The Role
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you'll design and manage cloud-native infrastructure, focusing on automation and scalability while mentoring other engineers.
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ABOUT
LUXCLUSIF is a technology-driven global B2B platform founded in 2013 and part of the Farfetch Group since 2021. Dedicated to redefining the luxury paradigm by offering premium pre-owned fashion to a global audience, Luxclusif has pioneered the global luxury resale market with advanced data-driven solutions to facilitate the buying and selling of high-end pre-owned items.
With operations spread across the globe and strategic warehouses in key locations, we ensure a seamless supply of luxury goods, handling everything from item curation, quality control, and operations logistics to technology integrations and sales, delivering an unmatched resale experience for brands, retailers, and end-customers.
With operations spread across the globe and strategic warehouses in key locations, we ensure a seamless supply of luxury goods, handling everything from item curation, quality control, and operations logistics to technology integrations and sales, delivering an unmatched resale experience for brands, retailers, and end-customers.
TECHNOLOGY
Our Tech Team is responsible for designing, developing, and evolving the internal products that power our business. As a B2B company specialising in second-hand luxury items, we rely on technology to optimise every stage of our operations, from buying and inbound logistics to selling and post-sales support. We are a global team with members across Portugal, Brazil, and the Philippines.
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 Infrastructure 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.
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.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design and build robust cloud-native infrastructure, focusing on automation, scalability, and high availability for our core systems.
- Operate and maintain a wide range of infrastructure components, including Linux and Kubernetes-based systems, using automated processes and pipelines.
- 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.
WHO YOU ARE
- You have a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining complex platform infrastructure and distributed systems.
- You possess a strong technical background in multi-cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure, GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD patterns (ArgoCD, Jenkins, etc), allowing you to make and guide complex technical decisions.
- You understand the software development lifecycle deeply and have hands-on experience with development languages (e.g., Python or Golang) to effectively build tools for other developers.
- You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a relentless focus on continuous system improvement and automation.
- You have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and influence technical stakeholders across the organization.
- You prioritize security and compliance as core pillars of a reliable platform.
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
- Flexible benefits program
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.
SCAM DISCLAIMER
- It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activities involving individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent Farfetch in order to attract candidates to a SCAM. Please be aware that Farfetch does not conduct recruitment processes through messaging apps or any unofficial communication channels, other than our official careers website. Additionally, Farfetch will never ask candidates for any form of payment during the recruitment process.
Skills Required
- Proven track record in designing and maintaining complex platform infrastructure
- Strong technical knowledge of multi-cloud infrastructure
- Experience with container orchestration and CI/CD platforms
- Hands-on experience with development languages like Python or Golang
- Strong problem-solving skills and focus on continuous improvement
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Emphasis on security and compliance in platform design
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The Company
What We Do
FARFETCH is the leading global platform for the luxury fashion industry. Our mission is to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers. Founded in 2007 by José Neves for the love of fashion, and launched in 2008, FARFETCH began as an e-commerce marketplace for luxury boutiques around the world. Today the FARFETCH Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,300 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 single platform. FARFETCH’s additional businesses include Browns and Stadium Goods, which offer luxury products to consumers, and New Guards Group, a platform for the development of global fashion brands. FARFETCH offers its broad range of consumer-facing channels and enterprise level solutions to the luxury industry under its Luxury New Retail initiative. The Luxury New Retail initiative also encompasses FARFETCH Platform Solutions, which services enterprise clients with e-commerce and technology capabilities, and innovations such as Store of the Future, its connected retail solution.
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