Staff Backend Engineer, Scalable Cloud Platforms

Marks and Spencer; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus

Pension and life assurance

Induction and training

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer's Software Engineering team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the Commercial Trading domain to help redefine digital capabilities for millions of customers and thousands of colleagues. You will lead, design and deliver scalable backend systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with architecture and product teams to drive observability, security and performance.

The role emphasizes engineering excellence, code reviews and cross-functional partnership to build resilient

Qualifications

• Proven track record in developing high-performing backend systems.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and patterns.
• Experience with automated testing across unit, integration, and system levels.
• Proficiency in Java, PL/SQL, JavaScript, Git and CI/CD.
• Experience building cloud-native applications with emphasis on performance and resilience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Mentoring mindset with ability to share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and debug high-quality software, championing engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership on solution design and standards.
• Lead design and delivery of scalable software and integrations with Architecture teams.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure standards, testing and quality.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business challenges into tech solutions.
• Mentor engineers to support their growth.
• Drive monitoring, incident response and operational excellence.

Skills

Backend systems

Java

PL/SQL

JavaScript

Git

CI/CD

Cloud-native apps

Observability

Performance

Resilience

Tools

SQL Server

MongoDB

Dynatrace

Azure Cloud

Kubernetes

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Angular

Ignite

Redis

Job description

Marks & Spencer's Software Engineering team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the Commercial Trading domain to help redefine digital capabilities for millions of customers and thousands of colleagues. You will lead, design and deliver scalable backend systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with architecture and product teams to drive observability, security and performance.

The role emphasizes engineering excellence, code reviews and cross-functional partnership to build resilient