Staff Software Engineer – Food Supply Chain

MS Companies

Software Engineer at M&S building and operating cloud-based solutions. Leading engineering excellence and promoting innovation in a collaborative environment.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAzureCloudJavaKafkaMongoDBSpring BootSpringBootSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver and own high-quality software: Build, maintain, and operate reliable, cloud-based solutions with strong automation, taking full ownership of delivery, support (including out-of-hours rota), and issue resolution.
Drive engineering excellence and DevOps practices: Lead adoption of DevOps, automation, and experimentation to improve the end-to-end product lifecycle, while continuously measuring and enhancing development metrics, quality, and stability.
Lead and contribute to frameworks, standards, and strategy: Develop and embed engineering frameworks, policies, and standards, while contributing to product planning, roadmaps, and defining/achieving Product Group objectives and key results.
Mentor and uplift engineering capability: Support, coach, and mentor engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing, fostering clean, high-quality code and continuous learning.
Promote innovation, collaboration, and community engagement: Champion technology, ways of working, and innovation across teams; actively participate in communities of practice; and contribute to recruitment strategy and hiring plans.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Database Technologies including MongoDB, SQL, CosmosDB
Azure Databricks
Terraform
SpringBoot
Java 11+
AngularJS
Queues - IBM MQ, Kafka
CI/CD using GitHub Actions
Azure Cloud Platform
Event Streaming Platform with Kafka

Benefits

Comp & perks

After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

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Hard Skills & Tools

MongoDBSQLCosmosDBAzure DatabricksTerraformSpringBootAngularJSIBM MQKafkaEvent Streaming Platform

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationCoachingCommunity EngagementInnovation Promotion