Solution Architect

As part of the M&S Engineering team, you'll be joining a well-loved historic brand, shaping technology solutions that serve millions of loyal customers and thousands of colleagues. Technology is central to how M&S continues to modernise, differentiate and grow, and architecture is a key enabler of that transformation. As a Solution Architect within our International Fashion, Home & Beauty (FH&B) domain, you'll design the B2B and/or B2C systems that power M&S's international growth. Your focus will span direct-to-customer digital commerce, market-specific customer experiences, partner and franchise integrations, wholesale propositions, and the integration patterns that connect our platforms, partners and legacy estate. Working closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture, Delivery and partner teams, you'll connect business ambition with pragmatic architecture choices. You'll guide decisions across APIs, events, data movement, security, resilience and operational supportability, balancing strategic direction with the realities of delivery. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys working across business models, markets and integration landscapes. You'll own and influence solution direction, define reusable patterns, provide architecture assurance through delivery and help build the foundations for reliable international growth.What You'll DoDefine end-to-end solution architectures for M&S International B2C and/or B2B systems, covering technology, data, integration, security, resilience, service boundaries, interface contracts and operational supportability.Design secure and scalable integration architectures across cloud-native, on-premises, partner and legacy systems, selecting the most appropriate patterns across APIs, event-driven architecture, synchronous integrations, file