Software Engineer

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; On-site; PLN 145,080 - 245,520; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare at LUXMED

Medicover sports card

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 is seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer (Fullstack) to join our Digital Colleague team in Kraków. This role involves designing and enhancing a business-critical handheld application used across stores.

The ideal candidate should possess experience with modern frontend frameworks like Vue.js, a solid grasp of REST APIs, and have a strong problem-solving mindset. The position offers a hybrid work model with a focus on collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience with Vue.js or another modern frontend framework.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs and service-oriented architecture.
• Experience working with distributed or microservices-based systems.
• Some experience with AWS services.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements.
• Participate in code and design reviews to ensure quality.
• Apply DevOps practices for continuous integration.
• Integrate the application with monitoring tools.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies.
• Troubleshoot issues across the development lifecycle.

Skills

Vue.js or another modern frontend framework

REST APIs

Distributed or microservices-based systems

AWS services

Software engineering best practices

Agile/Scrum environment

Problem-solving skills

English (written and spoken)

Tools

Kafka

Cypress or Playwright for automated testing

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 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.

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.

Benefits

• 13,000 – 22,000 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 Kraków
• Comfortable working environment in the office and possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and possibility of co‑financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

About the role

We are entering an exciting period of transformation and are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Software Engineer (Fullstack) to join our Digital Colleague team. This team builds and maintains the handheld application used daily in our stores for order picking, ad‑hoc stock counting, and a wide range of operational tasks. It is a business‑critical product with 24/7 availability, used across multiple locations and essential for smooth store operations.

As a Software Engineer, you will work closely with your cross‑functional teammates to design, build, and enhance features for a high‑impact application used by thousands of colleagues. You will bring technical ability, fresh ideas, and a proactive mindset to help us evolve our platform and deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑quality backend and service‑layer solutions for the handheld application
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and store‑operations stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver valuable features
• Participate in code, design, and test reviews to ensure quality, maintainability, and performance
• Apply DevOps practices for continuous integration, automated testing, and deployment
• Integrate the application with monitoring and alerting tools to ensure reliability in a 24/7 environment
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies and help refine team processes
• Use data‑driven approaches to validate assumptions and iterate on product features
• Troubleshoot issues across the development lifecycle and support ongoing improvements

Qualifications

• Experience with Vue.js or another modern frontend framework
• Solid understanding of REST APIs and service‑oriented architecture
• Experience working with distributed or microservices‑based systems
• Some experience working with AWS services
• Understanding of software engineering best practices (version control, unit/integration testing, clean code)
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

Nice to have

• Experience with Kafka and event‑driven architecture
• Familiarity with Cypress or Playwright for automated testing