Description
We're changing the way we do things at Marks & Spencer, putting innovation at the heart of our operations. You’ll be joining our M&S Platform team as a Software Engineering Manager, managing a team building an AI Engineering platform. Your mission will be to streamline development for 200+ engineers and 30+ applications.
You will be responsible for engineering excellence within your team, cultivating self-management and accountability, and leading alignment with the overarching technical strategy. You will also act as a platform owner, applying product thinking to what is being built.
Key responsibilities include:
- Being accountable for engineering excellence within your teams
- Cultivating self-management and accountability throughout the team
- Leading alignment with the overarching technical strategy
- Acting as a platform owner with product thinking
- Collaborating with the entire engineering leadership
- Line management of supporting Staff and Senior Engineers
- Driving recruitment and retention within the team
Requirements:
- Previous polyglot hands-on senior software engineer experience
- Excellent knowledge in AI coding tools and agentic technologies
- Extensive background in software engineering with several years’ experience in various systems and technologies
- Experience building and leading teams of highly skilled, senior software engineers
- Excellent understanding of system design, software architecture, cloud, and software engineering standard methodologies
Our tech stack includes:
- Azure cloud services, identity, networking, and security
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM
- Kubernetes, containers, and platform orchestration
- CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and deployment automation
- Developer portals, golden paths, templates, and self-service tooling
- Observability, reliability, cost management, and operational excellence
- Secure access control, governance, and compliance
Benefits:
- 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands
- Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
- Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
- Strong pension and life assurance
- Tailored induction and training
- Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
- Market-leading family policies
- 24/7 wellbeing support