Staff Software Engineer - Stock Domain

Why Digital & Tech at M&S

We're changing the way we do things and putting industry leading innovation at the heart of how we operate; we need a stellar engineering team to make it happen. You'll be joining one of the most iconic brands in the UK on its most exciting cycle yet. We're more integrated and product led in our tech teams than ever before: learning, changing, and adapting constantly, with millions of people benefiting from your work every single day.

The Product

We have a genuine ambition to become engineering first, building and operating an elite digital platform. We are looking for people to join our community of engineers to support this transformation, build a modern digital ecosystem.

Scope

We are seeking a passionate Staff Software Engineer to join an emerging domain team. You will be a driving force behind the modernisation of critically important systems for M&S, as we scale. As a technical leader, you will be collaborating with multiple multi-functional teams to design, build and maintain an enterprise stock system which scales across supplier integration, online, stores, clothing and home, food, marketing, personalisation, planning and finance. Your expertise will help us create a best-in-class engineering environment while ensuring our systems are robust and scalable.

Key responsibilities of Staff Software Engineer:
• Lead the strategy of the domain, work with the stakeholders closely to proactively clarify business requirements
• Develop/improve M&S standard frameworks and policies, ensuring that they are understood and adopted
• Drive recruitment strategy and hiring plans
• Active participation and contribution to Communities of Practice with a focus on positive momentum
• Promote technology, innovation, values, and ways of workings within the team and wider community
• Inspire ideas to foster purpose and mastery to engineering team, leading them towards autonomy and maturity

What skills we are looking for:
• Design, build and maintain high-quality, reliable software with a strong emphasis on automation. As a DevOps team, we embrace a “build it, run it, maintain it” mindset, ensuring end-to-end ownership and accountability
• Confident driving system design conversations, building systems characterised by high levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity
• Champion extreme programming techniques such as pair programming, continuous delivery, collective code ownership and incremental design
• Contribute and lead product planning and roadmap with an agile mentality
• Lead the measurement and improvement of software development metrics
• Ability to lead senior engineers and technical customers to a desired outcome, without prescribing it
• Strong understanding of quality assurance, testing quadrants and the testing pyramid, and how to apply them
• Experience with implementation of Observability and Reliability using market technologies

Tech Stack
• Java 21, Micronaut, GraphQL, REST, Gradle
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Kafka, MongoDB, Cassandra, Elastic Search
• Terraform, Azure, GitHub Actions, Apigee, Dynatrace

Working for Us Means
• Hybrid Working
• Industry leading pension of up to 12% M&S contribution
• Bonus up to 40%
• 20% discount on M&S products
• Up to 2 weeks working abroad
• Learning days once a month, Tech/Ed days once a quarter and Hackathon every other quarter
• A range of wellbeing support (including free counselling and a virtual GP for you and immediate family)
• 25% off gym memberships, access to online fitness classes and discounts for complementary health services, such as nutrition and lifestyle coaching

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact. We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process. We are happy to talk flexible working and ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.