Engineering Manager, Scalable Systems & SRE Leadership

Marks and Spencer; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount

Holiday allowance with buy option

Discretionary bonus schemes

Pension and life assurance

Induction and training

M&S Choices perks portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Lead to drive the design, delivery and operation of scalable software across our digital platforms. You will mentor engineers, shape technical roadmaps and uphold high standards in reliability, observability and performance.

The role focuses on building high-performing teams, advancing engineering practices, and aligning technical work with business goals in a hybrid London-based environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software engineer with senior experience.
• Experience leading high-performing teams of senior engineers.
• Strong understanding of system design and cloud engineering.
• Commitment to DevOps, SRE and lifecycle ownership.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor and lead high-performing software engineering teams.
• Oversee planning and delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and shape roadmaps.
• Drive operational excellence and Elite DORA/SRE mindset.
• Ensure reliable, observable and well-tested systems.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Delivery teams.

Skills

Polyglot engineer

Team leadership

Software architecture

DevOps

Tools

Azure Cloud

Dynatrace

GraphQL Federation

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Lead to drive the design, delivery and operation of scalable software across our digital platforms. You will mentor engineers, shape technical roadmaps and uphold high standards in reliability, observability and performance.

The role focuses on building high-performing teams, advancing engineering practices, and aligning technical work with business goals in a hybrid London-based environment.