Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Farfetch

Porto, PT

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior engineers who engineer cloud-native infrastructure and prefer working in a vibrant tech hub near Porto.

Best fit for

Senior engineers focused on scalable, reliable platform foundations.
— “engineer a seamless, scalable, and reliable platform”
Technical contributors dedicated to cloud-native infrastructure evolution.
— “key technical contributor dedicated to evolving our cloud-native infrastructure”
Professionals who drive adoption of Self-Service and Infrastructure as Code.
— “drive the adoption of Self-Service capabilities and Infrastructure as Code”

Things to consider

Role requires maintaining high security and operational excellence standards.
— “maintaining a high bar for security, resilience, and operational excellence”
Position involves reducing cognitive load for developers across teams.
— “reduce cognitive load for our developers”

How to stand out

Showcase concrete examples of scaling infrastructure in cloud environments.
— “evolving our cloud-native infrastructure”
Highlight past work on self-service tooling for engineering teams.
— “Self-Service capabilities”
Demonstrate experience with Infrastructure as Code in production systems.
— “Infrastructure as Code”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

driving adoption of self-service capabilities
maintaining high security standards

Typical background

experience in cloud infrastructurebackground in software engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Cloud-native InfrastructureInfrastructure As CodeSelf-service CapabilitiesSecurityResilienceOperational Excellence

Preferred

PythonTerraformKubernetes

About the role

Original posting from Farfetch via Lever

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.
TECHNOLOGY
We're on a mission to build end-to-end products and technology that powers the an incredible e-commerce experience for luxury customers everywhere, understanding the motivations and needs of our customers and partners, to designing and testing hypotheses, to creating industry-leading experiences for luxury customers.
PORTO
Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals.
THE ROLE
As a Senior Platform Engineer in the Tech Platform team, you will play a critical role 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.
In this role, you will be a key technical contributor dedicated to evolving our cloud-native infrastructure. You will focus on driving the adoption of Self-Service capabilities and Infrastructure as Code to reduce cognitive load for our developers, while maintaining a high bar for security, resilience, and operational excellence.

Source: Farfetch careers (Lever)