Technical and functional leadership (a mix of Product Manager and Principal Engineer) of all order-related products in the Platform Product Development Team (Transactional Domain - ~150 engineers): Checkout, Payments, Order Management, Order Fulfillment, Logistics, and Returns.Main responsibilities:- Be the driver of the vision for the transactional area and the strategy to achieve it - creating a product vision, strategy, and a reference architecture by collaborating with product managers, architects, and fellow principal engineers- Be co-accountable for the execution of the defined strategy - by coming up with cross-domain initiatives and closely supporting their execution, both from a functional and a technical perspective- Be a member of the transactional leadership team - side-by-side with Heads of Product and Heads of Engineering, participating in and supporting senior leadership decision-making by bringing a holistic perspective of the area (including some Chief of Staff responsibilities)- Be a link between senior leadership and the broader organisation - by creating two-way links with the product development teamsMain achievements:- Defined and pitched a new product vision, strategy, and delivery milestones for Order Management and Fulfillment products- Redefined the microservices architecture to integrate these products with the platform, using both API-based and event-based apps- Fed the roadmap of 9 product development teams, supporting and mentoring Product Managers and Principal Engineers- Designed a cross-company solution for supporting hub & spoke logistics models, including product requirement documents, technical specs, architecture documents, and stakeholder management.

Technical and functional leadership (a mix of Product Manager and Principal Engineer) of the Platform Logistics and Platform Checkout teams (~50 engineers), responsible for products such as checkout, order merchant selection optimisation, and order fulfillment planning Main responsibilities:- Designing solutions, defining platform vision, and mentoring engineers. - Contributing to the product vision and strategy while collaborating closely with the Product team, including product discovery and stakeholder management.- Leading a product revamp to modularise Checkout.- Designing and supporting the implementation of an order fulfillment planning optimisation product.- Fostering a culture of engineering excellence, promoting the development of microservices with high levels of performance, resilience, and observability. - Collaborating with fellow Principal Engineers to tackle cross-company challenges across Farfetch.Main achievements:- Defined and pitched a new product vision, strategy, and delivery milestones for the Checkout product, introducing modularisation and supporting SaaS business model.- Redesigned the Checkout architecture using API-based apps- Designed a cross-company solution to support optimisation methods and new fulfillment operations in order fulfillment planning and execution products, including PRDs, technical specs, architecture documents, and stakeholder management. Reduced time-to-market for changes in this area from weeks to minutes by enhancing autonomy within operations teams.- Achieved $300k+ in savings on infra costs by rearchitecturing with minor investment

Technical leadership of the Platform Logistics teams (~10 engineers), responsible for an order merchant selection optimisation product.Main responsibilities:- Designing solutions, defining platform vision, and mentoring engineers. - Contributing to the product vision and strategy while collaborating closely with the Product team, including product discovery and stakeholder management.- Fostering a culture of engineering excellence, promoting the development of microservices with high levels of performance, resilience, and observability. - Collaborating with fellow Principal Engineers to tackle cross-company challenges across Farfetch.Main achievements:- Designed a solution to introduce optimisation methods in order merchant selection algorithm, resulting in over $2M uplift in year 1 by selecting the optimal merchant and over $300K in savings in shipping costs in year 2- Designed a solution to consume bursts of millions of Kafka events with no added latency for the user, using a CQRS pattern and event-based microservices

Team lead for the Logistics teams (leading ~10 engineers), with both management and technical focus.On the management side, I was responsible for road mapping and delivering technical initiatives while mentoring and guiding the engineers' careers.On the technical side, I designed solutions for a microservices architecture while promoting the best engineering practices within the team.Main achievements:- 3 out of 10 direct reports promoted to Engineering Manager within 2 years

Backend developer on the Order Management product, platform team.

Coached several teams of young players (ages 10 to 21).Assistant coach in the main team (worked to get top 15 in Portugal).https://www.aasm.pt/

Developed web applications, with full-stack responsibilities.

Creating and testing innovation policies with development teams