Summary
Principal Software Engineer – Selling Experience
Why Digital & Tech at M&S
We're changing the way we do things, and putting industry leading innovation at the heart of how we operate; we need a stellar engineering team to make it happen. You'll be joining one of the most iconic brands in the UK on its most exciting cycle yet. We're more integrated and product led in our tech teams than ever before: learning, changing, and adapting constantly, with millions of people benefiting from your work every single day.
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The Product
We have a genuine ambition to become engineering first, building and operating an elite digital platform. We are looking for people to join our community of engineers to support this transformation, build a modern digital ecosystem.
Scope:
You will be championing Engineering excellence in a key area for M&S, that enables our online customers to find, evaluate and buy products. As the Principal Engineer for Selling Experience, you will support multiple teams in providing an engaging, simplified, transparent and inspirational digital experience that delivers the best online purchasing experience in the UK and Irish market.
You will be responsible for:
* Optimising the M&S online Web Experience across all device types, as well as SEO
* Leading teams in delivering best-in-class engineering solutions
* Identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency of the team through technology and ways of working
* Championing an experimentation-led culture, driving experimentation across all teams
* Leading maturity to Elite Dora for all products in the Browse & Select area
* Creating a culture of innovation and Engineering Excellence
* Maximising the value delivered by teams through effective use of Platforms
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
The Principal Software Engineer role is the embodiment of ‘solving problems through technology’ with key responsibilities as follows:
* Lead technical excellence from design to operations and launch of core product features or strategic programmes
* Drive technical direction and influence our overall strategy informing decisions on both Technology and Product investments as well as teams’ setup
* Champion Communities of Practice to help establish engineering excellence at M&S
* Lead by example via contributions to our engineering ecosystem
* Pioneer and promote methodologies like clean code and clean architecture
* Advocate for engineering productivity, delivery quality and operational excellence
* Drive DevOps practices to automate the Product development life cycle
* Partner with Engineering, Technology and Product leadership to ensure strategies align
* Develop and mentor other engineers across the entire landscape
* Promote effective innovation across all of engineering
* Advocate and strategize for continuous industrialisation and product-minded tech capabilities
* Inspire ideas to foster purpose and mastery to engineering teams
* Amplify engineering teams by efficiently unblocking them with direction
* Raise the profile of M&S Tech through public content and contribution/creation into open-source technology
* Support recruitment, onboarding and internal and external brand outreach activities
What We Need From You:
* Experience in implementing solutions using modern, web-facing software solutions
* Specialist in clean code and implementation of design patterns
* Depth of knowledge in Information Security, designing and quality assuring solutions with security controls
* Confident in driving system design conversations
* Strong understanding of quality assurance and testing methodologies
* Ability to lead senior engineers and technical customers to desired outcomes
* Authoritative skills in cloud computing and automation
* Experience with implementation of Observability and Reliability using market technologies
* Good experience with Performance Engineering
* Expertise in reliability testing
Working for Us Means:
* Hybrid Working
* Industry leading pension of up to 12% M&S contribution
* Bonus up to 40%
* 20% discount on M&S products
* Up to 2 weeks working abroad
* Learning days once a month, Tech/Ed days once a quarter and Hackathon every other quarter
* A range of wellbeing support
* Discounts for gym memberships and health services
M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.
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