Engineering Manager, Security
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 20+ 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 looking for an Engineering Manager to join our newly formed Product Security domain. Main domain’s responsibilities include Registration/Login and stopping of Bot accounts and preventing account takeovers.
Registration and Login features for Vinted are key to member experience in everyday usage. These features, while being UX driven, need to be protected from bad actors and unintended workflow abuse.
We employ different tactics to solve the mentioned problems, we work together with 3rd parties who help us do that, of which the team has full ownership. Additionally, our own security features are added to ensure the protection is best in class.
You would be joining one of the teams within the Marketplace Product Security domain. The team has all the competencies to drive decisions and delivery and consists of backend, frontend, quality assurance engineers, decision scientist, product manager, designer, and an engineering manager (your role).
In this position, you’ll
- Work in a team to shape features that make Vinted product security top-notch
- Drive the implementation of the technical strategy within the team
- Ensure the team’s deliveries and Key Results are achieved
- Collaborate closely with other Engineering leads to bring continuous improvements and take our Engineering organization to a new level
- Apply Agile and Lean principles in your work and ensure the team has a set of processes that enable effectiveness
- Focus on the professional and personal growth of your team, including conducting performance and compensation reviews
- Build and maintain a team of people who trust each other, are not afraid of conflict, are committed and accountable, and who care about results
About you
- You have engineering experience of your own - we expect that you are excited about engineering and keen to learn
- Proven experience leading a software engineering team and delivering outcomes
- Know how to make teams effective, manage scopes, and deliverables
- Have experience building teams & hiring new team members
- You possess strong people management skills - have experience ensuring the development of team members
- Solid proficiency in communicating with both technical and management levels
- Able to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
- Excellent at communicating in spoken and written English
- Having security experience is a big plus
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
- Never ending snacks and monthly lunch benefit
- 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
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 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 €6,258 - €8,475 gross per month.