Luís Póvoa

Led approximately 120 engineers across cross-functional tribes for European verticals, defining vision, roadmap, budget, and hiring strategy. Partnered with Product, Data Science, and Design to launch customer-centric features in high-traffic environments, delivering features that drove over 40% revenue increase in transactions/revenue.

Managed end-to-end product delivery in close collaboration with Product, Data Science, and Design, achieving 40% YoY business growth through feature-led technical delivery. Built an engineering culture focused on quality and performance, promoting key internal talent.

Led cross-functional development teams in collaboration with Product Management and Design, managing budgets and capacity planning across the UK and France. Spearheaded the open-sourcing of a compliance HMRC integration project for the UK and streamlined recruitment, tooling, and micro-service architecture adoption.

Directed web engineering initiatives for Argos, integrating 3D/AR capabilities and advocating for 'performance as a feature,' which improved first paint by 25% and interactivity by 31%. Unified recruitment and organizational strategy across Sainsbury’s & Argos brands, implementing shared tools and services to reduce costs and improve information sharing.

Drove a 300% uplift in mobile web conversion through performance optimization and UX improvements, defining ways of working for the department and supporting the full booking path. Built PWA POCs, defined workflows, and scaled the team from 3 to 12 members.

Responsible for the development of a WebApp, driving the team and helping the department to deliver audacious projects and objectives. Developed a management system of an ontology-based project, allowing users to have a better web interface when configuring the product.

Built ETL systems for wind-farm data collection and liaised with clients on delivery. Maintained and implemented software for physical data collectors (ETL) with wind turbines, supporting over 30 parks with approximately 30+ turbines in each.

Activities and societies: Dissertation at Telecommunications Institute - Aveiro: “Detection of Botnets”

Completed a Master's degree with a final project dissertation at the Telecommunications Institute in Aveiro, focusing on the "Detection of Botnets." This advanced study deepened my expertise in computer engineering and telematics.

Participated in the Erasmus program, studying Computer Engineering and Telematics. This experience provided an international perspective on the field.