Marks & Spencer
Software Engineering Manager - Cloud Platform
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Changing the Game in Engineering
We’re pioneering industry-leading innovation within our operations. Now, we need a stellar engineering team to lead the charge. Join one of the UK’s most iconic brands at a pivotal moment in our history. Our tech teams are now more integrated and product-focused than ever—constantly learning, adapting, and evolving to benefit millions of people every day.
About the Role
Title
Software Engineering Manager – M&S Platform Team
Mission
Streamline development for 200+ engineers across 30+ applications, spanning customer-facing and colleague-facing systems.
Project Focus
You’ll lead the team building the AI Engineering Platform. Key responsibilities:
- Support the team and direct the technical vision to create reusable pipelines, tooling, build plugins, and frameworks.
- These solutions will empower multiple applications to enhance developer experience, reducing common engineering and CI/CD challenges.
- You’ll contribute proactive coding to ensure technical excellence.
Core Goal
Make Marks & Spencer one of the best places for software development, adopting modern tooling to enable engineers to build exceptional user experiences without latency.
What You’ll Do
- Drive engineering excellence across the board, from behaviours and operations to technical direction, production solutions, skills development, and reputation management.
- Foster self-management and accountability via thoughtful leadership, purposeful vision, and talent management.
- Lead alignment with the overarching technical strategy and collaborate with broader Technology leadership to shape it.
- Act as a platform owner, applying product thinking to maximize digital product impact through data-centricity and customer focus.
- Partner with engineering leadership to ensure strategic alignment and foster “thinking big”.
- Line-manage Staff and Senior Engineers, lead recruitment, and retain top talent.
- Oversee OKRs within your hub.
- Support engineering communities to raise standards and drive strategic initiatives by carving out dedicated time for these discussions.
- When partnering with vendors, represent the key technical viewpoint, treating in-house capabilities with equal parity to external services.
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Who You Are
- Polyglot, hands-on Senior Software Engineer—experienced in AI tooling and agentic technologies.
- Extensive software engineering background with proven expertise across diverse systems, technologies, and methodologies.
- Team leadership experience: Headed highly skilled senior engineering teams to deliver high-quality software.
- Proficient in system design, software architecture, cloud, and DevOps, embracing "build it, run it" philosophy.
- Exceptional testing and reliability engineering knowledge.
- Outstanding people management, communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Servant-leader mentality: Willing to take ownership of alignment and problems.
- Ability to influence key decision-makers, from highly technical to non-technical.
Our Tech Stack
- Azure cloud services (identity, networking, security)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates
- Kubernetes, containers, platform orchestration
- CI/CD pipelines: GitHub Actions, deployment automation
- Developer portals, golden paths, templates, self-service tooling
- Observability, reliability, cost management
- Security and compliance: Identity, governance, access control
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What’s In It For You
At M&S, we strive to deliver value, quality, and joy to millions daily. Our culture is inclusive, agile, and purpose-driven.
Benefits
💡 Ground-breaking discounts & savings:
- 20% colleague discount on M&S products + third-party brands (post-probation).
- Unique deals across our entire Choices portal.
📅 Work-life balance:
- Generous holiday allowance (with flexible buy/boost options).
💰 Incentives & financial growth:
- Discretionary profit-sharing bonuses.
- Strong pension scheme + life assurance for future security.
- Competitive current pay scale for Band 9:
🚀 Development & growth:
- Personalised inductions + training for long-term success.
- Professional ** advancement planning** and mentorship.
🏳️ Support for family & wellbeing:
- Leading family policies (parental, neonatal, adoption leave).
- 24/7 wellbeing support (virtual GP access, mental health services).
- Paid volunteer day to pursue causes close to your heart.
Everyone’s Welcome
We’re shaping the future of retail, blending disruption and digital leadership to create a more conscientious, innovative world. Our purpose: to be an inclusive organisation, trusted by colleagues, customers, and partners.
We Commit To:
✅ Diversity & representation: Nurture teams where everyone can bring their whole selves to work. ✅ Supportive collaboration: We stand together and strive to excel together.
⚡ Need adjustments? Specify your requirements during the application process—we’ll ensure a smooth and fair recruiting experience.
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