Site Reliability Engineer, Persistence
Vinted
- Location
- Hybrid (Kaunas, Kaunas County)
- Compensation
- €5k - €6k/mo
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid Level
About the role
Vinted is Europe’s leading second-hand fashion marketplace seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to scale and evolve its global database infrastructure. You will lead improvements to the persistence platform, automate operations, and shape the long-term technical roadmap for a high-growth engineering team.
Skills
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
Perks
- Share Options
- Hybrid Work
- Home Office Equipment
- Home Office Furniture Budget
- Team-Building Events
- Monthly Vinted Shopping Budget
- Workation
- Dog-Friendly Office
- Gym Access
- In-House Meals
- Lunch Allowance
- Learning Budget
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
- Define, lead, and execute improvements and changes to our database infrastructure to effectively manage growth, technology evolution, and scaling requirements.
- Actively participate in team decision-making and shaping the roadmap for database infrastructure years ahead.
- Build and improve tooling around our Database infrastructure and automate operations with Temporal workflows.
- Lead and manage database initiatives that span across different domains within the company.
- Proactively identify opportunities for infrastructure improvement and develop and implement the necessary solutions.
- Participate in an on-call rotation within the team every ~9th week.
About you
- At least 2 years of programming experience preferably in Go.
- A curious and responsible individual who wants to learn and master concepts and technologies we use.
- Experience working with relational databases.
- Experience with Kubernetes and deep knowledge of Linux operating systems.
- Strong advocate for automation.
- You communicate effectively in English, both written and spoken.
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
- 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
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.