Director of Engineering, Frontend technologies, Marketplace (Limited-time Relocation Bonus)

About Vinted

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. 

Position

We are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the Frontend Technologies domain within Marketplace. In this role, your mission will be to architect and implement platform-specific changes that enhance modularity, autonomy, resilience, and performance across Android, iOS, and Web. You will oversee "Frontends as a Product," driving strategic engineering initiatives that directly impact business metrics and the end-user experience.

You will have to balance and prioritize foundational capabilities - such as Design Systems, CI/CD, Modularization, App Releases, Performance, and Global UI quality - to optimize both frontend developer velocity and user satisfaction.

You will lead 4 Engineering Managers and 3 Staff Engineers and be responsible for setting and implementing the FE strategy, which will impact the roadmaps of 9 Product domains within the Marketplace.

In this position, you’ll 

• Lead frontends: Lead a horizontal, platform-focused domain containing Android, iOS, Web, and Design system teams.
• Drive Technology Strategy: Set and drive the future technology strategy for frontends, establishing a modular, scalable architecture that enables rapid development and strategic growth.
• Lead Initiatives: Oversee Marketplace-wide technical tooling, core libraries, and frameworks. Lead strategic projects, i.e., frontend modularization and modernization (SwiftUI/Jetpack Compose), native automated testing.
• Elevate global UI quality: Integrate design systems and accessibility into the frontend ecosystem to consolidate technical, visual and interaction quality standards. Support UI experimentation. 
• Ensure Resilience & Reliability: Maintain robust release processes, quality of Marketplace frontends, and performance monitoring to reduce downtime and ensure a consistent member experience.
• Innovate & Optimize: Drive AI-efficiency enablement in frontend development and explore cross-platform frontend development opportunities to increase engineering speed and productivity.
• Refine the domain's identity: Take sole ownership of shaping its future, successfully integrating Design Systems and engineering to treat our frontend platforms as a cohesive product.
• Influence without formal authority: Champion the frontend technical vision among your peers, influencing the leaders of 9 Product domains to accommodate and prioritize platform-wide changes across ~50 teams.

Your qualification

We are looking for candidates who excel in at least one of the following areas (bringing both is a plus):

• Frontends & UI: Deep experience in Android, iOS, Web, or cross-platform development.
• Leadership: An experienced leader with a strong sense of ownership across a wide range of responsibilities, including a track record (3+ years) of managing other leaders.

What we offer

• Joining us from outside Lithuania? You're eligible for our Limited-time Relocation Package! It includes a €30k gross bonus and 2 months of temporary housing (check for more info). 
• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 25 working days of holiday
• Access to all the tools & tech needed for work
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• Private health insurance
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• 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
• In Vilnius office: Gym & in-house meals at friendly prices
• In Kaunas office: a monthly lunch allowance, and a once-a-week provided in-house lunch and breakfast

Additional details

Limited-time Relocation Package

This position is based in Lithuania, and if you're not (yet), don't worry! We're here to help you settle in with premium relocation assistance and a generous €30,000 gross bonus. If you feel that Vinted is your perfect cultural fit—apply! For more info, refer to our Relocation page.

Your location shouldn’t be a stopper! In addition to our standard package, for this position we’ve increased the bonus to €30,000 gross. If you think Vinted is the ideal cultural fit for you, we invite you to apply! For further information, please refer to our Relocation page.

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 gross monthly salary range for this position is:

€8.100—€11.000 EUR