Lead Backend Engineer Python

Kingfisher; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement retailer in the Greater London area seeks a Lead Platform Engineer with a focus on backend Python and Django. The role involves collaborating with various teams to develop engineering platforms, mentoring junior members, and ensuring a customer-focused approach to innovation. Competitive benefits and flexible working options are available to foster a supportive environment where new ideas are encouraged.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and experience in Django and Python backend.
• Proven experience in delivering high-quality software products.
• Experience developing cloud-based services using one or more cloud providers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Tech Product and Data teams on engineering platforms.
• Support diverse teams in translating between business and data.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Django

Python

Machine Learning

Cloud-based services

APIs

Docker

Jenkins

REST

NoSQL

MySQL

JavaScript

Postgresql

GIT

Job description

Overview

Were Kingfisher A team made up of over 74000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands : B&Q Screwfix Brico Depot Castorama and Koctas - to life. Thats right were 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 thats 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 are open to flexible and agile working both of hours and location. Therefore we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices located in London Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you !

We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer (backend python focus) to join our Group Data Science fun c tion to lead and trailblaze the development and building of software platforms . Working across our retail banners and group functions you will build platform roadmaps that will minimise time to value maximise long term effectiveness and ultimately help us achieve our commercial goals .

Whats the job

• Collaborate with Tech Product and Data teams to develop the engineering platforms that allow us to apply and embed the use of dat a science directly in our products and processes
• Support diverse teams in translating between business and data in the design of project work and in the synthesis and communication of recommendations and results
• Support the Data Science Leadership Team in developing a data culture and demonstrating the value of data in our decision-making
• Provid e technical leadership and support for the junior members of the team

What youll bring

• Excellent knowledge and experience in Django and Python backend
• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals and machine learning
• Proven experience of delivering several high-quality software products and experience of productionisation
• Proven experience of developing cloud-based services using one or more cloud providers (preferably GCP)
• Strong management and leadership skills - including the ability to build organise motivate mentor and manage a Platform Engineering team that supports a diverse range of initiatives
• Sensitivity and excellent influencing skills - ability to work with stakeholders across a variety of functions and levels of seniority
• Be Customer Focused constantly improving our customers experience
• We listen to our customers and colleagues
• We innovate products and experiences to stay ahead
• Be Human leading with purpose humanity and care
• We do the right thing
• We invest in our people and build great teams
• Be Curious thrive on learning thinking beyond the obvious
• We focus externally globally and build the long term
• We experiment and share our learnings
• Be Agile building trust and empowering people to work with agility
• We act with pace not perfection role modelling 80 / 20
• We take risks fail fast and adapt quickly
• Be Inclusive inspiring diverse teams to achieve together
• We celebrate difference as a strength
• We collaborate breaking down silos
• Be Accountable owning the plan delivering results and growth
• We focus on performance outcomes
• We prioritise and simplify for others

At Kingfisher we value the perspectives that any new team members bring and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return we offer an inclusive environment where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas actively support experimentation and striv e to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested Great apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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Key Skills

APIs,Docker,Jenkins,REST,Python,AWS,NoSQL,MySQL,JavaScript,Postgresql,Django,GIT

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1