Staff Software Engineer - Food Supply Chain

We're changing the way we do things and putting industry-leading innovation at the heart of how we operate. To make that happen, we need an exceptional engineering team. You'll be joining one of the UK's most iconic brands during one of the most exciting periods in our history. Our technology teams are more integrated and product-led than ever before, constantly learning, evolving and adapting, with millions of customers benefiting from the solutions we deliver every day.

M&S Foods Logistics is at the heart of ensuring our customers can access the products they know and love, while helping us minimise waste and operate efficiently across our supply chain. We are investing heavily in our logistics and supply chain capabilities to build the M&S of the future and support our ambitious growth plans. This role sits at the centre of that transformation, helping to ensure our technology platforms are reliable, scalable and empowering our teams to get food into the hands of our customers.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

What You'll Do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Deliver and own high-quality software solutions, building, maintaining and operating reliable cloud-based services with strong automation, while taking responsibility for support and issue resolution, including participation in an out-of-hours support rota.
• Drive engineering excellence and DevOps practices, championing automation, experimentation and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle to improve quality, stability and delivery performance.
• Develop and embed engineering frameworks, standards and best practices, contributing to product planning, technical roadmaps and the achievement of Product Group objectives and key results.
• Mentor, coach and support engineers through code reviews, pair programming and knowledge sharing, helping to raise engineering capability and promote high-quality, maintainable code.
• Promote innovation, collaboration and continuous learning across teams, actively participating in communities of practice and helping shape recruitment and hiring strategies.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Delivery teams and business stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with business goals and customer outcomes.
• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, observability, incident management and continuous service improvement, ensuring resilient and reliable platforms.

Who You Are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Strong software engineering experience building and supporting enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with database technologies including MongoDB, SQL and CosmosDB.
• Experience developing cloud-native solutions using Azure Cloud Platform and Azure Databricks.
• Strong development experience with Java 11+, Spring Boot and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience working with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies including Kafka and IBM MQ.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code and automation practices using Terraform.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and applying DevOps principles throughout the development lifecycle.

Desirable Experience

• Experience within retail, supply chain, logistics or fulfilment technology environments.
• Exposure to modern observability, monitoring and site reliability engineering practices.
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering communities and best practices.

Tech Stack

The team uses a variety of technologies, including:

• Backend: Java 11+, Spring Boot
• Frontend: AngularJS
• Cloud & Data: Azure Cloud Platform, Azure Databricks
• Databases: MongoDB, SQL, CosmosDB
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
• Messaging & Event Streaming: Kafka, IBM MQ
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Everyone’s Welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re redefining, 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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