Lead Software Engineer (Backend - OMS) – Krakow – Hybrid Working Pattern
We’re Kingfisher. You might know us as Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We’re made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We advocate the benefits of a flexible and hybrid working environment, recognising that this means different things, to different people, in different roles.
Role Overview:
We are going through an exciting period of change and are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will work closely with your cross functional team to design and implement new features and products and act as the driving force within the Engineering team to ensure these are developed successfully. As a Lead Software Engineer, you are an individual contributor who can think holistically, guiding other squad members through highly ambiguous and complex problems to successful outcomes. This role is within our Order Management domain where we aspiring to build a best-in-class OMS implementation using the latest technologies and software centred around Fluent Commerce.
If you're looking for an exciting opportunity to step out of your comfort zone and make a real impact building better software, this is the job for you!
What's the job?Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
Leads technical solutions of the highest scope and complexity to achieve squad goals.Works closely with Engineering Squad Lead, Principal Engineers and Architecture to create low-level designs that support long-range goals.Design, develop, test, and deploy high quality software that will delight our customers.Work with users and stakeholders to understand and deliver value through your product.Participate and lead upon design, code, and test reviews.Practice DevOps, testing and releasing software continuously.Integrate software with monitoring, observability, and support tools.Advocates and leads on instilling engineering best practiceFollow data-driven approaches to conduct experiments and iterate features.Advocates and leads on knowledge sharing and technical documentation activities for their squad, as well as the wider engineering community. What you'll bringRequired Skills & Experience:
Significant experience designing, developing, and implementing order management solutionsSubstantial experience technically leading software solutions. Expert proficiency programming in Java and significant exposure to modern web technologies e.g. Spring, Spring Boot.Experience with microservices and event driven architectures using Kafka.Experience working with cloud-based solutions.Experience with CI/CD pipelines, and source control systems.Strong understanding of RESTful services (JSON) and API Design.Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.Experience with Fluent Commerce would be advantegousAbility to decompose functional requirements into well-defined tasks while balancing quality, quantity, and complexity in work output.Excellent communication skills and be a mentor and role model to less experienced engineers. Options Apply for this job onlineApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeedAt Kingfisher we value having a diverse workforce and representing the communities that we serve, and want to ensure that all employees, future employees, and applicants to all Kingfisher companies are treated equally.
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