Marks & Spencer
Software Engineering Manager - Web Platform
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Software Engineering Manager – M&S Platform Team
We're changing the way we do things, and putting industry-leading innovation at the heart of our operations. You’ll be joining one of the most iconic brands in the UK on its most exciting journey yet. Our technology teams are more integrated, product-led, and agile than ever, constantly evolving to benefit millions of customers daily.
As a Software Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the M&S Platform team in delivering scalable solutions for over 200 engineers and 30+ applications—covering both customer-facing and colleague-facing systems.
Your role will focus on:
- Managing the development of a web platform
- Supporting the team in defining a technical vision for reusable pipelines, tooling, plugins, and frameworks
- Ensuring developers have the best possible experience through data-driven, customer-centric solutions -Advancing platform ownership while contributing hands-on to coding and daily operations
We aim to make M&S one of the best places for software development, adopting cutting-edge tools and empowering engineers to build best-in-class user experiences without stagnation caused by standard engineering or CI/CD challenges.
About the Role
You’ll lead a high-impact team on the M&S Platform, building a foundation that enables faster, more reliable application delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Driving engineering excellence: Accountability for technical direction, ops, skills, growth, and reputation within your teams.
- Leadership & empowerment: Cultivating self-managed, high-performance teams with clear purpose and strategic talent development.
- Technical strategy alignment: Working across the Technology organisation to shape platform vision and ensure strategic scaling.
- Product thinking & platform ownership: Applying data/customer-centric thinking to enhance digital products and streamline partner workflows.
- Strategic leadership: Collaborating with engineering leadership to align goals, foster "thinking big," and solve complex challenges collaboratively.
- People & culture: Line managing Staff and Senior Engineers, driving recruitment, retention, and mentorship.
- OKR oversight: As custodian, ensuring your team’s Objectives and Key Results are clear and impactful.
- Technology communities: Sparing spaces/time for strategic discussions and bar-raising initiatives.
- Vendor partnerships: Representing M&S as the key technical partner, advocating for consolidated M&S internal/external tools equally.
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Requirements
Your Profile
As a strategic technologist, you should have:
- Polyglot, hands-on experience as a senior software engineer with expertise in modern web technology.
- 3+ years senior experience in software engineering, managing complex systems and technologies.
- Expertise in system design, architecture, cloud principles, and scaling engineering workflows.
- Promoter of DevOps—you build, manage, and scale solutions end-to-end.
- Deep understanding of testing strategies and reliability engineering.
- Exceptional people management skills: ability to inspire, guide, and empower senior engineers to achieve goals without micromanaging.
- Confidence in communicating across audiences, from technical to non-technical.
Key Attributes
- Selflessness & influence: Servant-leadership mentality, willingness to take ownership, and ability to drive impact at all levels.
- Strategic collaboration: Work with stakeholders to balance vision, execution, and innovation.
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Our Tech Stack
- Frontend: Next.js, React, CSS Modules
- Testing: Playwright, Jest
- APIs: GraphQL
- CI/CD & Tooling: GitHub, GitHub Actions
- Architecture: NX (monorepo)
- Cloud: Azure
What’s In It For You
Working at M&S means contributing to something larger and more purposeful—where your work directly impacts millions of customers globally.
Perks & Benefits
- 20% colleague discount on M&S products & partner brands
- Competitive leave entitlement (plus options to buy extra)
- Performance-linked bonuses
- ** cThriving pension & life assurance**
- Technical & leadership training tailored to your ambitions
- Family policies inclusive of parental, adoption, and neonatal leave
- Health & wellbeing: access to virtual GP and mental health support
- One paid volunteer day per year
Everyone’s Welcome
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At Marks & Spencer, we’re transforming retail into a more sustainable, innovative digital future. We’re an inclusive organisation, celebrating diversity to create the best work environments and services for colleagues, customers, and partners.
Be part of our journey—where you belong at every stage of tech-led change.
If you need support or reasonable adjustments at any point, please speak up. We’re committed to ensuring you’re comfortable and empowered throughout the recruitment process.
(Note: Discrimination on any basis, including disability, is not tolerated.)
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