As a Data Scientist, you’ll become part of Trust’s Detection team, with a mission to protect the Vinted community from harmful activities and content. The Detection team in the Trust & Safety domain is engaged in detecting, understanding, and stopping dangerous or inappropriate content and behaviour in the Vinted Marketplace. 

You will leverage your expertise in machine learning to research, design, implement, and maintain our detection models. You will play a critical role in ensuring that our models are not only accurate but also efficient and scalable. This involves working closely with our engineering teams to develop robust pipelines for data handling, feature engineering, model training, deployment, and continuous improvement. 

As a senior level Data Scientist, you will utilise advanced machine learning techniques to analyse text, images, and other data formats, tackling complex challenges to identify and address content that poses potential risks. You will champion best practices and methodologies, significantly enhancing the team's effectiveness and safeguarding Vinted. You will mentor others, influence the strategic direction for model development, and facilitate cross-functional collaborations to drive impactful results.

• Drive the research, design, and maintenance of advanced machine learning models focused on detecting harmful content and behavior within the Vinted Marketplace, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Play a crucial role in establishing and refining essential machine learning processes, such as data versioning, creating labeling pipelines, and ensuring high-quality data availability for effective model training.
• Actively collaborate across teams, particularly with Data Infrastructure and backend engineers, to develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and scalability of deployed models.
• Influence and contribute to the strategic roadmap for the Detection team, collaborating with Decision Scientists to test, assess, and continuously improve new models.
• Mentor data scientists within the team, fostering their development and encouraging a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

• Proven track record in data science, with a strong foundation in machine learning, statistics, or computational mathematics.
• Demonstrated experience deploying ML models into production, maintaining them, and addressing real-world performance and scaling issues.
• Strong Python skills and knowledge of latest technologies such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ML infrastructure in cloud platforms (e.g., Vertex AI, Databricks, or Sagemaker)
• Proven capability to work with engineering teams, designing and implementing efficient data ingestion, feature engineering, and model training pipelines 
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, with a commitment to staying at the forefront of developments in machine learning and data science
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 25 days of paid annual leave
• Newest MacBook models
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• Frequent team-building events
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• A daily lunch allowance
• ClassPass (Gym Membership subsidy)
• Pension plan with a total contribution of 12%, 8% by the Company and 4% by employee
• A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
• An NS mobility card
• 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

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 base salary range for this position is €61,800 - €83,600 gross per year.