Fernando Caldeira — Product Manager leveraging design to scale global products with delight.

Working within Tinder’s Innovation Lab, I lead cross-functional teams that operate like an internal product studio. We own "Big Bets" from A to Z, spearheading game-changing features across Chat, Profile, and Discovery. Once we find product-market fit and scale the initial impact, we transition ownership to core teams for long-term optimization.

• Tackling Gen Z Engagement: Spearheaded the "Double Date" initiative and new discovery frameworks to reverse declining usage trends, focusing on shared experiences rather than just swiping.
• Scaling Premium Value (Tinder SELECT): Orchestrated product enhancements for the high-end segment, directly increasing retention and premium revenue through targeted, high-touch user experiences.
• High-Impact Feature Validation: Focused on rapid experimentation to identify sustainable engagement drivers, successfully scaling innovations that were later integrated into the core product ecosystem.
• Design-Led Profile Optimization: Launched a suite of profile features that led to record photo uploads and discovery depth.
• Retention Uplift: Improved conversation depth and active days—particularly among female users—by shipping features that prioritize meaningful connection over volume.
• Trusted Execution: Maintained role through layoffs—delivering confidence and consistent results.

Ablo connected people worldwide with real-time chat, video, and live translations. It was named Google App of the Year in its first year. I was responsible for transforming a viral sensation (50M+ users) into a sustainable business, ensuring that revenue growth never compromised the "magic" of serendipitous global connection.

• Aggressive Monetization Strategy: Engineered a new revenue roadmap that delivered a 300% increase in quarterly revenue. I achieved this by balancing new subscription tiers with gamified micro-transactions.
• Strategic Feature Pruning: To sharpen retention, I proposed and executed the removal of low-value legacy features, reallocating resources to a new streaming vertical that drove higher user LTV (Lifetime Value).
• Scale from Zero to 50M: Navigated the challenges of hyper-growth, working closely with data teams to identify and double down on the core features that moved Ablo from a niche tool to a global platform. During my stay I've created +150 specs.

This role gave me my first managerial responsibilities and shaped how I approach problem framing, solution design, and data analysis/impact measurement.

Built alongside my role at Tinder, Linkuid was born from a personal frustration with development bottlenecks. I co-founded this platform to automate staging environments platform to speed up software development by providing instantly available, isolated environments.

• Product-Led Infrastructure: Defined the vision for a staging-automation tool that integrated Docker and GitHub, turning a complex DevOps workflow into a one-click experience for developers.
• Full-Cycle Ownership: From initial user research and Figma prototyping to managing the deployment of isolated environments, I acted as the bridge between technical feasibility and market need.

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Based in Lisbon, Portugal — Available for local and global opportunities.