Azure Principal Engineer - Microservices & Architecture

MARKS&SPENCER; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount on M&S products

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Strong pension and life assurance

Tailored induction and training

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Principal Engineer to set technical direction and lead architectural decisions for the People & Labour domain. You will mentor senior engineers, align technology with business goals, and drive modernisation of Azure-based microservices and integrations.

You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, and Product stakeholders to ensure secure, observable, and resilient systems, while promoting a strong engineering culture and high standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in system design and architecture for critical domains.
• Proven track record leading technical direction and architectural decisions.
• Strong mentoring and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and roadmap for People & Labour sub-domains.
• Lead system design across teams and platforms, guiding API and SaaS integration decisions.
• Mentor managers and senior engineers to foster technical excellence.

Skills

System design

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Observability

Tools

Azure

APIs

Event-driven architecture

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Principal Engineer to set technical direction and lead architectural decisions for the People & Labour domain. You will mentor senior engineers, align technology with business goals, and drive modernisation of Azure-based microservices and integrations.

You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, and Product stakeholders to ensure secure, observable, and resilient systems, while promoting a strong engineering culture and high standards.