Senior Backend Engineer, Seller

Information about the position 

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and support our new service, which assists Vinted sellers in maximizing their use of our platform and drives company growth. This directly supports our mission of making second-hand first choice worldwide.

As our new Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in creating our Golang-based service, migrating logic from legacy systems, developing new features, maintaining existing ones, and collaborating with a full-stack team of engineers to develop a scalable and reliable application.

By joining Vinted, you will become part of an active community of engineers who are eager to share knowledge, organize learning workshops, and engage in various other enriching activities.

In this position, you’ll 

• Collaborate within a cross-functional team to design, build, and maintain features that elevate member satisfaction and optimize their experience on our platform.
• Participate in pairing sessions, design deep dives, and code reviews with other developers. Partner with our Staff Engineer on architectural matters.
• Provide mentorship and support to engineers to foster their professional development.
• Witness the near-immediate impact of your code on over 100 million users.
• Contribute to the development and establishment of new services, promoting greater team autonomy.
• Utilize Kibana, Grafana, and other observability tools to monitor code effectiveness.
• Play an active role in shaping the design and architecture of an emerging ecosystem from its early stages.
• Contribute to a scalable, high-throughput, and reliable system within a microservice and event-driven architecture.
• Support the company's growth to meet increasing market demands.

About you 

• Extensive experience in software development and high-level programming languages.
• At least 3 years of Golang expertise; Ruby on Rails knowledge is advantageous.
• Experience with object-oriented and asynchronous programming patterns.
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ or similar).
• Experience with SQL databases.
• Experience with observability and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, OpenTelemetry).
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems (e.g. ArgoCD, Jenkins).
• Demonstrated commitment to personal and professional growth.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Work perks 

• 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

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 €73,400 - €99,200 gross per year.