, testing, and building new ideas. There’s no chance of getting bored.”
Taking quality assurance international with Viktorija
At Vinted Go, when a product launches in a new market, testing travels with it. Recently, QA Engineer, Viktorija, travelled to New York City to support the US launch of our Parcel Shops. For her, working at Vinted Go means more than testing software from a desk – it’s about seeing how the product performs in “real shops, with real people.”
That’s because performing Quality Assurance on a physical-digital solution in a new country introduces more variables than a test environment can account for. You’re not just validating how the system should behave, but how it holds up in day-to-day use.
Plus, in a new market, there’s less familiarity with the user base. User behaviour and expectations can differ from those in the markets you’re accustomed to, making preparation even more important. Being on the ground helps close that gap. It adds context you can’t get from your desk and reveals details that only appear in live environments:
”For me, that was one of the most interesting parts – understanding how QA can support not just a successful release, but a smooth real-life operation in a completely new market.”
And it’s this experience that makes the position so fulfilling to Viktorija: “Once you see with your own eyes how much people are impacted by something you work on every day, the work stops feeling abstract. It becomes something tangible – something that genuinely makes people’s jobs easier.”
Build code you can see in the real world
Across Web, Backend, and Quality Assurance, one thing stays the same at Vinted Go: Engineers stay close to what they build.
Whether it’s riding along with delivery drivers in Paris, watching robots move parcels in the warehouse, or launching a product in New York City, the work doesn’t stop at release. It continues in live conditions, with real users.
That creates a stronger sense of ownership. On our teams, you’re not just maintaining features behind the scenes; you’re creating tools that power lockers, warehouses, and delivery experiences used by millions of members every day.
As Viktorija puts it,
At Vinted Go, there’s never a dull day. We’re constantly working on something new, something bigger, and sometimes on ideas that might have seemed impossible just a year ago – but now we’re implementing them. It’s a great place for engineers who want to see the impact of their work.”
So, if you want your code to do more than just render on a screen, Vinted Go might be your next big move.
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