Responsibilities
- Shape and refine the strategic direction of the internal developer platform, determining which capabilities to build, adopt, standardize, or deprecate.
- Convert platform strategy into a clear roadmap with actionable priorities and measurable goals in collaboration with engineering leaders and platform teams.
- Lead the design and ongoing improvement of platform features that enhance how engineering teams develop, deploy, monitor, and manage services.
- Drive adoption of platform tools such as Backstage, Humanitec, Port, or similar solutions where applicable.
- Develop standardized service templates, default configurations, guided workflows, and best practices to ensure consistent service delivery.
- Determine appropriate levels of standardization versus flexibility, allowing iterative improvement of platform patterns over time.
- Prioritize developer experience as a core platform objective.
- Collaborate with engineers to identify pain points and enhance onboarding, documentation, APIs, command-line tools, templates, and support systems.
- Implement methods to track platform effectiveness through developer productivity, adoption rates, system reliability, and reduced operational friction.
- Utilize metrics such as DORA, SPACE framework, developer feedback, interviews, and usage data to inform decision-making and prioritization.
- Define the interface between the platform and product engineering teams, including abstractions, service expectations, support protocols, and responsibility boundaries.
- Apply deep expertise in observability and reliability to deliver clear service health insights and raise operational standards.
- Work with engineering teams to strengthen telemetry, dashboards, operational readiness, and service-level expectations.
- Mentor platform engineers to deepen their understanding of platform design and technical execution.
- Foster growth opportunities for engineers in areas like developer experience, golden paths, automation, observability, and platform adoption.
- Collaborate with engineering leadership, product teams, security, and operations to reduce friction and improve consistency across the engineering organization.
- Stay informed about advancements in platform engineering, internal developer platforms, cloud-native technologies, DevOps, observability, and infrastructure automation.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits with flexible remote work options
- Balance of structured work-life integration within a dynamic and results-oriented environment
- Opportunity for ownership and personal investment in impactful projects
Compensation
Competitive salary package & benefits with a flexible home-working policy
Work Arrangement
Hybrid — Lisbon
