Founded and led the Marketplace Services domain at Farfetch, establishing 2 clusters with 6 multi- disciplinary teams. Strategically planned to scale the domain to accommodate 120 team members, prioritising the investment in extensible and composable platform components to unlock dependencies.As a leader with direct oversight of Engineering Managers and Principal Engineers, I focused on driving stakeholder management and aligning business objectives across Operations and Engineering at Farfetch. Key responsibilities included:- Leading pivotal end-to-end initiatives across Architecture, Product, Infrastructure, Data Science Machine Learning- Managing portfolio and dependencies while planning effectively team capacity- Promoting technical excellence and fostering a robust Engineering culture- Contributing to and aligning with Farfetch’s Purchase and Fintech vision- Owning and overseeing several Consumer Products and Platform clusters, leading up to 80 team members across critical areas like Promotions, Benefits, Segments, Payments, Refunds, and othersFrom May 2018 to Feb 2023As Senior Manager of Engineering Leaders at Farfetch, I have conducted over a dozen manager trial programs, ultimately grooming almost 10 Leaders. Key focus areas of the program included:- People Management and Growth: Spearheading hiring processes, conducting performance evaluations, defining career paths, setting OKRs, and creating tailored training plans- Tech Excellence and Quality: Collaborating with Architects and Principals to align technical evolution and standards. Ensuring the development of high-performance services and applications, maintaining support levels (SLAs and SLOs), and conducting rigorous application security and compliance reviews- Delivery: Leading capacity planning efforts, owning the roadmap for designated areas, and overseeing the software lifecycle, including incident management and post-mortems

Led multidisciplinary teams delivering e-commerce applications such as the Order and Warehouse Management System for the online orders of Continente.pt and the implementation of the new Marketplace for Worten.pt- Serving also as Product Manager and Business Partner for Worten's key initiatives, I was responsible for the product roadmap- Managed key internal and external stakeholders across various programs and initiatives- Responsible for executing both business and technical roadmapsFrom May 2016 to February 2017Responsible for all BIT product's Quality that sustained Sonae's business in all fronts - from retail to manufacturing.- Defined and audited Quality processes and methodologies towards achieving high standards- Managed an external Quality service provider, overseeing managers and a team of over 50 Quality assurance engineers and analysts- Responsible for Quality control and budget management

- Led a multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality and high-performance applications for the Sportsbook Platform- Implemented SCRUM methodology and drove Continuous Integration Delivery practices as an Agile leader

- Audited and implemented Quality processes and methodologies, including Continuous Integration Delivery Systems, across global e-commerce companies such as Kaymu, Jumia, Jovago, Lazada, and Zalando- Managed Quality teams and aligned business needs with management, collaborating closely with MDs, CTOs, and CPOs- Spearheaded the implementation of CI/CD strategies using tools like Jenkins and pipelines, and devised DevOps strategies- Implemented automated Functional tests using Zend framework and Selenium, as well as Performance tests using jMeter and Gatling

- Oversaw the quality assurance of all products within the banking sector and led the Quality team- Implemented a comprehensive Test Management Process to enhance product quality- Successfully deployed automated Unit and Functional tests utilizing Symfony framework, PHP, Sele- nium, and Java- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and performed sysAdmin duties to optimize system administration processes