Senior Backend Engineer – Commercial Planning Platform

Marks and Spencer; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount on M&S products

Discretionary bonus

Strong pension and life assurance

Wellbeing support

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering team within Commercial Planning. You will build and integrate robust backend services, champion engineering excellence and mentor peers. The role focuses on scalable, secure solutions aligned with the business roadmap.

You will work with Java/Spring Boot, Azure cloud, containers (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines, delivering high-quality software with strong observability in a hybrid London/UK setting.

Qualifications

• Strong backend development experience across large-scale systems.
• Proficiency with Java and modern development practices.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and security.
• Hands-on DevSecOps across enterprise-grade apps.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and debug software solutions with a focus on scalable, robust backend systems.
• Lead design and delivery of integrations, aligning with architectural standards and roadmaps.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and ensure automated testing and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and drive observability, monitoring and incident practices.

Skills

Java/Spring Boot

CI/CD tooling

DevSecOps

Git

Azure

Observability

Tools

Kafka/Confluent

MongoDB

Azure SQL Server

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering team within Commercial Planning. You will build and integrate robust backend services, champion engineering excellence and mentor peers. The role focuses on scalable, secure solutions aligned with the business roadmap.

You will work with Java/Spring Boot, Azure cloud, containers (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines, delivering high-quality software with strong observability in a hybrid London/UK setting.