Staff Software Engineer - Online (Post Purchase Experience)

Marks and Spencer; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known retail company in London is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of robust software solutions. You will guide a team on engineering best practices, design scalable applications, and collaborate closely with stakeholders. Strong expertise in front-end systems and knowledge of various programming languages is essential. The role offers opportunities to work with a modern tech stack including React, Java, and Azure Cloud.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in developing high-performing, robust front-end systems.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, patterns, and practices.
• Good understanding of automated testing practices and toolsets.
• Technical versatility in relevant programming languages and tools.
• Expertise in designing scalable applications on cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and debug software solutions.
• Provide expert guidance on complex projects.
• Lead the design of scalable and adaptable software solutions.
• Conduct thorough code reviews for quality control.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and product managers.

Skills

Software Development

Technical Leadership

Architecture and Design

Code Review

Collaboration

Tools

JavaScript

Java

Git

CI/CD

React

Next.js

Typescript

Spring

Micronaut

Azure Cloud

Kubernetes

SQL Server

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Summary

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 that run right through the company's core and technology leaders that truly understand software engineers and engineering, it's an exciting time as we're redefining ourselves into a digital first and engineering-led organisation, with the quality of our engineering team being a key differentiator.

As a Staff Software Engineer your expertise will help us on this journey, creating solutions for the business that are robust and scalable, with good observability and metrics, following best-in-class engineering practice.

What You'll Do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Software Development: Develop, test, and debug software solutions, taking a lead on what good coding practices look like.
• Technical Leadership: Provide expert guidance on complex projects, ensuring that software solutions align both with our strategy, technology standards, and follow engineering best practice.
• Architecture and Design: Lead the design of scalable and adaptable software solutions or 3rd party integrations, whilst partnering with colleagues in Architecture.
• Code Review: Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to technical standards, maintainability, automated testing and high-quality code. Foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaboration: Gain a deep understanding of our area, working with key business stakeholders, product managers, and other engineers to be able to craft the most effective technical solutions.

Who You Are

Your skills and experience will include

• Proven track record in developing high-performing, robust front-end systems, with a focus on customer experience.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, patterns, and practices, applied to the development of maintainable and adaptable code.
• Good understanding of automated testing practices and toolsets, and how they are best applied at unit, integration, and system levels, across both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Technical versatility and proficiency in a range of relevant programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, Java) and tools (e.g. Git, CI/CD pipelines).
• Expertise in designing and implementing scalable applications on cloud infrastructure, with a focus on performance and security.

Tech Stack

M&S uses a variety of technologies and as part of our modernization drive, will be introducing new ones. The sorts of technologies include:

• React, Next.js, Typescript
• Java, Spring, SpringBOOT, Micronaut
• Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Dynatrace (observability)
• SQL Server, MongoDB
• Ignite, Redis