
Farfetch
José Neves launched Farfetch in 2008, with technology developed in Leça do Balio. Based in London, the online luxury goods marketplace is valued at 894 million euros.
About company Porto
October 18, 2026
Full-time
Sobre a vaga
As an Engineering Lead in Tech Platform, you will be responsible for leading the team that builds the foundation of our entire technology ecosystem. You will lead a team of engineers dedicated to evolving our cloud-native infrastructure, balancing people leadership and strategic growth with technical oversight.
O que vais fazer
- Lead and manage a team of Individual Contributors, focusing on their career growth, setting clear expectations, and fostering a culture of psychological safety and continuous learning
- Develop and implement strategic roadmaps that align your team’s objectives with global company goals, ensuring the team delivers consistent value
- Drive the creation of self-service capabilities, ensuring that the infrastructure layers we build empower engineering teams across the company to be autonomous
- Oversee the reliability, performance, and scalability of large-scale distributed systems, ensuring the platform is robust enough for high-traffic events
- Act as a key partner for Principals and other engineering leads, translating business needs into technical strategies and vice versa to accelerate global productivity
- Identify opportunities to optimize cost efficiency and reliability through automated processes and modern infrastructure patterns
O que é pedido
- You have a track record of managing and growing engineering teams, with a focus on mentorship and team dynamics
- You possess a strong technical background in cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD patterns (ArgoCD, Jenkins), allowing you to guide complex technical decisions
- You understand the software development lifecycle deeply and have experience with development languages (e.g., Python or Golang) to effectively support tool-building for other developers
- You have good roadmap management skills and a focus on continuous system improvement
- You have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to navigate and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- You prioritize security and compliance as core pillars of a reliable platform
O que é oferecido
- Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
- Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
- Training opportunities
- Flexible benefits program
✸ Benefícios e vantagens (8)
- Comida, fruta e bebida
- Estacionamento gratuito ou condições especiais
- Flex benefits
- Flexibilidade de horário
- Mais de 22 dias de férias
- Permite período sabático
- Prémios de performance
- Seguro de saúde
✸ Valores e cultura (9)
- Aberto a open source
- Ambiente internacional
- CI / CD
- Códigos de alta qualidade
- Equipa com senioridade elevada
- Feedback contínuo e 360º
- Híbrido
- Tecnologias de ponta
- Unit testing