4 days/week at home
Core hours 11–3
Job Description
FARFETCH exists for the love of fashion. Our mission is to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers.We're a positive platform for good, bringing together an incredible creative community made up by our people, our partners and our customers. This community is at the heart of our business success. We welcome differences, empower individuality and celebrate diverse skills and perspectives, creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We are FARFETCH for All.
TECHNOLOGYWe're on a mission to build the technology that powers the global platform for luxury fashion. We operate a modular end-to-end technology platform purpose-built to connect the luxury fashion ecosystem worldwide, addressing complex challenges and enjoying it. We're empowered to break traditions and revolutionise, with the freedom and autonomy to make a difference for our customers all over the world.
PORTOOur Porto office is located in Portugal's vibrant second city, known for its history and its creative yet cosy environment. From Account Management to Technology and Product, whatever your skills are, you'll find your fit here. You can have an informal meeting in the treehouse or play the piano in your lunch break!
THE ROLEWe are on the lookout for an experienced Engineering Manager to guide crucial technical areas, such as Performance, Observability or teams within the Developer Productivity area. This high-impact role requires supervising several teams and leads, ensuring smooth project execution, and driving initiatives. Your leadership will be pivotal in our mission to deliver top-notch system performance, thorough observability, and effective productivity tools for our developers. If you love to learn, explore and build the world of tomorrow with bleeding edge technologies, we want to hear from you!
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead and supervise multiple teams and leads, setting clear expectations, providing mentorship and guidance, and fostering a culture of growth, continuous learning, and high performance.
- Develop and implement strategic roadmaps for enhancing system performance, improving observability, and maximizing developer productivity through effective tools.
- Serve as the primary liaison between our teams and the rest of the organization, ensuring that goals across your areas of oversight are aligned with broader company objectives.
- Drive initiatives aimed at enhancing the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our systems and developer productivity tools.
- Engage with other managers, teams, and stakeholders to understand their needs and adapt your strategies to meet these requirements.
- Monitor system performance and developer productivity, managing any issues or potential improvements in collaboration with relevant teams.
WHO YOU ARE
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Extensive experience as an Engineering Manager, overseeing multiple teams and leads.
- Comprehensive technical understanding and hands-on experience with system performance, observability, or developer productivity tools.
- Proven passion for technology.
- Strong roadmap management skills.
- A growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and learning.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in creating and fostering a high-performing, blameless culture.
- Experienced in working in large-scale organisations on a multinational level with a multicultural team.
- Knowledgeable in Agile methodologies (Kanban or Scrum).
- Proficient in written and spoken English.
REWARDS & BENEFITS
- 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 and free access to Udemy
- Flexible benefits program
- FARFETCH Equity plan
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. We continue to build our consciously inclusive culture as part of our Positively FARFETCH strategy throughout our business, partnerships and communities.
We are on the lookout for an experienced Engineering Manager to guide crucial technical areas, such as Performance, Observability or teams within the Developer Productivity area. If you love to learn, explore and build the world of tomorrow with bleeding edge technologies, we want to hear from you!
Company benefits
The FlexScore® is the result of a rigorous 2-step verification of a company’s flexibility
First we assess the flexibility options FARFETCH provides and then we anonymously survey a statistically significant proportion of their employees to make sure FARFETCH is as flexible as they say they are. Our assessment is based on the six key elements of flexibility: location, hours, autonomy, benefits, role modelling and work-life balance.
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