As our new Android Staff Engineer, you will be part of the Marketplace Platforms group of Staff Engineers, who are focused on setting and delivering the technical strategy of Vinted Marketplace. You will work alongside Backend, iOS, Web, and QA Staff engineers, reporting to the Senior Staff Engineer of Marketplace Platforms, where you will have the opportunity to own, shape, and guide the technical direction of the Android platform.

Think you’re up to the challenge? Read on.

• Own the technical vision for the Android platform and develop strategies enabling its execution.
• Set the standards for resilience and performance of our Android application and its communication with the backend services.
• Lead improvements and innovations in mobile engineering practices while acting as a force multiplier.
• Collaborate with other Android engineers to enable them to grow and create a bigger impact.
• Represent Android as a platform within the Staff/Principal Engineer layer.
• Interface with Production Engineering, Engineering Experience and other domains that provide infrastructure and tooling that enables our Android platform.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with technical expertise.

• Extensive prior experience as an architect or tech lead, having delivered cross-team technical initiatives in organizations of scale.
• Deep understanding of frontend architecture patterns and their effects on systems and engineering organizations.
• Worked hands-on building mobile user experiences for large distributed systems, including patterns of server side rendering, optimistic UI updates and other eventual consistency mechanisms, and graceful degradation.
• Deeply familiar with the entire lifecycle of mobile applications at scale, from development and publishing to maintenance and deprecation.
• Demonstrable expertise in designing and implementing effective technical strategies.
• Sharp communication skills and an ability to discuss complex topics in detail, while building relationships and alignment across functions and departments.
• Excel at bridging the gap between engineering teams and stakeholders, ensuring mutual alignment and cooperation towards shared objectives and goals.

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 30 days of paid annual leave
• 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
• A daily lunch allowance
• Frequent team-building events
• A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
• A subsidised gym membership with ClassPass or Urban Sports Club
• A subsidised pension plan provided by Vinted
• Hallesche Supplemental health insurance
• Life and disability insurance provided
• A subsidised Deutschlandticket
• 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 salary range for this position is € 109,300 - € 147,900 gross per year.