Software Engineering Manager - Price

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, it’s an exciting time as we’re redefining ourselves into a digital‑first, engineering‑led organisation. We are seeking a passionate Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtfully and operate with excellence.

You will be an integral part of our empowered, self‑managing, multi‑disciplinary engineering teams – designing, building, releasing, and maintaining products – and play a key role in driving our ambition to create a best‑in‑class software engineering team, environment, and culture.

• Team Management:
  Build, mentor, and manage a high‑performing software engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Agile Delivery:
  Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Technical Leadership:
  Drive the adoption of standards and methodologies for software development, provide technical guidance, evaluate new technologies, and support the technical roadmap.
• Quality Assurance and Maintenance:
  Establish and enforce quality standards and oversee maintenance and support of existing software systems.

• Previous polyglot hands‑on senior software engineer.
• Experience with highly scalable software solutions across web or backend.
• Extensive background in software engineering with several years in a variety of systems and technologies.
• Experience building and leading teams of highly skilled senior software engineers.
• Excellent understanding of system design, software architecture, cloud, and engineering methodologies.
• Promoter of Dev Ops: you build it, you run it.

• Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Micronaut
• React, Next.js, Typescript, Angular
• Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Dynatrace (observability)
• SQL Server, MongoDB
• Ignite, Redis

• 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third‑party brands for you and a household member (available after probation).
• Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more.
• Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance.
• Strong pension and life assurance.
• Tailored induction and training.
• Exclusive perks through M&S Choices portal.
• Market‑leading family policies.
• 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services.
• One paid volunteer day a year.

We are ambitious about the future of retail and are disrupting, innovating, and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We transform how we work together, offering opportunities to shape the future. Marks & Spencer is committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you’ll benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know when completing your application.