Lead the technical evolution of IKEA’s Microsoft Dynamics 365 global platform as it becomes a critical foundation for customer and commercial channels capabilities and help establish the engineering foundations.
As Platform Engineering Manager, you will lead the engineering work required to build, extend, integrate, modernise and govern IKEA’s Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform. You will translate platform strategy, architecture and product needs into executable engineering plans and ensure that delivery teams apply consistent, secure and sustainable practices.
Fluent English, both written and spoken, is essential, as English is the working language of the general platform team. Please submit with your application in English.
Support the Platform Owner and relevant leaders in developing and executing the Dynamics 365 platform roadmap, with particular focus on engineering delivery, quality, platform evolution and sustainable adoption.
Lead and prioritise the engineering backlog, balancing new platform capabilities, Case Management needs, integration demand, reliability improvements, technical debt reduction and platform modernisation.
Provide technical 360-degree direction for the Dynamics 365 platform, working with Platform Architecture, security, data, integration,



infrastructure and product teams to ensure coherent end-to-end solutions.
Establish and maintain engineering standards and guardrails for Dynamics 365 configuration, extension, integration, automation (CI/CD, test automation), environments, deployment, testing, release practices, observability and documentation.
Guide teams towards fit-for-purpose use of Dynamics 365 and related Microsoft technologies, avoiding unnecessary customisation and ensuring that platform capabilities are used consistently and responsibly.
Work with Product Owners and business stakeholders to understand, qualify and shape requirements, turning them into clear technical options, dependencies, estimates and delivery plans.
Drive consistency in engineering practices, tooling, architecture patterns and ways of working across internal teams, external partners and the Centre of Expertise.
Ensure that platform changes are engineered with appropriate security, privacy, resilience, performance, accessibility, supportability and cost considerations.
Lead, coach and develop engineers and technical specialists, promoting knowledge sharing, modern engineering practices and the progressive

📌 Senior Engineering Manager (Madrid)
🏢 IKEA
📍 Madrid