Software Engineering Manager - Warehouse Integration

We are seeking a passionate Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtfully and operate with excellence. You will be an integral part of our empowered, self‑managing, multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

• Operational stability of software solutions owned by your team
• Delivering high quality solutions that deliver value to the business
• Leading on improving the maturity of the team, progress towards or maintaining Elite DORA Standards
• Leading Engineering Excellence and creating culture of innovation
• Ensuring coding standards and establishing build pipelines to ensure maintainability and extensibility
• Ensuring cross‑functional requirements are adhered to within the team, e.g. Security, Performance etc.
• Driving towards cloud‑first and modernisation of the current technology landscape
• Making use of Platforms in order to maximise the value delivered by teams
• Build, mentor, and manage a high‑performing software engineering team; foster collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement; facilitate communication; ensure budgets, people and resource allocation, and workload balance across projects.
• Oversee planning, execution and delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines; monitor progress, risks and dependencies; take corrective action; work closely with product, design, programme management to define scope, goals and deliverables.
• Drive adoption of standards and methodologies for software development; provide technical guidance and support; evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, platforms; develop the team’s technical roadmap and prioritise it against product and commercial roadmaps.
• Establish and enforce quality standards; oversee maintenance and support of existing software systems; ensure prompt resolution of issues and bugs.

• React, Next.js, Typescript
• Java
• Kotlin
• Swift
• Graph
  
  QL Federation
• Cloud:
  Azure
• Observability:
  Dynatrace

• Previous polyglot hands‑on senior software engineer
• Experience working on highly scalable software solutions across web or backend
• Extensive background in software engineering with several years’ experience in a variety of systems and technologies
• Experience building and leading teams of highly skilled, senior software engineers that deliver high‑quality software.
• Excellent understanding of system design, software architecture, cloud, and software engineering standard methodologies
• Promoter of Dev Ops: you build it, you run it.
• Strong understanding of testing strategies and reliability engineering
• Excellent people management, interpersonal, analytical, and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to lead and line manage senior engineers and technical partners to a desired outcome, without prescribing it.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken and able to adjust for different, including non‑technical audiences.
• A servant‑leadership mentality that is willing to take ownership of problems.
• Able to influence people at senior levels and from the highly technical to non‑technical

• 20% colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
• A first‑class welcome with a tailored induction and training schemes that help you grow.
• Attractive annual bonus based on company performance and personal objectives.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with potential to buy extra days.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website, including Gym Save and Share Save & Share Buy schemes.
• Charity volunteer day – paid day off to support your chosen charity.
• Defined contribution pension scheme and life assurance.
• Wellbeing support: 24/7 virtual GP, PAM Assist, and other wellness schemes.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.