Engineering Manager, Data Infrastructure
Vinted
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 22 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 seeking an Engineering Manager to join and lead the Data Platform team in Data Infrastructure. As an Engineering Manager, you will have to grow, inspire, and lead your team to achieve set goals in the most efficient and reliable manner possible. Additionally, you will keep your team's vision and strategies up to date and effectively scale the vision, team, and operations as needed.
In this position, you’ll
Be accountable for:
- Results of the team (delivery management and quality of engineering).
- Efficient ways of working in the team (working on the right things in the right ways).
- People in the team (ensuring that we have great people working in true harmony).
In practice, it means:
- Collaborating with the Staff Engineer and Data Infrastructure leaders to create a clear vision for the data platform, while understanding user needs and developing aligned strategies.
- Defining initiatives and a roadmap focusing on strategic goals and ensuring their successful delivery.
- Actively working on improving the platform, enhancing its reliability, usability, and performance.
- Developing Service Level Objectives and a support model matching the platform's increasing criticality, ensuring reliability and quick resolution of issues.
- Effectively communicating progress and managing stakeholder expectations with transparent updates.
- Recognizing impediments to team efficiency and proposing and implementing solutions to enhance collaboration, efficiency, and delivery speed.
- Building and maintaining a team culture of trust, accountability, and results, while supporting team growth through performance and compensation reviews.
- Ensuring sufficient skills and capabilities in the team to support Vinted's growth.
About you
- You are self-driven, like to get things done, and done well.
- Have proven experience leading infrastructure/platform teams in an Agile environment, with a track record of successful results.
- Have a basic understanding of data platforms and tooling (Terraform, Kafka, BigQuery, dbt or a similar tech stack), data stream/batch processing, observability, and data governance concepts.
- Know how to effectively manage stakeholders, scope, priorities, and deliverables.
- You are a collaborative visionary capable of setting a clear direction and delivering motivating, incremental steps.
- Enhance team efficiency and build high-performing, self-organized teams while supporting people in overcoming challenges.
- Have experience in setting growth goals and facilitating personal development in your team.
- Possess the courage to address uncomfortable situations, manage conflicts, and make difficult decisions.
- Have solid proficiency in communicating with both technical and management levels in 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
- A daily lunch allowance
- 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
Vinted will set aside a yearly sum equal to 10-13.2% of your annual salary to be invested in your continuous professional development. You’ll be able to take the initiative to use it for covering relevant learning activities that benefit your role.
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- € 8,383 gross per month.