Lead Platform Engineer (Power Platform / D365)

Hiscox Underwriting Group Services Ltd Portugal (HUGS PT); Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Gym allowance

Pension plan

Sabbatical after 5 years

Hybrid working system

Zusammenfassung

Hiscox Underwriting Group Services Ltd Portugal (HUGS PT) in Lisbon is seeking a Lead to drive the technical direction of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform initiatives. The role leads a 4–8 developer team, mentors talent, and delivers scalable solutions to support business transformation.

You will be based in Lisbon with hybrid/flexible working and may travel to the UK York office for close collaboration with the wider team.

Qualifikationen

• Expertise in Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
• Strong mentoring and team leadership experience.
• Hands-on development with full lifecycle ownership.
• Broad technical background beyond certifications.

Aufgaben

• Provide technical leadership across Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
• Architect and implement tailored solutions and integrations.
• Lead design, development and deployment of bespoke apps.
• Mentor developers and ensure best practices.
• Own SDLC from design to deployment and support.
• Ensure security and governance across delivery.

Kenntnisse

Power Platform

Dynamics 365

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Full lifecycle ownership

.NET development

Tools

NET development

Jobbeschreibung

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead to drive the technical direction of our Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform initiatives. This is a pivotal role within the Platform team, responsible for leading a team of 4–8 developers, mentoring talent, and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions that support business transformation.

About You

You will have broad technical expertise across the software development lifecycle and a passion for mentoring and developing a high performing team. This is a demanding role and the successful candidate will be motivated, organised, and self-starting. You will be based in our Lisbon office (we operate a hybrid/flexible working system) and be prepared to travel to our UK York office to maintain close relationships with the wider team.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership
• Architect and implement tailored solutions using Dynamics 365 and Power Platform technologies.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of bespoke applications and integrations.
• Provide hands-on support and guidance to developers, ensuring best practices and technical excellence.
• SDLC Ownership
• Support the full software development lifecycle from design through development, testing, deployment, and support.
• Ensure all stages of the SDLC are well-documented, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with SRE and support teams for smooth handovers and operational readiness.
• Team Management & Mentoring
• Line manage and coach a team of developers, fostering growth and technical capability.
• Oversee performance, career development, and technical mentoring.
• Manage third-party resources as needed for burst capacity.
• Governance & Standards
• Establish and enforce development standards and processes.
• Monitor adherence and remediate deviations.
• Ensure solutions meet quality, security, and supportability benchmarks.
• Stakeholder Management & Requirements Translation
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical designs and delivery plans (business engineering).
• Facilitate workshops and technical discovery to shape solution scope, priorities, and delivery increments.
• Communicate trade-offs clearly (cost, time, risk, maintainability) and drive alignment across business and engineering.
• Platform Strategy, Roadmap & Architecture Forums
• Contribute to platform strategy and roadmap for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and transformation goals.
• Participate in (and help lead) architectural decision-making forums, ensuring consistent patterns, reusable components, and sound technical governance.
• Maintain architectural documentation and decision records to improve transparency and reduce delivery risk.
• Release Management, Environments & DevOps
• Automation in alignment with company standards and CoE Team
• Own release management practices, including versioning, deployment readiness, rollback planning, and release communications.
• Define and improve environment strategy (e.g., dev/test/uat/prod), including access controls, data management, and lifecycle policies.
• Drive DevOps automation expectations for build/release pipelines, quality gates, and repeatable deployments across Power Platform/D365 solutions.
• Security & Compliance (Power Platform/D365)
• Ensure security and compliance practices are embedded across delivery, including ALM discipline and environment governance.
• Implement and maintain policies specific to Power Platform/D365 (e.g., DLP policies), ensuring solutions meet enterprise security and supportability requirements.
• Work with security, risk, and compliance stakeholders to ensure controls are documented, auditable, and operationally sustainable.

Required Skills & Experience

• Expertise in Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
• Experience with .NET development is a plus.
• Ability to mentor and influence engineers and manage technical teams.
• Comfortable with hands-on development and full lifecycle ownership.
• Broad technical background beyond certifications, with real-world delivery experience.

Preferred / Advantageous

• Certification such as Dynamics 365 + Power Platform Solution Architect is advantageous.

Why Hiscox?

• Healthy work-life balance with our 35h/week and hybrid working system.
• Holidays: 25 days + 2 Hiscox Days (Extra two Annual Leave).
• Health insurance, gym allowance, pension plan etc.
• After 5 years work 1-month sabbatical leave.
• Team spirit with many opportunities to engage and an open culture. Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture

If you want to help build a brilliant future; work with amazing people; be part of a unique company culture; and, of course, enjoy great employee benefits that take care of your mental and physical wellbeing, come and join us. If this is your first time visiting our career site and you wish to stay in touch please select the 'Introduce yourself' button on the top right. This will allow us to contact you with suitable vacancies. If you are a returning prospect and wish to view our current vacancies please Search for Jobs using the link on the top right. We’re a global, specialist insurer headquartered in Bermuda and listed on the London Stock Exchange. With 3,000 employees and 32 offices in 12 countries we’re a business with lots of opportunity for people with talent, spark and lots of ambition. If you want to build a great career with a company that prioritises strong values – such as integrity and courage – where our people always pull together to do the right thing for each other and our customers, then we’d love to hear from you.