Quality Engineer

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; On-site; PLN 133,920 - 245,520; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

Life insurance financed by the employer

30-minute lunch break included

Training & Buddy programme

Wellbeing programme for employees

Co-financing of public transport tickets

Language and accounting courses

Job summary

Kingfisher plc in Kraków is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join the Software Engineering team. The role involves ensuring quality in the platform for third-party merchants, integrating quality practices throughout the development lifecycle.

Requirements include strong experience in test automation using Java/Kotlin and API testing. The position offers a hybrid working model, enabling flexibility while maintaining a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in test automation using Java and/or Kotlin.
• Proven experience in API testing for RESTful services.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated testing solutions.
• Perform manual and end-to-end testing.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure quality throughout development.

Skills

Test automation using Java

API testing

Cucumber

Analytical skills

Agile environments

Tools

rest-assured

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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

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, BricoDépôt and Koçtaş – to life. We’re 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.

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!

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.

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

• 12,000 - 22,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dental care) for you and your family
• Medicoversports 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
• Opportunity to earn annual bonus that aligns to work level of the role
• Parking spaces

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Quality Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. As a Quality Engineer in the Marketplace Team, you will help ensure quality is embedded in the platform that empowers third‑party merchants to offer their products across our ecosystem.

You will work closely with engineers and stakeholders to integrate quality practices throughout the development lifecycle, contributing to testing approaches, automation, and continuous quality improvement to support reliable platform adoption.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated testing solutions to validate the quality of platform services and shared components.
• Perform manual component and end‑to‑end testing.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of test automation approaches, frameworks, and standards.
• Collaborate closely with engineers and product stakeholders to ensure quality is considered throughout design, development, and delivery.
• Create and run automated tests at multiple levels, including API, integration, and end‑to‑end scenarios.
• Ensure test coverage supports platform scalability, reliability, and long‑term sustainability.
• Embed automated tests into delivery pipelines to provide timely and reliable feedback.
• Identify potential quality risks early, helping to prevent defects and improve overall platform stability.
• Support other engineers by sharing testing knowledge and promoting effective automation practices.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in test automation using Java and/or Kotlin, with hands‑on use of Cucumber as a primary testing framework.
• Proven experience in API testing, including designing, implementing, and maintaining automated tests for RESTful services.
• Practical knowledge of tools and libraries used for API validation, e.g. rest‑assured.
• Experience or knowledge of event‑driven architecture.
• Solid understanding of software testing fundamentals, including test design, coverage, and early defect prevention.
• Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to support fast and reliable feedback.
• Ability to work closely with backend engineers to ensure services are testable and quality is built in from the start.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying risks and improving quality.
• Experience working in Agile environments, contributing to the continuous improvement of testing practices and tooling.
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken).