Platform Engineer, Data & Cloud Leader

Marks and Spencer; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus

Pension & life assurance

Induction & training

M&S Choices perks

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Platform team within Customer Data Platform. You will own end-to-end delivery of complex features and drive technical direction with cross-functional partners.

You will lead design, implementation and operability across cloud-based services, with a focus on reliability, observability and secure coding practices. This role emphasizes mentorship and scalable engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Ability to own end-to-end delivery of complex features with quality, performance and reliability.
• Mentor and support other engineers to raise team capability.
• Use observability and metrics to validate behavior and improve system health.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-quality software in the cloud with a 'you build it, you run it' mindset.
• Lead delivery of complex features from design to production with minimal disruption.
• Own technical delivery within the team, breaking down problems into executable plans.
• Design solutions aligned with architecture and team direction.
• Write, review and release well-tested, maintainable code.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

Mentoring engineers

Observability metrics

Cross-functional collaboration

On-call support

Code reviews

Security & reliability

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Platform team within Customer Data Platform. You will own end-to-end delivery of complex features and drive technical direction with cross-functional partners.

You will lead design, implementation and operability across cloud-based services, with a focus on reliability, observability and secure coding practices. This role emphasizes mentorship and scalable engineering solutions.