Data Engineer
Kingfisher plc
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Job summary
Kingfisher is hiring a Data Engineer in Kraków. You will design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and platforms that power our data-driven decisions.
You’ll work with Python/SQL, Spark and cloud services to ingest, transform and govern data for multiple business teams. Join a collaborative engineering community, contribute to CI/CD, monitoring, and quality controls, and help explore AI-enabled improvements across data pipelines while enjoying a hybrid work arrangement and a
Qualifications
- Strong programming in Python and SQL.
- Hands-on experience with Spark, PySpark or Scala.
- Experience building production data pipelines and data processing solutions.
- Understanding of data modelling, storage and processing concepts.
- English proficiency (written and spoken).
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test and maintain reliable, scalable data pipelines.
- Develop and optimise data processing workflows for efficiency and cost.
- Work with cloud data platforms to ingest, transform, store and process data.
- Apply data engineering standards and best practices across pipelines.
- Participate in CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and observability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
- Investigate data issues and implement improvements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of data platforms and processes.
- Explore AI applications in data engineering and maintain knowledge sharing.
Skills
Tools
Job description
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?
We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:
- 15,000 - 26,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
- Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) 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
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?
We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:
- 15,000 - 26,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
- Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) 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
As a Data Engineer, you will play an important role in designing, building and maintaining reliable data solutions that support Kingfisher’s data platforms and products.
Working as part of a collaborative engineering team, you will contribute to the development of scalable data pipelines and solutions, helping to ensure that data is accessible, reliable and effectively used across the business. You will work with modern data technologies and cloud platforms while applying established engineering standards and best practices.
You will collaborate closely with other Data Engineers, Software Engineers, Product teams and stakeholders to deliver high-quality data solutions that meet business needs. Along the way, you will have opportunities to strengthen your technical expertise, contribute ideas and improvements, and continue developing your skills within Kingfisher’s wider data engineering community.
- Design, build, test and maintain reliable, scalable and production-ready data pipelines and data solutions.
- Develop and optimise data processing workflows, ensuring solutions are efficient, maintainable and cost-effective.
- Work with modern cloud data platforms and technologies to ingest, transform, store and process data from a range of sources.
- Apply established Data Engineering standards, design patterns and best practices across data pipelines and solutions.
- Contribute to CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and observability to support reliable deployment and operation of data solutions.
- Support data quality and governance by implementing appropriate validation, monitoring and controls.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers, Product teams, Architects and other technical stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
- Investigate and resolve data and pipeline issues, identifying root causes and implementing appropriate improvements.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of data platforms, engineering processes and ways of working.
- Explore, evaluate and implement practical applications of AI in Data Engineering, identifying opportunities to improve data quality, pipeline monitoring, anomaly detection, automated testing and overall engineering efficiency.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions and knowledge sharing across the engineering team.
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to investigate technical and data-related issues.
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
- Hands‑on experience with data processing technologies such as Spark, PySpark or Scala.
- Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines and data processing solutions.
- Good understanding of data modelling, storage, transformation and processing concepts.
- Experience with DBT or similar tools for data modelling and transformation.
- Hands‑on experience with at least one major cloud platform, such as GCP, Azure or AWS.
- Experience with modern data platforms and services such as Databricks, BigQuery or Azure Data Factory.
- Understanding of batch, streaming and event-driven data processing patterns.
- Experience with DevOps and DataOps practices, including CI/CD, Git and Infrastructure as Code.
- Understanding of data quality principles, automated testing and monitoring, with experience using relevant tools or frameworks.
- Good understanding of scalable, reliable and observable data solutions.
- Ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional engineering teams and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to develop technical knowledge and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Excellent command of English (written and spoken).
Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dental care) for you and your family.
Medicover sports card (Fit&More package).
Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification.
Life insurance at Generali financed by the employer.
Opportunity to earn annual bonus that aligns to work level of role.
Parking spaces and LOTOS card.
Co-financing of monthly tickets.
Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow (50% discount).
At Kingfisher, being all-in means contributing fully to our ambitions, supporting one another, and helping create a culture where we succeed together.
We are open
Continuously curious. Listen to understand. Always improving.
We are brave
Aim high. Act with courage. Move with pace.
We win together
Lead with customer. Commit to deliver. Help each other win.
Our employees know us best. We wouldn’t be Kingfisher without them. So, we want to share what they think with you.
Development and progression is a high priority at Kingfisher, I’ve always felt well supported.
I’m proud to work for Kingfisher, I’ve had great opportunities that have enabled me to contribute to an exciting forward-thinking company.
There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.
As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.
Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!
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