Head of software engineering Work, Jobs in Warrington (with Salaries)

Head of Software Engineering - HR
Marks & Spencer —Salford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Oracle
- APIs
- Employee discount
14h
Head of Engineering
Biorelate —Manchester
- Full-time
- Remote
- Laboratory experience
- Communication skills
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Head of PaaS Product Management
EA Technology —Chester
- £90,000 - £100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- No degree
- Product management
- Referral programme
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Graduate Project Engineer
Crowder Consulting —Birkenhead
- From £29,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
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Head of Software Engineering - Core Finance
Marks & Spencer —Salford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Employee discount
2d
Head of Software Engineering - Finance Missions Teams
Marks & Spencer —Salford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Employee discount
2d
Head of Data Engineering
JDSPORTS —Bury
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- SQL
- Continuous improvement
- AI
- Employee discount
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Software Technical Specialist
MBDA —Bolton
- £65,000 - £80,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- C++
- Software development
- Free parking
3d
Head of Technical Delivery
Finova —Salford
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Agile
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Head of Engineering
The Fragrance Shop —Manchester
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Continuous improvement
- Free parking
- Work from home
Head of Engineering
Arctic Shores —Manchester
- £100,000 - £115,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Java
- AWS
- APIs
- Sick pay
Graduate Embedded Software Engineer
Innovative Technology Ltd —Oldham
- Full-time
- Schematics
- C++
- No degree
- Free parking
- Flexible schedule
4d
Head of Delivery
Bauer Media Group —Manchester
- Hybrid work
- Agile
- Communication skills
10d
Business Intelligence Developer
Community Integrated Care —Widnes
- £38,000 - £42,000 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- Computer Science
- SQL
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Head of Client Engineering – Client Implementation
Finova —Manchester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- APIs
- Financial services
- Negotiation
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Operations Manager (Service Management & Site Reliability)
Custodia Technology Limited —Knutsford
- £55,000 - £60,000 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- Customer service
- Linux
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
5d
Customer Solution Architect
Custodia Technology Limited —Knutsford
- Up to £60,000 a year
- Azure
- Computer Science
- DevOps
- Free parking
- Sick pay
Quick apply
5d
Projects Process Engineer
Holiferm —Wallasey
- £46,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- CAD
- Maintenance
- Project management
- Life insurance
Quick apply
Design & Development Engineer
Unipart —Southport
- Up to £50,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
- Engineering
- Project management
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Head of Integration, Data & GenAI Engineering
AJ Bell —Manchester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- SQL
- APIs
- Employee assistance programme
- Gym membership
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Head of Software Engineering - HR

Marks & Spencer -
Salford

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
14 hours ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Oracle
iOS development
PeopleSoft
Payroll
APIs
UI
Middleware
Swift

Full job description

Team

Digital & Tech

Store

Salford Quays

Location

Salford, Greater Manchester

Contract type

Permanent

Position type

Full Time

Salary

Competitive + Benefits

Closing date: 9th July 2026

Intro
About the role
Meet the Team
People Stories
Make Your Mark
Colleague Networks
Benefits
How to Apply

How We Hire

Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

About the role

This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.

All the details

As Head of Software Engineering – Corporate HR, you will lead the engineering teams responsible for a broad and integration-heavy HR technology estate that supports the full colleague lifecycle at M&S, from recruitment through to payroll, reward, learning and workforce management.

You will be accountable for the engineering strategy, quality, reliability and operability of a landscape built around key enterprise platforms including Oracle PeopleSoft, SD Worx, Oleeo and Totara, with a large number of supporting specialist systems and third-party services across recruitment, colleague interaction, reward and wellbeing, learning, analytics, payroll and workforce management.

A major part of the role is managing the many integrations and data flows between these platforms and wider M&S systems, including finance, identity, access, reporting and external partners. This is not a single-platform role. It requires strong leadership across a distributed estate with many vendors, interfaces, dependencies and operational hand-offs.

You will lead 4–5 Engineering Managers and partner closely with HR, Product, Technical Programme Management, Architecture, Security and central platform teams to simplify the estate, improve service quality, and ensure critical colleague services work reliably end to end.

