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Software Engineering Manager - AI Engineering

Marks & Spencer
London, GBR
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
AI coding toolsAgentic technologies and workflowsSoftware engineeringSystem designSoftware architectureCloud

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About the role

Join the M&S Platform team, whose mission is to streamline development for more than 200 engineers and 30+ applications.

Manage the AI Engineering platform team and help improve development across customer-facing and colleague-facing applications.

What you'll do

  • Lead engineering excellence, team development, technical direction, and production delivery.
  • Shape reusable pipelines, tooling, build plugins, and frameworks that improve developer experience.
  • Align platform work with company technical strategy and supported product needs.
  • Manage and develop Staff and Senior Engineers; support recruitment and retention.
  • Own hub OKRs, support engineering communities, and manage technical vendor relationships.

Who you are

  • Previously worked as a hands-on senior software engineer, with experience across languages, systems, and technologies.
  • Bring excellent knowledge of AI coding tools and agentic technologies.
  • Have experience building and leading teams of senior software engineers.
  • Understand system design, architecture, cloud, software engineering practices, testing, and reliability.
  • Bring people-management, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and influencing skills.
  • Promote DevOps practices and bring a servant-leadership mindset with a willingness to own problems.

Technology stack

  • The listed stack includes GitHub Actions, Copilot SDK, and agentic workflows.
  • Other listed areas include model evaluation, secure AI integrations, identity and access control, agent frameworks, and orchestration patterns.
  • Cloud deployment and production operations are listed; production software development may use TypeScript or Kotlin.

Location and employment

  • The role is based at the London Support Office.
  • The posting states full-time employment and a permanent contract.

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