Analytics Engineer, Trust & Safety

Vinted Marketplace is the largest online international C2C marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with millions of registered members spanning 20+ markets in Europe and North America. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables people to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life.   

Vinted Go launched in 2022,  with a focus on developing products and solutions for more seamless shipping and delivery across Europe. Vinted Go has connected more than 40 carriers and more than 200,000 PUDO points across Europe to support the delivery of millions of parcels per year.  

The Vinted Group, composed of Vinted Marketplace and Vinted Go, is headquartered in Vilnius, with workplaces in Germany, Lithuania, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and over 2,000 employees. It is backed by six leading venture capital firms: Accel, Burda Principal Investments, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sprints Capital. 

Information about the position 

In this position, you will join the Trust & Safety Domain with a mission to protect the Vinted community from harmful activities and content, including phishing, fraud, and counterfeiting. Safeguarding involves continuous monitoring of platform activity and enforcing sanctions against fraudulent Vinted members.

Your main focus will be to transform raw data into clean, optimized datasets that are easily accessible for analysis, decision-making, and machine learning applications.

As part of this role, you will join a small, cross-country team of Analytics Engineers, as well as the Trust & Safety Data Science and Analytics unit that also consist of Data Scientist and Decision Scientist.

To understand your role within Data Science & Analytics context better, here are brief descriptions of each role we have in the department:

• Decision Scientists are responsible for actionable insights, identifying and sizing opportunities, and automated tools that increase the quality of product and business decisions by applying statistical methods and data-driven decision making.
• Analytics Engineers are responsible for data curation – translating data needs from stakeholders into architecting, building and maintaining efficient & reliable data models and pipelines.
• Data Scientists are responsible for identification of algorithmic opportunities, ensuring those opportunities are addressed in an optimal fashion and design, development and maintenance of production-grade statistical and machine learning algorithms.

In this position, you’ll 

• Collaborate continuously with data and business stakeholders across the company to gather data requirements.
• Develop and sustain efficient and reliable data models and pipelines for both external and internal data.
• Enable optimal use of data models by optimizing data flows, providing documentation, conducting training, and monitoring adherence to best practices.
• Conduct root cause analysis to address and resolve issues in data production processes.
• Participate in various company-wide analytics engineering projects and initiatives.

About you 

• Experience in roles like Analytics Engineer, ETL Developer, Data Analyst/Scientist, Data Engineer, or a similar data-focused position.
• Proficient in SQL with additional experience in other programming languages such as Python or R.
• Experience with operating within cloud environments like Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Knowledgeable in data access, transformation and storage techniques.
• Quick learner with a readiness to embrace new technologies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Proficient in both written and spoken English.
• Advantage: experience with data engineering for MLOps.

Work perks 

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 25 working days of holiday
• Newest MacBook models
• Free access to an office gym
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• Private health insurance
• On-site canteen serving delicious homemade food at friendly prices
• 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

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.

The salary range for this position is € 3,200 - € 4,333 gross per month.