Staff Software Engineer - Store Operations

Hybrid in London·Added 3 months ago

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Marks & Spencer

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Overview

Job details

Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

Be near London for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have senior-level experience
Staff-level role.

Skills

Nice to have

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The role

Join M&S as a Staff Software Engineer within our Store Operations C&H team and help shape the future of retail technology. As part of our Software Engineering community, you'll join a trusted and iconic brand undergoing an exciting digital transformation. You'll play a key role in building and evolving colleague-facing applications that support stock keeping and stock movement operations across stores and distribution centres, helping thousands of colleagues deliver a great experience for millions of customers. We're looking for a technical leader with deep software engineering expertise, a passion for mentoring others, and experience delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions using modern engineering practices. You'll influence architecture, drive engineering excellence and help develop the next generation of engineering talent.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

Lead the architecture, design, development and delivery of scalable software solutions, distributed systems and modernisation initiatives that support critical store operations across M&S.
Provide technical leadership on complex, high-impact projects, tackling challenging technical problems while driving engineering excellence through code reviews, deployment optimisation and best practice adoption.
Collaborate with stakeholders across product, delivery, architecture, infrastructure and senior leadership to deliver solutions aligned to business objectives, technology strategy and operational requirements.
Drive operational stability through a production-first mindset, ensuring high availability, observability, service reliability and continuous improvement across platforms and services.
Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, supporting recruitment, onboarding, capability development and fostering a high-performing engineering culture focused on innovation and continuous learning.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

Strong hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using Java 21+, Spring Boot, Micronaut, REST APIs, microservices architecture, Kafka, MongoDB and relational databases including PostgreSQL, SQL Server and Azure SQL.
Expertise in modern software engineering practices including TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines and Sonar, with a strong DevOps mindset of "you build it, you run it, you support it".
Proven experience designing, deploying and supporting highly scalable cloud-native applications using Azure, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, Redis and Azure Storage, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud engineering.
Strong understanding of operational excellence, observability, resilience and production support, with experience using Dynatrace and New Relic, alongside security, performance testing and optimisation best practices.
Excellent leadership, coaching and stakeholder management skills, with experience mentoring engineers and exposure to technologies such as Kotlin, React and AI coding assistants/AI agents, whilst advocating engineering best practice and continuous improvement.

Our Tech Stack

Java 21+
Spring Boot
Micronaut
REST APIs
Microservices
Kafka
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
SQL Server
Azure SQL
Git & GitHub
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps & Azure Pipelines
Azure
Kubernetes
Azure Storage
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What's in it for you?

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We're inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.

Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:

20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you've completed your probation
Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future
Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one
Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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About Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is a British retailer selling womenswear, menswear, kidswear, home and beauty products alongside food and drink, both through stores and online with delivery and Click & Collect. The company also offers services including credit cards, insurance and travel money under M&S Money, plus M&S Opticians.

M&S describes itself as trusted by millions of customers and as one of Britain's most-loved brands, investing in better materials, more responsible sourcing and innovative product development.