Senior Director of Engineering, Platform

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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’ve recently created a Platform organization to accelerate product delivery across an engineering organization of 900+ people and multiple business units. We are looking for a Senior Director of Engineering to build, lead, and evolve this Platform . This role will own the end-to-end strategy, execution, and impact of Platform across the entire technology stack: from foundational infrastructure to frameworks, architectural patterns, and developer workflows. The Senior Director of Engineering (Platform) will report to the CTO and will be a core member of the engineering leadership team (ELT). ELT consists of product engineering leaders (in Marketplace, Vinted Go, and Payments), a security leader, a Principal Engineer, and the Principal Technical Program Manager. The mission of the Platform org and its leader is to enable product teams to move faster with higher quality by providing opinionated golden paths, standardized architectur…