The M&S Identity team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtful solutions, and operate with excellence. Creative, curious, and fearless, you will be an integral part of our empowered, self-managing domain engineering team, pushing the boundaries of our Identity Platform.
The team is responsible for the M&S Identity Platform, managing authentication journeys for both customers and colleagues. We sit at a unique intersection, delivering seamless authentication experiences for customers while enabling internal teams to build on a robust Identity Platform.
In this role, you will play a key part in driving our ambition to create a best-in-class software engineering team, environment, and culture. Join our community of engineers to help build a modern digital ecosystem, work with cutting-edge technologies, and do the best work of your career.
What You'll Do
* Build and evolve secure, scalable, and high-performance authentication experiences for millions of M&S customers and colleagues
* Take end-to-end ownership of features - from design and development through testing, deployment, and monitoring in production
* Contribute to the technical direction of the Identity Platform and help shape solutions that balance customer experience, security, and developer usability
* Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, and champion engineering best practices in your team
* Take shared responsibility for the operational excellence of the Identity Platform, including participating in our 24-hour support rota
* Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to solve real user problems in thoughtful and innovative ways
* Actively participate in code reviews, pair programming, technical discussions and creating high quality documentation to share knowledge and continuously improve as a team
* Mentor and support more junior engineers through coaching and feedback
Who You Are
* Experience building and scaling distributed systems, ideally serving millions of users
* Good knowledge in one or more JVM-based languages (ideally Kotlin with Micronaut)
* Proven experience in DevOps practices, including running and operating what you build
* Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and driving improvements in developer productivityComfortable working in cloud environments (preferably Azure)
* Experience with identity standards like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect is a strong plus
* You balance long-term thinking with pragmatic delivery, and thrive in high-autonomy teams
Tech Stack
* Java, Spring, SpringBOOT, Micronaut
* React, Next.js, Typescript, Angular
* Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Dynatrace (observability)
* SQL Server, MongoDB
* Ignite, Redis
What's In It For You
* 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
Everyone's Welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
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