What You'll Do

Set the engineering strategy and technical direction for Corporate HR, aligned to Central Tech and the wider engineering organisation.
Lead and develop 4–5 Engineering Managers and support strong software engineering and Software Development Engineer in Test teams.
Oversee the engineering health of the core HR technology estate, including:
- Oracle PeopleSoft for workforce record administration, compensation, learning and core HR processes
- SD Worx for payroll
- JDA for workforce management
- Totara for learning management
- Oleeo for applicant tracking and recruitment workflows
Provide engineering leadership across a wide set of integrated specialist platforms, including systems such as:
- Avature, Criterion, TalentBrew, Invenias, HireVue, SAP Fieldglass, 10x and Rare in recruitment
- Oracle HelpDesk / CRM and Anana in colleague interaction
- PAM Group, Gallagher, Capita, Legal & General, Reward Gateway, Salary Finance, Equiniti, Zenith and Terryberry in reward and wellbeing
- SAP WPB, GoodPractice and Guider in learning and development
- OASIS, OrgVue, Oracle Business Intelligence, ETS and Hallmark PAMS across document management, organisation modelling, analytics and colleague services
Be accountable for the large number of integrations, interfaces and data exchanges across this estate, including flows between HR, payroll, workforce management, identity and access management, finance, reporting and third-party providers.
Ensure systems and integrations are secure, reliable, observable and supportable, with clear ownership, support models, runbooks and service measures.
Drive strong engineering practices across architecture, documentation, testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery, production operations, incident management and service ownership.
Simplify legacy technology, reduce unnecessary complexity and manage technical debt across a multi-vendor environment.
Shape pragmatic target architectures, including improved application programming interface and event-driven integration patterns where they are the right fit.
Work closely with stakeholders across HR and Technology to shape roadmaps, prioritise risk, and make technical trade-offs visible.

Who You Are

Experience leading multiple engineering teams through managers in a complex software environment.
A strong track record of improving engineering quality, service reliability and delivery performance across business-critical systems.
Significant experience managing integration-heavy estates with many third-party platforms, suppliers, interfaces and operational dependencies.
Strong knowledge of application programming interfaces, middleware, event-driven architecture, third-party SaaS platforms, vendor management and production support models.
Experience working in HR, payroll, workforce management, finance or other corporate platform domains is valuable.
A leadership style that values clarity, simplicity, ownership and high engineering standards.

What’s In It For You

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.

Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:

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.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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Meet the Team

Being an in-person business

We're at our best when we're close to customers, and for many of us at M&S, that means working in store every day.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected. It also means we can solve problems as soon as they arise, learn and grow as a team, build trust, and get closer to our colleagues.

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At M&S, we have Data Scientists, Analysts, and Technical Product Managers, who all share a genuine passion for harnessing data to improve people’s lives. And we’re in a unique position where we can actually help many different kinds of people, from our customers to our colleagues in store and in our support centre.

Deepak (He / Him) | Data Scientist Read full story

I think all engineers just love solving puzzles and problems. At M&S, we’re constantly learning new things, whether it’s mastering Swift UI or understanding how customers interact with technology. But this is also a business that listens to engineers and values what we bring to the table. That’s different, believe me.

Janak (He / Him) | Staff iOS Engineer Read full story

Being in third-party brands, working on things M&S hasn’t done before… that plays to my sweet spot. I’ve worked in many organisations throughout my career, and it’s rare to see such cause and effect in your work. The way we’re structured means you’re encouraged to solve problems and you have the autonomy to make progress quickly.

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Make Your Mark

Upcoming projects

Take part in our M&S Digital & Tech team days. Grow your digital and data skills through our BEAM Academy. Or challenge yourself at one of our business-wide hackathons. We also partner with Women in Data, Databricks and Cajigo to increase opportunities for women in digital and data.

Opportunities to be heard

Your voice and your ideas matter here. Our 8 colleague networks are places to find support, listen to each other and encourage debate. You can pitch ideas ‘Straight to Stuart’, our CEO, or get involved in our BIG (Business involvement Group).

Colleague Networks

We want you to feel supported, no matter what.

Forces Community Network

Supporting colleagues connected to the Armed Forces, aiding their transition to civilian life, and ensuring that they thrive in the workplace.

Culture and Heritage Network

Raising awareness of various religions and cultures through events and comms, to educate others and better represent our M&S colleagues and customers.

Menopause Network

Initiating and encouraging open conversations about menopause by offering support and sharing experiences.

Gender Equality Network

Addressing gender-related challenges, raising awareness, and driving action to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Family & Carers Network

A support network for parents and carers, offering a space for colleagues to share experiences, exchange ideas, and access useful resources.

Health and Wellbeing Network

Providing a safe space for colleagues with all types of health conditions or disabilities and supporting with business initiatives to ensure our stores are truly accessible for our customers.

LGBTQ+ Network

Proactively representing LGBTQ+ issues and opportunities to deliver a truly inclusive place to work and shop for our colleagues and customers.

Cancer Network

Fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, addressing stigma, providing guidance and raising awareness to empower and assist colleagues affected by cancer.

Forces Community Network

Supporting colleagues connected to the Armed Forces, aiding their transition to civilian life, and ensuring that they thrive in the workplace.

