Porto, Porto, Portugal
Doing much with few resources
Started and led a successful boutique mobile and web software development company. Assembled a team of highly experienced full-stack developers, working with prominent clients such as Reddit, GoPu ff, LVMH, and New Work. Functioned in various roles including Mobile and Web Fullstack Engineer, Engineering Manager, and Product Owner for clients and internal projects. As a Founder, I also handled Finance, HR, and Sales.
Bootstrapped and led a successful payment orchestrator platform, serving merchants, PSPs, and acquirers. I managed the Engineering and Product teams, designed the implementation of a cloud-agnostic microservice and data architecture processing millions of daily transactions, and was responsible for Cryptography and Compliance (PCI DSS level 1 and PCI PIN). As a Founder, I also played a part in Finance, HR, Sales, and PMO. In-house developed services included: - A payment gateway with numerous integrations supporting card-present, ecommerce, marketplace, and alternative payment methods. All accessible through generic APIs, a shared tokenization vault, and a unified reconciliation abstraction. - A custom POS Terminal App incorporating server-side/HSM dynamic routing between acquiring processors and DCC. - A Risk engine equipped with a rules engine and integrated with third-party systems. - Multi-purpose real-time analytics and reporting services supporting merchant hierarchy.
Led the Switch merger following the acquisition. Started the ePOS API and oversaw the ePOS domain.
Led a team that conceptualized and implemented the initial version of "Black & White," Farfetch's white-label fashion e-commerce platform and CMS, which was subsequently rebranded as Farfetch Platform Solutions, and became a major department of the company.