Hybrid Identity Platform Engineering Lead

MARKS&SPENCER

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount on products
Competitive holiday allowance
Discretionary bonus schemes
Pension and life assurance
Induction and training
Exclusive perks via Choices portal
Family policies
Wellbeing support
Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to shape the Identity Platform across customer and colleague journeys. You’ll lead polyglot engineers, design scalable architectures, and drive delivery with a focus on reliability and security.

You’ll collaborate with Principal engineers and product partners to align architecture with the commercial roadmap, while nurturing a high-performing, inclusive engineering culture in a hybrid London-based setup.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience as a senior software engineer with leadership responsibilities.
  • Experience building scalable web/backend systems.

Responsibilities

  • Own design and architecture decisions for scalable, distributed services.
  • Lead and mentor a high-performing software team.
  • Oversee agile delivery, risk management and cross-team collaboration.
  • Set technical direction, evaluate new tools, and plan the engineering roadmap.
  • Ensure quality, reliability and maintainability of platforms.

Skills

Senior software engineer
Team leadership
Cloud architectures
DevOps mindset
Java / Kotlin

Tools

Java
Kotlin
GraphQL Federation
Micronaut
Azure Cloud
GitHub
New Relic
Dynatrace

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to shape the Identity Platform across customer and colleague journeys. You’ll lead polyglot engineers, design scalable architectures, and drive delivery with a focus on reliability and security.

You’ll collaborate with Principal engineers and product partners to align architecture with the commercial roadmap, while nurturing a high-performing, inclusive engineering culture in a hybrid London-based setup.

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