Engineering Manager, Group Security

Location: Kaunas, Lithuania

Department: Engineering

Information about the position 

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Information Security Engineering team. You will be heading up a group of 7-8 engineers who provide application security services to over 80 developer teams and support physical security solutions across 10+ locations. As Vinted scales to global markets, your mission will be to help the team tackle unique security challenges while ensuring they grow and thrive as a cohesive unit.

In this position, you’ll 

• Lead a currently dual-focused team that is responsible for two services:
  • Application security: safeguarding Vinted by identifying and coordinating mitigation of vulnerabilities through network, server, and code scans, software composition analysis, penetration testing, securing cloud infrastructure, and software supply chains.
  • Physical security: helping to prevent physical security incidents across 10+ locations. The engineers work together with the office and warehouse teams to design physical access and CCTV controls, oversee vendor deliveries, and support during incident investigations.
• Evolve the team’s structure, vision, and strategic roadmap, aligning with business goals and emerging security threats.
• Set scope, priorities, and measurable goals (OKRs/KPIs), ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of security initiatives.
• Own planning, stakeholder management, and reporting, communicating progress and risks to senior leadership.
• Identify hiring needs and lead recruitment and team scaling, while cultivating continuous learning, coaching, and career development.
• Promote a culture of high performance, accountability, and foster well-being, addressing challenges constructively and supporting team engagement.
• Continuously improve team efficiency, productivity, and quality through process optimization and data-driven decision making.
• Be a part of a team of peers - other engineering managers from the Group Security domain. Together with the Director of Engineering, you will support each other in addressing daily and strategic challenges.

About you 

• Have proven experience building and leading technical teams, with a track record of successful results.
• Have a solid understanding to guide a team in the area of application and physical security.
• Ability to navigate in an ambiguous and fast-growth environment.
• Able to advocate technical initiatives - identify objectives and make impactful plans to reach them.
• Possess the courage to address uncomfortable situations and reach constructive outcomes.
• Able to fluently communicate in English, understand, and explain complex engineering and security concepts to non-engineering colleagues.

Work perks 

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 25 working days of holiday
• Access to all the tools & tech needed for work
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• Private health insurance
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• 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
• In Vilnius office: Gym & in-house meals at friendly prices
• In Kaunas office: a monthly lunch allowance, and a once-a-week provided in-house lunch and breakfast

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 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 € 6658 - € 9008 gross per month.