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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Senior Platform Engineer
Location: Porto, Portugal
Company: Farfetch
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Location Type: Hybrid
About the Role
Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. Our office in Porto, Portugal, is a vibrant business hub where tech professionals connect and network.
As a Senior Platform Engineer in the Tech Platform team, you will be instrumental in building the foundation of our entire technology ecosystem. Your mission is to engineer a seamless, scalable, and reliable platform that empowers engineering teams to deliver software faster and with higher quality.
Responsibilities
- Design and build robust cloud-native infrastructure, focusing on automation, scalability, and high availability for our core systems.
- Drive the creation of self-service capabilities, ensuring that the infrastructure layers we build empower engineering teams across the company to be autonomous.
- Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of large-scale distributed systems, guaranteeing the platform is robust enough for high-traffic events.
- Contribute to technical strategy and roadmaps, ensuring the platform's evolution aligns with global company goals and delivers consistent value.
- Act as a key technical partner for Principals, Engineering Leads, and developers, translating business needs into scalable technical solutions to accelerate global productivity.
- Identify opportunities to optimize cost efficiency and reliability through automated processes and modern infrastructure patterns.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
Requirements
- Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining complex platform infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Strong technical background in cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD patterns (ArgoCD, Jenkins, etc).
- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and hands-on experience with development languages (e.g., Python or Golang).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a relentless focus on continuous system improvement and automation.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and influence technical stakeholders across the organization.
- Prioritization of security and compliance as core pillars of a reliable platform.
We Offer
- Health insurance for the whole family
- Flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
- Extra days off, sabbatical program, and days for community service
- Training opportunities
- Flexible benefits program
About the Company
Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. The Farfetch Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands, boutiques, and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.
Equal Opportunities Statement
Farfetch is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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