Staff Software Engineer - International Pricing

MARKS&SPENCER; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% discount on products

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Pension & life assurance

Induction & training

M&S Choices portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer's Software Engineering team invites you to join a historic brand shaping its digital future. In the International Pricing group, you’ll design and build robust, scalable backend systems and integrations that support stores and online markets across borders.

You’ll mentor engineers, lead complex projects, apply DevSecOps at scale, and champion security, observability and performance while collaborating with product and architecture teams.

Qualifications

• Proven track record building backend systems with focus on scalability and reliability.
• Strong grasp of software engineering principles and patterns.
• Experience with automated testing across unit/integration/system levels.
• Hands-on DevSecOps experience at scale in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in Java, PL/SQL and JavaScript with modern CI/CD tooling.
• Experience designing cloud-native apps prioritising performance, observability and security.
• Excellent communicator and mentor to engineers at all levels.
• Knowledge of AI/ML tools and GenAI applications in the SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and debug high-quality software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on complex projects.
• Lead design and implementation of scalable software and integrations.
• Conduct thorough code reviews for quality and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to solve business challenges.
• Mentor engineers and foster growth across the team.
• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, incident management and learning from production events.

Skills

Backend systems

Robust integrations

DevSecOps

CI/CD tooling

Java

PL/SQL

JavaScript

Cloud-native

Observability

Security

AI/GenAI tools

Tools

Kafka/Confluent

IBM MQ/MQFTE

SFTP

Apigee

REST APIs

Windows Services

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Dynatrace

OpenTelemetry

PagerDuty

Azure (IaaS/PaaS)

Job description

As part of the M&S Software Engineering team, you'll be joining a well-loved, historic brand, working on solutions that serve millions of loyal customers and thousands of colleagues. With ethical values running through the company's core, and technology leaders who truly understand software engineering, it's an exciting time to join us as we redefine ourselves as a digital-first, engineering-led organisation. The quality of our engineering team is a key differentiator.

This role sits within the International Pricing team, supporting M&S's International business across stores and online markets outside the UK and Ireland. This is central to M&S's ambitious global expansion plans. Your expertise will help us on this journey, creating solutions for the business that are robust, scalable and secure, with strong observability, clear metrics and best-in-class engineering practices. You'll play a key role in designing and evolving the platforms and integrations that enable international pricing capabilities across multiple markets and channels.

What You'll Do

• Develop, test and debug high-quality software solutions, leading by example and championing engineering best practices across the team.
• Provide technical leadership on complex projects, ensuring software solutions align with technology strategy, architectural principles and engineering standards.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable software solutions and third-party integrations, partnering closely with Architecture teams to deliver adaptable and resilient systems.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure maintainability, automated testing coverage, technical quality and adherence to engineering standards while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders and engineers to understand business challenges and deliver effective technical solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, sharing knowledge and creating opportunities for technical growth and development.
• Drive operational excellence through effective monitoring, alerting, incident management and continuous learning from production events and operational insights.

Who You Are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Proven track record developing high-performing, robust backend systems and integrations, with a focus on optimisation, scalability and reliability.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, patterns and best practices, applied to the development of maintainable, adaptable and resilient solutions.
• Strong understanding of automated testing strategies and tools, and how they should be applied across unit, integration and system testing levels.
• Proven hands-on experience implementing DevSecOps practices at scale across enterprise applications and technology platforms.
• Technical proficiency across a variety of programming languages and technologies, including Java, PL/SQL, JavaScript and modern CI/CD tooling.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable cloud-native applications with a strong focus on performance, resilience, observability and security.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A mentoring mindset with a genuine passion for sharing knowledge, raising engineering standards and helping others develop.
• Knowledge of AI/ML technologies and GenAI tools such as Copilot, with practical experience implementing AI-enabled tools and agents across the software development lifecycle.

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of the retail domain would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Experience working within international commerce, pricing, commercial systems or large-scale enterprise integration environments would be beneficial.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, cloud-native technologies and distributed systems at scale.

Tech Stack

• Languages & Frameworks: PL/SQL, Java (Spring Boot), Python, AI/ML technologies.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure IaaS and PaaS services, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform.
• Data & Messaging: Kafka/Confluent, IBM MQ/MQFTE and SFTP.
• Databases: MongoDB and SQL Server on Azure.
• API & Integration: Apigee, REST APIs and Windows Services.
• Observability: Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, PagerDuty and Helix.

What's in it for you?

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We're inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.

Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:

• 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you've completed your probation.
• Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more.
• Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours.
• Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future.
• Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one.
• Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal.
• Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave.
• 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services.
• One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you.

Everyone's Welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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