Senior Backend Engineer, Trust & Safety

Brief Info About VintedOur mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third.The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission:Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life.Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces.Vinted Pay is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members.Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people. Our backers include Accel, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sprints, and TPG.Information About The PositionWe are expanding the Trust & Safety domain and looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Trust Experience team - the group dedicated to empowering our users, brands, and organizations to confidently identify and respond to harmful or suspicious activity on Vinted.As our new backend software engineer, you’ll be at the core of how we keep our community safe: driving technical initiatives, building new services, developing and rethinking user-facing features, and maintaining the systems that support them. Your work will prepare our product for the challenges ahead, help millions of people feel safe on our platform, and contribute to Vinted’s vision of making second-hand the first choice.The Trust Experience team sits within the Trust & Safety domain and owns:User reporting flows The ability to block other usersUser education related to safety and catalog rulesReporting capabilities for brands and organizations that need to flag concerning content on VintedWe’re a product team with a strong cross-functional setup: iOS, Android, and Web engineers on the frontend; two backend engineers; a QA engineer; and an EPDA group consisting of a Product Manager, Product Designer, Decision Scientist, and Engineering Manager.In this position, you’ll Work on extracting our logic from the Vinted core monolith into a dedicated Go service and thereby promote greater team autonomyDesign and build a completely new platform that enables brands and organizations to report content to us more easily and effectivelyWork in a cross-functional team, shape and remodel features that help our members and brands to protect themselves and othersCollaborate with other developers through GitHub pull requests and thorough code reviewsProvide mentorship and support to engineers around you, helping them grow both technically and professionallySee your code affect 80+ million users almost instantly – our master branch is deployed straight to production on each merge, and we ship many times per dayWork with a healthy mix of battle-tested and emerging technologies such as Golang, Ruby on Rails, Vitess, Redis, Kafka, MySQL, and many moreAbout YouHands-on working experience in development or operations at scaleHands-on working experience with designing, building, and operating backend services in productionDriven by curiosity to explore and master new technologies and conceptsEnthusiastic about exploring and tackling complex challenges in backend developmentYou are capable of working in the team as well as independently, taking the lead in addressing issues and driving improvements, even without explicit directionCommitted to writing clean, maintainable code with a focus on accuracy and qualityStrong inclination to collaborate with team members, share knowledge, and foster a positive, cooperative environmentProficient communicator in spoken and written English, comfortable collaborating with colleagues from diverse backgroundsExperience in Ruby on Rails or Golang is a plusWork perks The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme25 working days of holidayAccess to all the tools & tech needed for workHome office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniturePrivate health insuranceMental and emotional health support through the Mindletic appFrequent team-building eventsA personal monthly budget for shopping on VintedThe opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on a workationA dog-friendly officeIn Vilnius office: Gym & in-house meals at friendly pricesIn Kaunas office: a monthly lunch allowance, and a once-a-week provided in-house lunch and breakfastWorking at Vinted Individual Learning BudgetWe 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 WorkWe’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 OpportunityThe 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 € €4,975 - € 6,725 gross per month.