Lead Cloud Engineer - Hybrid Platform Leader

Kingfisher plc; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

Sports card

Life insurance

Lunch break

Home office

Training & Buddy

Wellbeing programme

Transport tickets

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Kingfisher plc in Kraków is seeking an experienced Lead Cloud Engineer to head a team delivering the Internal Engineering Platform that supports ~1500 engineers across the group.

The role combines technical leadership and platform strategy, focusing on reliability, scalability, and a superior developer experience with self-hosted tools like GitLab Ultimate, Nexus, and SonarQube. You will drive IaC adoption and collaborate with security and product teams.

Qualifications

• Experience administering GitLab Ultimate (self-hosted).
• Hands-on Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Proven experience with AWS and/or GCP.
• Experience with Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube.
• Strong scripting in Python and Bash.
• Familiar with AI-enabled developer tools.
• Proven people leadership and team management.
• Strong solution design and architecture thinking.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.
• Excellent English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team delivering cloud-based developer tooling.
• Set goals, priorities, and performance expectations while fostering a collaborative, ownership-driven culture.
• Support onboarding and career development.
• Own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of the Internal Engineering Platform.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of GitLab Ultimate, Nexus Repository, SonarQube, and CI/CD tooling.
• Define platform standards, golden paths, and reusable components.
• Design scalable cloud solutions across AWS and GCP.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform and support key technical decisions.
• Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and platform engineering best practices.
• Improve developer productivity through automation and self-service capabilities.
• Simplify onboarding and enhance CI/CD workflows.
• Partner with engineering teams to continuously improve the platform and developer experience.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and product stakeholders to align priorities and delivery.
• Communicate platform direction, progress, and priorities clearly.
• Balance competing demands across teams and domains.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled capabilities and modern platform engineering practices.
• Continuously optimise platform performance, cost, and user experience.

Skills

GitLab Ultimate

Terraform IaC

AWS/GCP

Developer tooling

Python/Bash

AI-enabled tools

People leadership

System design

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Tools

Jenkins

Nexus

SonarQube

Job description

Kingfisher plc in Kraków is seeking an experienced Lead Cloud Engineer to head a team delivering the Internal Engineering Platform that supports ~1500 engineers across the group.

The role combines technical leadership and platform strategy, focusing on reliability, scalability, and a superior developer experience with self-hosted tools like GitLab Ultimate, Nexus, and SonarQube. You will drive IaC adoption and collaborate with security and product teams.