Platform Engineering Leader

As a Platform Engineering Leader youll help shape how engineering work comes together across multiple teams by creating alignment spotting opportunities to reuse great ideas and championing best practices that make our platforms stronger. Youll work closely with Architecture to ensure our technical solutionsincluding those leveraging cloud technologies AI capabilities and automationconnect seamlessly across products and platforms supporting performance reusability and broader business goals. With your understanding of the IKEA business model and its technology landscape youll guide teams to improve information flow and ensure engineering work is both effective and meaningful. 

Youll also play a key role in building a collaborative and inclusive engineering culturedriving adoption of smart design patterns promoting shared technology platforms and modern cloud and AIdriven approaches and avoiding duplicated effort through thoughtful automation. As an ambassador for platform engineering youll onboard new engineers explore emerging technologies and recommend improvements that enhance performance reliability and efficiency. As a senior voice in the wider technology community youll represent IKEA both internally and externally helping shape the future of engineering across the organisation. 

Qualifications :

Were looking for someone who is passionate about delivering highquality platforms and technology within complex ecosystems and who loves exploring new ideas and innovations.  

With a solid foundation in network architecture base infrastructure platform engineering and service management you navigate cloud hybrid and on-prem environments with ease.  

You treat physical and network deployments with a software engineering mindset at scale. This includes Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform etc.) network virtualization and high levels of automation.  

You easily understand and navigate with terms as ZTNA identity-based access micro-segmentation and SASE to protect our global value chain. You are experienced with modern technologies like SD-WAN wireless and data centre networking. On top of that you understand the need of highly automated base infra such as DNS/DHCP/IPAM is highly available and automated 

You thrive in a fast-changing environment and bring a growth mindset exploring learning and sharing better ways forward. Above all you lead with IKEA values and use technology to enable a better everyday life for the many.  

Youll thrive in an environment where agility curiosity and adaptability are valuedwhether youre working independently or as part of a crossfunctional team. With a mindset focused on simplicity efficiency and accountability youll actively seek out new skills champion fresh methods and help shape new digital ways of working that improve performance and inspire others. 

Youll bring strong interpersonal and communication skills enabling you to build trusted relationships and explain technical concepts clearly to a wide range of audiences from team members to suppliers. Motivated by helping others grow youll contribute to developing technical competence across teams while leading with confidence through change and new strategic directions. Most importantly youll embrace and share the IKEA culture and values understanding how technology plays an essential role in our unique business and helping create an inclusive environment where people support one another and succeed together. 

This role requires strong knowledge and handson experience in cloud technologies AI solutions and automation to drive smarter more efficient ways of working. 

To be successful in this role the following knowledge skills and experiences would be valuable: 

• Extensive knowledge of Modern networking & connectivity: Strong understanding of cloud/hybrid ecosystems including SD-WAN SASE and high-availability global connectivity for fast-scaling retail and distribution environments.  

• Zero-Trust & secure edge: Deep experience in identity-aware access models micro-segmentation and secure infra to build a secure perimeter by design.  

• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Using tools like Terraform to automate physical and network deployments ensuring our foundation is version-controlled and repeatable.  

• Foundational Compute & Core Services: Solid understanding of data centre operations and core services like DNS/DHCP/IPAM and load balancing managed as mission-critical products.  

• Experience working with agile frameworks scaled delivery models and IT service operations.  

• Use of metrics and OKRs to measure impact and drive continuous improvement.  

• Proven track record of leading technical teams formal or informal 

• Experience with risk compliance and regulatory requirements for global infrastructure.  

• And last but not least a natural and genuine easy going way of communication and meeting with all IKEA stakeholders in a humble but straightforward way. 

Additional Information :

This is a full-time role (40-hours per week) based in Malmö Sweden and reports to the Platform Manager for Connectivity & base infrastructure. 

Ready to assemble your next step
Submit your CV and let us know why you would be a good fit by the 7th of October 2026. 

Please also note that we only handle applications in English and do not accept applications coming in by email. If you have any questions about the recruitment process please connect with Calvin Blyth (2@). 

At IKEA we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. Youre welcome no matter where you come from what you believe and what you look like. We dont even care how you have furnished your home. Were interested in you simply because youre you. Even if your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that peoples different perspectives backgrounds and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs. At IKEA were all on the same project. 

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process just let us know. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time