Staff Software Engineer – International Pricing

Overview

In this role you will design, build and scale backend systems that support M&S’s international pricing across stores and online markets. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, secure solutions and champion engineering best practices. You will help shape platforms and integrations, focusing on observability and reliable performance. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-moving, engineering-led, globally focused retail tech environment.

Pay / Benefits

• 20% colleague discount on products
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Discretionary bonus schemes
• Strong pension and life assurance
• Tailored induction and training
• M&S Choices perks and savings

Responsibilities

• Develop and test high-quality software, enforcing engineering standards and best practices
• Provide technical leadership on complex projects aligning with architecture and strategy
• Design and implement scalable solutions and third-party integrations with Architecture teams
• Perform thorough code reviews to ensure maintainability and automated tests
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate challenges into technical solutions
• Mentor engineers across levels, fostering technical growth
• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, incident management and learning from production events

Key requirements

• Proven track record building high-performing backend systems and integrations with focus on scalability and reliability
• Strong grasp of software engineering principles, patterns and best practices
• Experience with automated testing across unit, integration and system levels
• Hands-on DevSecOps experience at scale across enterprise applications
• Technical proficiency in Java, PL/SQL, JavaScript and modern CI/CD tooling
• Experience designing cloud-native apps with emphasis on performance, resilience, observability and security
• Excellent communication and ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Mentoring mindset and passion for knowledge sharing and raising standards
• Knowledge of AI/ML technologies and GenAI tools like Copilot with practical integration experience
• Desirable: experience in retail, international commerce or large-scale enterprise integrations
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, cloud-native tech and distributed systems at scale

• communication
• mentoring
• cross-functional collaboration
• Java
• PL/SQL
• JavaScript

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