Engineering Squad Lead (Cloud Data Platform)

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 335,000 - 424,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Dental coverage

Life insurance

Buddy programme

Language courses

LinkedIn Learning

Transport tickets subsidy

Home office

Job summary

Kingfisher plc in Kraków is seeking an Engineering Squad Lead for the Cloud Data Platform to lead a squad building and operating scalable data platform capabilities across our cloud estate.

You will guide engineering practices, governance, and delivery, work with Databricks, UnityCatalog, and DBT, and partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure reliable, secure data products that empower data teams and engineering efforts.

Qualifications

• Leading the squad responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Cloud Data Platform.
• Collaborating with Engineering and Data teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable data platform capabilities.
• Squads are led by an Engineering Squad Lead who focuses on day-to-day delivery, people leadership, and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as the line manager for engineers within the squad, planning and orchestrating delivery of work and building a cohesive team.
• Drive continuous improvement across the squad by increasing impact, effectiveness, and efficiency through clear ways of working and collaboration.
• Inspire, coach, mentor, and provide regular feedback to team members, conducting regular 1-2-1s and supporting development plans.
• Lead performance management by supporting goal setting, conducting constructive discussions, and ensuring expectations are understood.
• Communicate a clear vision, shape the squad’s impact, and foster leadership capability.
• Support incident and operational management for squad-owned services to keep the platform reliable and secure.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Agile practices

Tools

Databricks

UnityCatalog

DBT

SQL

Python

Azure Data Factory

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Engineering Squad Lead(Cloud Data Platform)

Engineering Squad Lead(Cloud Data Platform) (Hybrid/Kraków – 1 day per week in the office)

We’reKingfisher, a team made up of over74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, BricoDépôtandKoçtaş- to life.That’sright,we’rebig, 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. Andthat’swhere you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from allwalks 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,locatedin 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 encouragenew ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

• 30,000 - 38,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicoversports card (Fit&Morepackage)
• 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

About the role

Working in the Cloud Platforms and SRE Chapter, the role will be leading the squad responsible for building,operating, and continuously improving our Cloud Data Platform. You will help the squad deliver reliable, secure, and scalable data platform capabilities that enable engineering and data teams to build and run data products effectively across our cloud estate.

You will lead a squad working with technologies such as Databricks, Databricks Asset Bundles, UnityCatalog, DBT, SQL, Python, Azure Data Factory, and cloud platforms including Google Cloud Platform. The squad will play a key role in improving data platform engineering standards, cloud connectivity, governance, permission management, delivery practices, and operational maturity.

Each squad is led by an "Engineering Squad Lead" whois responsible forthe squad’s day-to-day activities, people leadership, and delivery outcomes. They are natural leaders, engineering practitioners at heart, and have first-hand experience of building,running, and improving technical platforms. They take a deep interest in keeping ways of working simple, effective, and efficient. They use their experience to help squads resolve impediments, make balanced technical decisions, take measured risks, and make progress by collaborating with Principal Engineers, Product Owners, stakeholders, and platform users.

If you'relooking 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!

Responsibilities

• Act as the line manager for engineers within the squad, planning and orchestrating the delivery of work, building a cohesive team, and ensuring successful customer, platform, and engineering outcomes in collaboration with Product Owners and technical leaders.
• Drive continuous improvement across the squad by increasing its impact, effectiveness, and efficiency through clear ways of working, strong collaboration, knowledge sharing, and alignment with Chapter tooling and engineering standards.
• Inspire, coach, mentor, and provide regular feedback to team members, holding regular 1-2-1s, supporting wellbeing and engagement, and guiding engineers in their development plans and career progression.
• Lead performance management by supporting goal setting andobjectives, conducting clear, fair, and constructive performance conversations, and ensuring expectations are understood while helping engineers develop and grow.
• Leverage engineering and delivery experience to communicatea clear vision, shape the squad’s impact, develop leadership capability, and create the conditions for the team to succeed.
• Support incident and operational management for squad-owned services, ensuring the platformremainsreliable, secure, supportable, and continuously improved through strong ownership, governance, and learning from operational events.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing squad culture that promotes engagement, belonging, teamwork, and the continuous development of individuals and the wider team.

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

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.

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 to go from 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?