Software Engineering Manager – International Warehouse Products

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Software Engineering Manager shaping the digital future at M&S by leading a high-performing team. Driving quality and operational excellence in software solutions for global markets.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensuring the operational stability and resilience of the software solutions owned by your team
Delivering high-quality software solutions that create measurable value for the business
Improving team maturity and driving progress towards, or maintaining, Elite DORA standards
Championing engineering excellence and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
Establishing strong engineering standards and build pipelines to support maintainability and extensibility
Ensuring cross-functional requirements such as security, performance, and reliability are built into delivery
Driving cloud-first thinking and modernisation across the technology landscape
Making effective use of shared platforms to maximise the value delivered by engineering teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

A strong software engineering background, with experience across modern architectures, cloud platforms, and scalable backend systems
A track record of building, leading, and developing high-performing engineering teams
Strong technical judgement across system design, software architecture, and modern engineering practices
A DevOps mindset with a strong belief in “you build it, you run it”
A strong focus on quality, testing, reliability, and operational excellence
Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
The ability to lead senior engineers and technical partners towards clear outcomes without over-prescribing solutions
Strong influencing skills and the credibility to work effectively with senior stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams
A servant leadership mindset and a willingness to take ownership of complex challenges
Knowledge of the Retail domain, particularly in supply chain and logistics, would be advantageous but is not essential

Benefits

Comp & perks

20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we’re proud of at M&S.
Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives.
Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave – that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
Charity Volunteer Day – A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support – this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family as well as many other schemes

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringcloud platformsscalable backend systemssystem designsoftware architecturemodern engineering practicesDevOpsquality assurancetestingoperational excellence

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvinginfluencing skillscredibilityservant leadershipownershipteam developmentinnovation