AI Platform Engineering Manager

Marks and Spencer; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Marks & Spencer seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the AI engineering platform for 200+ engineers across 30+ applications. You will shape the technical vision, build reusable pipelines and tooling, and guide teams toward delivering a premium customer and colleague experience.

Join a brand with a strong UK presence and drive develoment excellence through modern tooling, while mentoring senior engineers and aligning with strategic tech goals.

Qualifications

• Polyglot hands-on senior software engineer with leadership experience.
• Expert in AI coding tools and agentic technologies.
• Strong background in cloud and software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for engineering excellence within your teams and drive operations and production reliability.
• Lead alignment with the technical strategy and craft it with the wider technology organisation.
• Act as a platform owner to enable digital products through data and customer centricity.

Skills

Senior software engineer

Polyglot

AI tools

Cloud architecture

DevOps mindset

Team leadership

Communication

Staff management

Tools

GitHub Actions

Copilot SDK

Agent frameworks

Kotlin

TypeScript

Job description

Marks & Spencer seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the AI engineering platform for 200+ engineers across 30+ applications. You will shape the technical vision, build reusable pipelines and tooling, and guide teams toward delivering a premium customer and colleague experience.

Join a brand with a strong UK presence and drive develoment excellence through modern tooling, while mentoring senior engineers and aligning with strategic tech goals.