Senior Engineering Manager, Identity Platform (Hybrid)

Marks & Spencer Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus

Pension & life assurance

Induction & training

Exclusive perks & savings

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer plc in the United Kingdom seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Identity platform engineering effort. You will drive architecture decisions, guide a multi-disciplinary team, and partner with product to deliver secure, scalable authentication solutions for customers and colleagues.

You will mentor engineers, set standards, and advance DevOps practices while shaping the technical roadmap in alignment with the business strategy.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on software engineering experience across web/backend.
• Proven track record building and leading high-performing teams.
• Strong system design, cloud architectures and scalable software.
• Experience driving DevOps and end-to-end delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own software architecture decisions and design scalable systems.
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
• Oversee agile planning and delivery of projects.
• Provide technical leadership and select tools/standards.
• Ensure quality, performance, and reliable operations.

Skills

Polyglot hands-on senior software eng

Team leadership & mentoring

Scalable web/backend experience

DevOps mindset

Tools

Java

Spring

SpringBoot

Micronaut

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Angular

Azure Cloud

Kubernetes

Dynatrace

SQL Server

MongoDB

Ignite

Redis

Job description

Marks & Spencer plc in the United Kingdom seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Identity platform engineering effort. You will drive architecture decisions, guide a multi-disciplinary team, and partner with product to deliver secure, scalable authentication solutions for customers and colleagues.

You will mentor engineers, set standards, and advance DevOps practices while shaping the technical roadmap in alignment with the business strategy.