Associate Quality Engineer

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement company in Kraków is seeking an Associate iOS Quality Engineer. The role involves ensuring the quality of mobile applications, collaborating with various teams, and creating test plans. Ideal candidates should have experience in mobile testing and be proficient in both manual and automated methods. This position offers a hybrid working model along with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Private medical healthcare

Life insurance

Training & Buddy programme

Medicover sports card

Language courses

Employee referral programme

Qualifications

• Experience in manual and automated testing of mobile applications.
• Familiarity with testing web APIs such as GraphQL and REST.
• Excellent command of English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the quality and reliability of mobile applications.
• Collaborate with team members to support testing activities.
• Create and maintain test cases and test plans.

Skills

Mobile application testing

Automation testing

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Quality Engineer experience

Tools

XCTest

XCUITest

Jira

Job description

(Hybrid/Kraków – 1 day per week in the office)

Who we are and what we create?

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. 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 are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

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 strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

About the role

We are going through an exciting period of change and are looking for a motivated Associate iOS Quality Engineer to join our Engineering team. As a QE in this team, you will help ensure the quality and reliability of our mobile applications used by thousands of customers.

This is a great opportunity to learn and grow within a supportive environment, work with modern mobile testing tools, and develop your skills in a collaborative and agile team.

If you're looking for an exciting opportunity to step out of your comfort zone and make a real impact by building better software, this is the job for you!

We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:

• Up to 12,500 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dental care) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day
• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere
• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
• Wellbeing programme for employees
• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow
• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

Responsibilities:

• Learn and understand requirements such as functionality, usability, accessibility, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other team members to support testing activities.
• Assist in creating and maintaining test cases and test plans.
• Execute automation and manual tests to ensure the highest level of product quality.
• Support the setup and maintenance of test environments.
• Work with the development team to analyse, reproduce, and troubleshoot issues found during testing.
• Log, track, and retest defects using defect tracking tools.
• Gain hands-on experience with iOS test frameworks and automation tools.

Requirements:

• Experience as a Quality Engineer for mobile native applications, with hands-on involvement in both manual and automated testing.
• Practical exposure to automation frameworks for iOS, including XCTest and XCUITest (Swift), as well as using Swifter for backend mocking.
• Familiarity with testing web APIs such as GraphQL and REST, including writing automated checks.
• Experience using test management and defect tracking tools (e.g. Jira, TestRail).
• Solid understanding of QA practices within Agile methodologies and the software development lifecycle.
• Strong attention to detail, willingness to learn, and a problem-solving mindset.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• Interest in deepening skills in iOS test automation, while also maintaining a strong foundation in manual testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and mobile release tooling
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

Benefits

Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dental care) for you and your family.

Child Insurance

Sports Card

Medicover sports card (Fit&More package).

Courses

Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification.

Life Assurance

Life insurance at Generali financed by the employer.

Bonus

Opportunity to earn annual bonus that aligns to work level of role.

Parking

Parking spaces and LOTOS card.

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Co-financing of monthly tickets.

Transport Discount

Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow (50% discount).

Our Behaviours

At Kingfisher, we are united by our 6 core behaviours

Be customer focused

Constantly improving our customer experience

Acting with humanity and care

Be curious

Thriving on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

Be inclusive

Acting inclusively in diverse teams to achieve together

Be agile

Working with trust, pace and agility

Be accountable

Championing the plan to deliver results and growth

Training & Development

There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.

Conversations with senior leaders

You'll be able to have regular conversations with managers about personal development and gain a better understanding about what you want from your career and how to achieve it.

Resources and tools to help you grow

Improving without instruments to help you learn is near impossible. That's why we make sure you have everything at your fingertips to find exactly what you need to keep growing.

Initiatives that measure development

With plans that ask you what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them by, tracking progress and keeping development at the forefront of conversation is easy.

Find your path

The scale of group functions within Kingfisher is huge. That means you have the chance to build different career paths within multiple areas of the organisation.

Sharing is caring

We aren't selfish here at Kingfisher. Whatever your level of experience, you'll work with colleagues who are always welcoming and ready to share their knowledge whenever you need it.

Reach for the stars

So your ambitions are high? Good thing we have opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities. Here, you can evolve your career, no matter your level.

Why Kingfisher

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?

Application Process

Our application process is as follows:

1. Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.
2. A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application let you know if you have progressed to the next stage of the process.
3. You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.
4. As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.
5. Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!