Ricardo Ferreira
@ricardoferreira1
I lead engineering teams and architect scalable multi-tenant retail platforms, cloud infrastructure, and delivery pipelines.
What I'm looking for
I've built and evolved enterprise retail technology at INOVRETAIL for more than a decade, supporting brands including Levi's, Benetton, MO, Salsa, Zippy, and Worten across Portugal, the United Kingdom, and Spain. As Head of New Product Development, I led a team of six developers and designers while defining the architecture for scalable, secure multi-tenant and multi-market platforms.
Today, through B&F Software and as a fractional Head of New Product Development, I provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, infrastructure strategy, and developer mentoring. I help teams modernize CI/CD, improve security and compliance practices, optimize operational costs, and build maintainable systems across cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, and distributed services.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Owner
B&F Software
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 8 months)
Founded an independent software and consulting firm delivering technical leadership, architecture, and developer mentoring. Advises clients on refactoring codebases and redesigning infrastructure to optimize maintainability, security, and performance.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto in 2012.
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Software and tools used professionally
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