International Principal Software Engineer: Platform & Scale

Marks and Spencer; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount 20%

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Pension & life assurance

Induction & training

M&S Choices portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide senior technical leadership across our International Fashion, Home & Beauty division. You will shape mission-critical platforms supporting international growth, operating with Engineering, Product, Architecture and Delivery teams to design robust, scalable and secure solutions.

You will set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and build platforms that support product, price and availability flows, partner

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale software engineering programs.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures and DevOps practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction across international growth platforms.
• Define scalable integration patterns for product and partner ecosystems.
• Set engineering standards and ensure secure, scalable solutions.

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide senior technical leadership across our International Fashion, Home & Beauty division. You will shape mission-critical platforms supporting international growth, operating with Engineering, Product, Architecture and Delivery teams to design robust, scalable and secure solutions.

You will set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and build platforms that support product, price and availability flows, partner