Global Pricing Platform Lead, Backend Engineer

Marks & Spencer; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus

Pension and life assurance

Induction and training

M&S Choices portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the International Pricing team in London, adopting a hybrid working model. You will design, build and scale backend systems and integrations that power international markets, collaborating with architecture, product and operations.

Join a brand-led engineering culture focused on reliability, observability and secure cloud-native solutions, while mentoring others and driving continuous improvement across teams.

Qualifications

• Proven track record developing high-performing, robust backend systems and integrations, with a focus on optimisation, scalability and reliability.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, patterns and best practices, applied to the development of maintainable, adaptable and resilient solutions.
• Strong understanding of automated testing strategies and tools, and how they should be applied across unit, integration and system testing levels.
• Proven hands‑on experience implementing DevSecOps practices at scale across enterprise applications and technology platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable cloud-native applications with a strong focus on performance, resilience, observability and security.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A mentoring mindset with a genuine passion for sharing knowledge, raising engineering standards and helping others develop.
• Knowledge of AI/ML technologies and GenAI tools such as Copilot, with practical experience implementing AI-enabled tools and agents across the software development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of the retail domain would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Experience working within international commerce, pricing, commercial systems or large-scale enterprise integration environments would be beneficial.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, cloud-native technologies and distributed systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and debug high-quality software solutions, leading by example and championing engineering best practices across the team.
• Provide technical leadership on complex projects, ensuring software solutions align with technology strategy, architectural principles and engineering standards.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable software solutions and third-party integrations, partnering closely with Architecture teams to deliver adaptable and resilient systems.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure maintainability, automated testing coverage, technical quality and adherence to engineering standards while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders and engineers to understand business challenges and deliver effective technical solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, sharing knowledge and creating opportunities for technical growth and development.
• Drive operational excellence through effective monitoring, alerting, incident management and continuous learning from production events and operational insights.

Skills

Backend systems

Software engineering principles

Automated testing

DevSecOps

Cloud-native applications

Observability

Mentoring

AI/GenAI

Retail domain knowledge

International commerce / pricing

Event-driven architectures

Tools

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Kafka

Confluent

IBM MQ

MongoDB

SQL Server

Apigee

REST APIs

Windows Services

Dynatrace

OpenTelemetry

PagerDuty

Helix

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the International Pricing team in London, adopting a hybrid working model. You will design, build and scale backend systems and integrations that power international markets, collaborating with architecture, product and operations.

Join a brand-led engineering culture focused on reliability, observability and secure cloud-native solutions, while mentoring others and driving continuous improvement across teams.