Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.
What you’ll do
Build and maintain high-quality, reliable software in the cloud, embracing a 'you build it, you run it' mindset.
Lead delivery of complex features and backlog items within your team, from design to production, ensuring smooth rollout and minimal operational disruption.
Own technical delivery within your team, helping break down ambiguous problems into clear, executable plans.
Design and implement solutions that align with existing architecture and contribute meaningfully to team-level technical direction.
Write, review, and release well-tested, maintainable code that ensures confidence in shipping high-quality software.
Who you are
You own delivery of complex features end-to-end, ensuring quality, performance, and reliability — not just completion.
You can take ambiguous problems and turn them into clear technical plans for the team to execute.
You design solutions that balance speed, maintainability, and long-term scalability.
You actively identify technical debt, risks, or inefficiencies and take action to address them.
You use observability and metrics to validate behaviour, debug issues, and improve system health.
Tech Stack:
M&S utilizes a variety of technologies within the Selling Experience, including:
Front-end: React, Next.js, TypeScript
Back-end: Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs
Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions
Observability & Monitoring: Dynatrace, PagerDuty
Quality & Testing: Jest, Playwright, Percy, Axe
Security & Scanning: Snyk, Semgrep, SonarCloud
Experimentation & Analytics: Optimizely, Adobe, Tealium
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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Skills Required
- Experience owning complex software features through design, development, testing, release, and production operation
- Ability to translate ambiguous technical problems into clear, executable plans
- Ability to design maintainable, scalable software solutions aligned with existing architecture
- Experience identifying and addressing technical debt, risks, and inefficiencies
- Experience using observability and metrics to validate behavior, debug issues, and improve system health
- Experience writing, reviewing, and releasing well-tested maintainable code
What We Do
At M&S, we're dedicated to being the most trusted retailer, prioritising quality and delivering value. Every day, we bring the magic of M&S to our customers, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us. For over a century, we've set the standard, doing the right thing and embracing innovation. Today, with over 65,000 colleagues serving 32 million customers globally, we're putting quality products at the heart of everything we do. Tomorrow holds boundless opportunities with us. We're pioneering digital innovation and shaping the future of retail where our values drive every action. We stay close to customers and colleagues, always curious and connected. Our decisions are bold, our actions ambitious. Transparency is paramount, with straightforward, honest communication. We're constantly innovating, always striving for the best. Our focus is on aiming higher and winning together, combined with wise financial decisions to secure our future. Join us at M&S to shape the future of retail.
