Principal Engineer leading technical strategy and solutions for Store Payments and Infrastructure at Marks & Spencer. Driving engineering excellence and mentorship in cross - functional teams while achieving business goals.
About the role
- Senior Engineering Lead driving technical leadership, R&D, and innovation at AAA. Leading teams to explore emerging technologies and delivering scalable digital solutions for members.
Responsibilities
- Stay actively engaged in architecture, design reviews, prototyping, and experimentation.
- Write code for high impact prototypes, technical spikes, or complex system components when needed.
- Break down ambiguous, exploratory concepts into testable experiments and incremental technical paths.
- Ensure solutions are cloud native, secure, observable, and aligned to long-term ClubLabs engineering standards.
- Lead the applied R&D function, overseeing discovery, technology scouting, prototyping, piloting, and structured experimentation.
- Establish a repeatable R&D methodology: hypothesis driven research, rapid iteration cycles, and clear criteria for progression or sunset.
- Explore emerging technologies (AI/ML, IoT, autonomous systems, data science, mobility, fintech/insurtech advancements) and assess strategic relevance.
- Build strong transition frameworks ensuring successful handoff of prototypes and pilots to production engineering teams.
- Lead, mentor, and grow engineering leaders—developing both technical and people leadership capabilities.
- Partner with Product, Design, QA, and operational teams to align priorities and sequence R&D pipelines.
- Identify systemic risks, dependencies, bottlenecks and drive resolutions.
- Champion an engineering culture rooted in context sharing, iteration, continuous improvement, and shared ownership.
- Foster a psychologically safe environment with direct, constructive feedback and a growth mindset.
- Strengthen cross team alignment and elevate the overall engineering craft.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading software engineering teams and developing other engineering leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to build prototypes, write code, and engage deeply in technical problem-solving.
- Strong product instincts with a history of running experiments and driving concepts from idea → pilot → measurable impact.
- Experience owning or contributing to applied R&D, innovation labs, or advanced technology exploration.
- Comfort operating in fast paced, iterative environments with evolving priorities.
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and cross functional partnership skills.
- Experience in AI/ML, IoT, autonomous systems, data platforms, mobility, fintech, or insurtech is a plus.
- High integrity, strong decision-making skills, and the ability to operate both strategically and tactically.
Benefits
- Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
- 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
- Tuition assistance
- Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness programs
- Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)
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