Senior Backend Engineer, Buyer

Overview

The Buyer Domain at Vinted focuses on delivering a reliable and engaging purchasing and discovery experience for users across more than 20 markets. Operating within the CVP team, this role involves managing core platforms that handle content geofencing, cross-border visibility, and liquidity metrics. Responsibilities include designing scalable backend systems, driving technical initiatives, scaling features for over 80 million users, and collaborating with product, search, and relevance engineering teams.

Requirements

Applicants need extensive experience in backend software engineering with a history of building distributed, highly available systems. A strong foundation in modern backend engineering is required, with prior experience in Go, Kotlin, Ruby, or Python being beneficial. Candidates should bring experience with event streaming platforms like Kafka or Apache Flink, continuous integration and deployment pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, observability platforms like Grafana and Kibana, and relational or in-memory databases. Familiarity with search and ranking optimization technologies such as Vespa, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch is considered a high advantage. Candidates must also demonstrate enthusiasm for AI technologies, mentoring capabilities, and excellent written and spoken English proficiency.

What you get

The position includes participation in a share options programme, 25 days of paid annual leave, the newest MacBook models, and a confidential Employee Assistance Program for employees and their families. Additional benefits comprise frequent team-building events, IT workstation equipment alongside a personal budget of up to 540 euros for home furniture, a daily lunch allowance, a company bike leasing scheme, a monthly flexible benefits platform budget, a work from home allowance, a collective defined contribution pension plan, a personal monthly shopping budget on Vinted, an NS mobility card, and a dog-friendly office environment.