Tribe Architect – Customer Experience & Digital Platforms

Marks and Spencer; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in London is seeking a Tribe Architect to shape the architecture vision in areas like loyalty, banking, and online platforms. You will lead technical teams, define the roadmap, and ensure alignment with business needs. The ideal candidate has substantial architecture experience, knowledge of microservices, and strong stakeholder engagement skills. M&S offers a range of benefits, including a colleague discount, competitive holiday entitlement, and wellbeing support.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus schemes

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Training programmes

Wellbeing support

Charity volunteer day

Qualifications

• Significant experience in solution architecture.
• Proven track record in large-scale digital transformation.
• Ability to evaluate and apply emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define the Tribe’s architecture vision and technical direction.
• Lead and inspire technical teams and mentor future talent.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise models and compliance.

Skills

Architecture expertise

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Microservices architecture

Job description

A leading retail company in London is seeking a Tribe Architect to shape the architecture vision in areas like loyalty, banking, and online platforms. You will lead technical teams, define the roadmap, and ensure alignment with business needs. The ideal candidate has substantial architecture experience, knowledge of microservices, and strong stakeholder engagement skills. M&S offers a range of benefits, including a colleague discount, competitive holiday entitlement, and wellbeing support.