Staff Software Engineer – Payments Platform

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Staff Software Engineer for M&S leading the design and delivery of scalable payment solutions. Combining technical expertise with strategic thinking for a digital-first organization.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading the design and delivery of secure, scalable payment systems while driving engineering excellence through DevOps practices and mentoring. Proficient in managing large-scale cloud-based platforms and implementing CI/CD practices to enhance service performance.

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Java Software EngineeringCloud-Based Platform ExpertiseSite Reliability Engineering (SRE)CI/CD ImplementationDevOps Practices

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Hard Skills

JavaPlatform EngineeringCloud ComputingDevOpsCI/CDAutomationIncident ManagementObservabilityMonitoring ToolsTesting

Soft Skills

MentoringCoachingKnowledge Sharing

Tools & Technologies

AzureAWSGCPGitHub ActionsDynatrace

Industry Keywords

Payment SystemsEngineering ExcellenceOperational ImprovementsService PerformanceHigh-Traffic Applications

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJava

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end payment platform outcomes across key payment products, ensuring reliability, security, performance and resilience during peak trading periods.
Lead the design and delivery of complex payment capabilities, making high-quality technical decisions that result in secure, scalable and maintainable solutions.
Shape the technical direction and architecture of payment systems, working closely with architects and engineering leaders to align with business and technology strategy.
Drive engineering excellence through DevOps, automation, operational improvements and incident management, reducing repeat failures and improving service performance.
Mentor and support engineers through coaching, code reviews and knowledge sharing, helping to build strong payment domain expertise across the engineering community.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong software engineering experience with Java preferred, alongside the ability to select the right technologies and approaches for complex business problems.
Deep expertise operating large-scale cloud-based platforms and high-traffic applications, with experience across Azure (preferred), AWS or GCP.
Strong understanding of platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, observability and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace or equivalent.
Experience implementing CI/CD practices and modern DevOps tooling, ideally including GitHub Actions and automated delivery pipelines.
A passion for engineering quality, testing, mentoring others and driving continuous improvement across teams and platforms.

Benefits

Comp & perks

20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation
Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future
Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one
Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you