Junior Site Reliability Engineer - Databases
Vinted
- Location
- Hybrid (Kaunas, Kaunas County)
- Compensation
- €2k - €3k/mo
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Entry Level
About the role
Vinted is Europe’s leading second-hand fashion marketplace seeking a Junior Site Reliability Engineer to scale its database infrastructure. You will build and maintain Vitess and Temporal systems serving millions of queries, contributing to the Persistence Platform team's mission of reliable, high-performance data services.
Skills
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
Perks
- Stock Options
- Hybrid Work
- Home Office Equipment
- Home Office Furniture Budget
- Team-Building Events
- Monthly Vinted Shopping Budget
- Gym Access
- In-House Meals
- Lunch Allowance
- Workation Policy
- Learning Budget
- Professional Development Leave
Full job details
Brief info 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.
Information about the position
We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to help evolve and scale a Database infrastructure that consists of more than ~2000 fat servers in 4 data centers and multiple regions. As part of the Persistence Platform team, you’ll work with us on a Database infrastructure and related tooling. This presents great opportunities to grow as a professional and take on new responsibilities. If you think you’re up to the challenge – get in touch!
Here are some of the technologies we use: Rocky Linux, Chef, Kubernetes, Vitess, MySQL, ProxySQL, PostgreSQL, Temporal, ArgoCD, Jenkins, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, Loki, Thanos, Envoy, Ceph, Redis, Kafka, Go, Consul, Docker, Istio.
In this position, you’ll
- Build, maintain, improve and scale the Vitess infrastructure which serves 2 Million queries per second
- Actively participate in team decision-making
- Build, maintain, improve and scale the Temporal infrastructure
- Automate operations with Temporal workflows
- Build and improve tooling around our Database infrastructure
About you
- At least 1 year of programming experience
- A curious and responsible individual who wants to learn and master concepts and technologies we use
- Advantage: experience with relational databases and Kubernetes
Work perks
- 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
- Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
- Frequent team-building events
- A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
- 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
Working at Vinted
Workation policy
Better balance holidays with workdays by working remotely! Up to 90 days per year in the EU, of these, 21 days can be spent globally. For non-EU citizens, it's 21 days worldwide. This can be combined with time off for vacation or personal time.
Individual learning budget
Each year, you’ll be given a learning budget (starting at €3,000), and a total of up to 10 working days over a 2-year period to support your personal and professional development.
Hybrid work
Our hybrid model, with 2 recommended office days a week, gives you and your team the flexibility to decide if and when you want to work from home, and when to catch up in person.
Equal opportunity
We welcome applications from everybody, regardless of your background, identity, or life experiences. Job openings come with guides, not checklists. If you’re excited about a role, but don’t identify with every point in the ‘About you’ section, apply anyway – you might still be the perfect match!