Engineering Manager, VGo Network
Brief info about Vinted
Vinted Marketplace is the largest online international C2C marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with millions of registered members spanning 20+ markets in Europe and North America. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables people to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life.
Vinted Go launched in 2022, with a focus on developing products and solutions for more seamless shipping and delivery across Europe. Vinted Go has connected more than 40 carriers and more than 200,000 PUDO points across Europe to support the delivery of millions of parcels per year.
The Vinted Group, composed of Vinted Marketplace and Vinted Go, is headquartered in Vilnius, with workplaces in Germany, Lithuania, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and over 2,000 employees. It is backed by six leading venture capital firms: Accel, Burda Principal Investments, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sprints Capital.
Information about the position
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to join one of our Product Engineering teams within Vinted Go.
You will be joining the Milky Way team within the Shipping Network domain. The domain is taking care of building, connecting and maintaining carrier integrations across Europe, managing their PUDO Network, working on parcel tracking experience and various tooling and admins required to manage this at scale. This specific team is responsible for building domestic and cross-border integrations with various carriers and shipping service (i.e. customs, authenticity check, relabelling, etc.) providers to enable Vinted users to ship more than 1.5M items each day for the lowest price and without friction. This is a significant enabler for the growth of second hand trade that reduces the negative impact of purchasing first-hand clothing.
Your main responsibility will be the delivery, health, and efficiency of your team. And, of course, making sure your team contributes to our company vision of making second-hand fashion first choice.
Take a look at https://vinted.engineering/ to see what we’re up to.
In this position, you’ll
- Work in a team to shape features that make our members’ lives better
- Ensure team’s delivery of technology according to the roadmap
- Ensure successful and fast delivery done not only by internal engineering team, but also by 7+ external engineers that are assigned to this team
- Collaborate closely with other Engineering leads to bring continuous improvements and take our Engineering organization to a new level
- Apply Agile and Lean principles in your work and ensure the team has a set of processes that enables them to be effective
- Focus on the professional and personal growth of your team, including conducting performance and compensation reviews
- Build and maintain a team of people who trust each other, are not afraid of conflict, are committed and accountable, and who care about results
About you
- Proven experience leading a software engineering team and delivering the outcomes
- Know how to make teams effective, manage scopes and deliverables
- Experience in managing large teams and/or working with a large number of time-pressured tracks in parallel
- You possess strong people management skills - have experience ensuring development of team members
- You possess strong process management skills and have experience in implementing process that enable frictionless delivery
- Solid proficiency in communicating with both technical and management levels
- Able to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
- Excellent at communicating in spoken and written English
Work perks
- The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
- 25 working days of holiday
- Newest MacBook models
- Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
- Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
- Never ending snacks and monthly lunch benefit
- Private health insurance
- Frequent team-building events
- A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
- 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
Working at Vinted
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 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 salary range for this position is € 6,200 - € 8,400 gross per month.