Software Engineer

As part of the M&S Software Engineering team, you’ll be joining a well-loved historic brand, working on solutions that serve millions of loyal customers and thousands of colleagues! With ethical values that run right through the company’s core and technology leaders that truly understand software engineers and engineering, it’s an exciting time as we’re redefining ourselves into a digital first and engineering-led organisation, with the quality of our engineering team being a key differentiator. 

As a Staff Software Engineer in Commercial Trading, your expertise will help us on this journey, creating solutions for the business that are robust and scalable, with good observability and metrics, following best-in-class engineering practice. 

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

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead the architecture, design 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, driving engineering excellence through code reviews, deployment optimisation and adoption of engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Delivery, Architecture, Infrastructure and senior leadership to deliver solutions aligned to business priorities, technology strategy and operational requirements.
• Drive operational excellence by ensuring high availability, observability, resilience and continuous improvement across platforms and services.
• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, supporting capability development, knowledge sharing and fostering a high-performing engineering culture.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Strong hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Micronaut, REST APIs, microservices architecture and event-driven technologies.
•  Proven expertise in modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, source control and DevOps principles, with a strong ownership mindset.
•  Experience designing, deploying and supporting scalable cloud-native solutions using Azure, Kubernetes, Docker and modern platform technologies.
• Strong understanding of operational excellence, observability, resilience and production support, including monitoring, performance optimisation and security best practices
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and mentoring skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and drive continuous improvement across engineering teams.