Software Engineer (Node/Vue/React)

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 167,400 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

Medicover sports card

Life insurance

30-minute lunch break

Training & Buddy programme

Wellbeing programme

Co-financing public transport tickets

Language and accounting courses

Job summary

Kingfisher plc is looking for a highly motivated Software Engineer (Fullstack) to join their Digital Colleague team in Kraków, Poland. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining a mission-critical application used for order picking and stock management.

The ideal candidate will have experience with modern frontend frameworks like Vue.js, solid understanding of REST APIs, and strong problem-solving skills. Competitive benefits include private medical healthcare, training programs, and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining backend solutions.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend solutions for applications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver valuable product features.
• Participate in reviews to ensure quality and performance.

Skills

Vue.js or another modern frontend framework

REST APIs and service-oriented architecture

Distributed or microservices-based systems

AWS services

Software engineering best practices

Agile/Scrum environment

Problem-solving skills

Excellent command of English

Tools

Kafka

Cypress or Playwright

GitLab CI/CD

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.

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.

If you’re looking for a role where you can step out of your comfort zone, work on a mission critical product, and make a real impact on how our stores operate every day, this opportunity is for you.

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

Skills

• 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
• Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD

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

• 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