Culture and Heritage Network

Raising awareness of various religions and cultures through events and comms, to educate others and better represent our M&S colleagues and customers.

Menopause Network

Initiating and encouraging open conversations about menopause by offering support and sharing experiences.

Gender Equality Network

Addressing gender-related challenges, raising awareness, and driving action to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Family & Carers Network

A support network for parents and carers, offering a space for colleagues to share experiences, exchange ideas, and access useful resources.

Health and Wellbeing Network

Providing a safe space for colleagues with all types of health conditions or disabilities and supporting with business initiatives to ensure our stores are truly accessible for our customers.

LGBTQ+ Network

Proactively representing LGBTQ+ issues and opportunities to deliver a truly inclusive place to work and shop for our colleagues and customers.

Cancer Network

Fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, addressing stigma, providing guidance and raising awareness to empower and assist colleagues affected by cancer.

Forces Community Network

Supporting colleagues connected to the Armed Forces, aiding their transition to civilian life, and ensuring that they thrive in the workplace.

Culture and Heritage Network

Raising awareness of various religions and cultures through events and comms, to educate others and better represent our M&S colleagues and customers.

Menopause Network

Initiating and encouraging open conversations about menopause by offering support and sharing experiences.

Gender Equality Network

Addressing gender-related challenges, raising awareness, and driving action to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Family & Carers Network

A support network for parents and carers, offering a space for colleagues to share experiences, exchange ideas, and access useful resources.

Health and Wellbeing Network

Providing a safe space for colleagues with all types of health conditions or disabilities and supporting with business initiatives to ensure our stores are truly accessible for our customers.

LGBTQ+ Network

Proactively representing LGBTQ+ issues and opportunities to deliver a truly inclusive place to work and shop for our colleagues and customers.

Cancer Network

Fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, addressing stigma, providing guidance and raising awareness to empower and assist colleagues affected by cancer.

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Benefits

Wellbeing hub

Get access to resources to support your wellbeing, including a free virtual GP service.

Giving back

Support your favourite charities by donating through your pay or even volunteering for them.

Pay

Earn a competitive salary.

Colleague discount

After completing your probation 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.

Please note only contracts of more than 12 weeks are eligible for this benefit.

Time off

Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days.

Bonus

We have discretionary bonus schemes depending on your role and our business performance.

Life assurance

Get cover for twice your salary up to age 70 (double with our Pension Plan).

Workplace savings

We’ll help you save through our Pension Savings Plan, Share Buy and Sharesave schemes.

My Choices

Save on everyday costs through discounts and offers and get access to great health benefits.

Cycle to work

Bike/accessory hire with Cycle to Work and save on tax and national insurance.

Smart tech

Buy the latest technology with interest-free financing directly from your salary.

Family friendly policy

Industry-leading maternity, paternity, adoption and neo-natal policies, providing support and flexibility for you and your family.

Wellbeing hub
Wellbeing hub

Get access to resources to support your wellbeing, including a free virtual GP service.

Giving back
Giving back

Support your favourite charities by donating through your pay or even volunteering for them.

Pay
Pay

Earn a competitive salary.

Colleague discount
Colleague discount

After completing your probation 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.

Please note only contracts of more than 12 weeks are eligible for this benefit.

Time off
Time off

Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days.

Bonus
Bonus

We have discretionary bonus schemes depending on your role and our business performance.

Life assurance
Life assurance

Get cover for twice your salary up to age 70 (double with our Pension Plan).

Workplace savings
Workplace savings

We’ll help you save through our Pension Savings Plan, Share Buy and Sharesave schemes.

My Choices
My Choices

Save on everyday costs through discounts and offers and get access to great health benefits.

Cycle to work
Cycle to work

Bike/accessory hire with Cycle to Work and save on tax and national insurance.

Smart tech
Smart tech

Buy the latest technology with interest-free financing directly from your salary.

Family friendly policy
Family friendly policy

Industry-leading maternity, paternity, adoption and neo-natal policies, providing support and flexibility for you and your family.

Wellbeing hub

Giving back

Colleague discount

Time off

Bonus

Life assurance

Workplace savings

My Choices

Cycle to work

Smart tech

Family friendly policy

How to Apply

Here’s what to expect at each stage of the application process. This can change depending on the role you’ve applied to. If you need any reasonable adjustments made at any stage, let us know and we can help.

Send us your application

Fill in our short application form and hit submit.

Online assessment

Depending on the role you are applying for, you may be invited to do an assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide and inform you along the way.

Interview

We'll invite you to join us for an interview. This could be remote or in person. Here, we'll ask you some role based technical questions and examine the behaviours we're looking for.

Decision

After we’ve made our decision, we’ll be in touch. If you’ve been successful, we’ll officially invite you to join the team and let you know the next steps.

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