Head of Product Platform

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At Bloq. it, we’ve created the world’s leading smart locker solution—solving last‑mile deliveries by enabling everyone to participate easily, reducing delivery costs, and making them more sustainable.

We’re quickly expanding: after growing at 1000 % for three years in a row, we’re now the fastest‑growing Smart Locker company in the world and one of the fastest‑growing scale‑ups in Europe.

Responsibilities

• Own the Platform vision & roadmap (APIs, services, data, identity, device management), aligning with Product and Engineering to unlock scale and developer velocity.
• Define platform architecture standards—modularization, microservices, event‑driven patterns, data contracts, and SLOs—ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Lead modernization programs (monolith decomposition, refactors, consolidation), creating clear migration plans that reduce tech debt without disrupting delivery.
• Productize the platform: establish platform‑as‑a‑product practices (DX, documentation, SDKs, versioning, backward compatibility), driving adoption across internal squads and partners.
• Io
  T at scale: set capabilities for device provisioning, identity/PKI, telemetry ingestion, command & control, OTA orchestration, and fleet health observability.
• Establish measurable KPIs (availability, latency, change failure rate, lead time, platform adoption/usage, unit cost) and run an experimentation/rollout strategy (canaries, feature flags).
• Build and lead a cross‑functional platform group (PMs, Staff/Principal engineers, architects), fostering a culture of clarity, ownership, and outcomes.

Requirements

• 8 + years in product and/or engineering for cloud platforms, with 4 + years leading platform or core‑architecture initiatives in high‑growth environments.
• Demonstrated success designing and evolving microservices/event‑driven architectures (e. g. , Kafka/MSK, queues, streams) and migrating legacy systems for scale.
• Deep, hands‑on understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred: EKS, API Gateway, IAM, Io
  T Core, Lambda, S3, RDS/Postgre
  SQL, Elasti
  Cache/Redis), Kubernetes, Ia
  C (Terraform/Helm), and observability (Open
  Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Proven experience managing large Io
  T fleets (MQTT/Web
  Sockets, device identity & certificates, OTA pipelines, device twins/state sync, edge‑to‑cloud data flows).
• Strong API product skills (REST/g
  RPC, versioning, Open
  API, rate limiting, auth
  N/Z, RBAC), with a track record improving developer experience and time‑to‑integrate.
• Ability to balance product trade‑offs (build vs. buy, time‑to‑market vs.platform health) and influence senior stakeholders with crisp, data‑driven reasoning.
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written.

Extra Valued Skills

• Domain‑Driven Design, platform‑team topologies, and internal platform/product marketplace experience.
• Data platform exposure (CDC, stream processing, warehousing, lakehouse) supporting near‑real‑time operational use cases.
• Experience in security & compliance for platforms (secure bootstrapping, secrets management, SOC 2/ISO 27001 alignment).

What you’ll get

• A pivotal role shaping the software core that powers Europe’s fastest‑growing smart‑locker network.
• A dynamic, fast‑paced environment driven by innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Competitive salary and benefits, including performance‑based bonus and Portuguese health insurance.
• Flexible work conditions, remote‑first culture, and schedule autonomy for work‑life balance.
• Regular in‑person gatherings at our HQ in Lisbon or Porto, reinforcing team cohesion and culture.
• Direct impact on platform scalability, reliability, and unit economics, enabling sustainable last‑mile logistics.

If you’re a product‑minded platform leader with deep architectural instincts and a bias for practical scaling, Bloq. it is the place for you. Join our team of #bloqstars and help redefine the smart‑locker experience!

Seniority level: Executive | Employment type: Full‑time | Job function: Product Management and Marketing | Industries: Technology, Information and Internet

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