Our 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.
What is the Engineering Academy?
The Engineering Academy is designed to accelerate your tech career at Vinted. This intensive, hands-on programme features training sessions led by our very own experts, who will mentor and guide you through our technology and ways of working.
The programme kicks off with a 2-month induction, covering a broad range of topics - from best practices with Git to understanding how Kubernetes operates at Vinted. It’s a challenging yet rewarding experience that will give you a solid foundation to succeed in your future teams!
The Engineering Academy runs for 6 months and includes:
- 2 months of technical induction: collaborate with other Academy students in product teams, refine your skills & knowledge with a mentor & in technical workshops.
- 4 months in a real Vinted engineering team: experience day-to-day life of a Vinted engineer.
- Ongoing learning sessions: join learning sessions and build your personal skills.
You’ll be hired on a 6 months contract, with the opportunity to join Vinted permanently after completing the Academy and continue growing your career with the skills you’ve gained.
Want to learn more? Check out engineering.vinted.com to see what we’re up to.
Who are we looking for?
The Vinted Engineering Academy is where we grow our tech talent in Backend Engineering. Whether you’re a student, recent graduate, self-taught coder, or something else, this is the place for you.
We’re looking for people with some coding skills and a passion for all things engineering - those who are just starting their careers in this area and are eager to learn, grow, and make an impact.
When?
Our Autumn Engineering Academy begins on September 7, 2026. You will be expected to be available full time (0.8 contract option for University students is possible).
In this position, you'll- Learn everything you need to work with one of the world's largest Ruby on Rails codebases, MySQL (Vitess) and Redis.
- Participate in extracting small, manageable components from a monolithic application.
- Learn about (and use) Grafana, Kiban, and Datadog to monitor your code.
- Have a chance to work closely with an experienced engineer who will help you grow.
- Collaborate with other engineers through GitHub pull requests and code reviews.
- Improve our user experience by implementing product changes, often via experimentation.
- Apply Agile and Scrum principles in your work.
- Some experience with object-oriented languages such as Ruby, Java, PHP, or similar.
- Understanding of backend frameworks (Symfony, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel, etc.) would be a plus.
- Dabbled in MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch? That’s amazing!
- Willing to learn new things.
- Problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ready to commit, own, and create.
- Have a Github account.
- 25 May - 10 June: Online application where you can share with us your GitHub or any link to your projects or anything similar that showcases your technical skills/code. Anything that you think we would love to see! It doesn’t have to be Ruby.
- 12 June - 21 June: Technical take-home task.
- 29 June - 31 July: Two interviews - one focused on technical skills and problem-solving, and the other on interpersonal skills, communication, and how your values align with Vinted.
- Offer!
- The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
- 25 working days of holiday
- Access to all the tools & tech needed for work
- Private health insurance
- Digital mental and emotional health support and Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
- 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
- Vilnius office: gym & in-house meals at friendly prices
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. However, during the first 2 months of the Engineering Academy, we expect you to come to the office more frequently for a better onboarding experience. If you join our Kaunas office, you will be expected to come to Vilnius for some technical workshops during the first 2 months of the Engineering Academy as well.
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 for this position is € 2,442 gross per month.
The application window closes on the 10 of June (at 23:59, Lithuania time). Please allow us a few days to respond before reaching out to us again.
Skills Required
- Some experience with object-oriented languages such as Ruby, Java, PHP, or similar.
- Understanding of backend frameworks (Symfony, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel, etc.) would be a plus.
- Dabbled in MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch?
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Vinted Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vinted and has not been reviewed or approved by Vinted.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employees can participate in a share options program, and recurring internal secondary‑liquidity events make equity value more tangible.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 working days of holiday and a workation policy allowing up to 90 days of remote work per year (including a limited allowance outside the EU) broaden time‑away options.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is topped up to full gross salary for 20 weeks for primary caregivers and 10 weeks for secondary caregivers in Lithuania, with flexible leave until the child turns two.
Vinted Insights
What We Do
We’re the world’s biggest preloved fashion marketplace. The brainchild of Milda Mitkutė and Justas Janauskas, Vinted grew from a local website into a mobile-first community of 20 million people in 10 countries which is boasting over 30 million listings in total. Our mission: make second hand the #1 choice worldwide. We do it by shaking up everyday shopping habits and creating new personalized ways of buying, selling, and swapping clothes, accessories, and lifestyle items. We’re always on the lookout for smart people who know exactly how they can contribute to making Vinted better. Join or lead cross-functional teams at a startup where your impact is never limited to your job description. Step out of your comfort zone. Grow with us. And have fun with a team of more than 200 people along the way. You can find all open positions: https://www.vinted.com/jobs If you know you belong here - tell us why! Follow us! https://www.instagram.com/weworkatvinted/
