Overview

Software Engineer (Android)

(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, 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. Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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

• Up to 22,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
• 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
• Employee referral programme

What’s the job?

About the role

As part of Kingfisher’s Engineering Centre in Krakow, we are expanding our teams dedicated to Castorama Polska - one of the country’s most recognized DIY retail brands. These teams will be shaping the future of retail by building and evolving Castorama’s mobile app, e-commerce platform, and the back-office systems that power store operations across Poland. If you join us, you will not just be writing code - you will be directly influencing how millions of customers shop, browse, and interact with their local Castorama stores. From launching a new generation of mobile apps to streamlining in-store tech, your work will have a real, visible impact in your own backyard.

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Software Engineer with strong expertise in Android development (Kotlin) and a solid understanding of Kotlin Multiplatform to join our Software Engineering team and contribute to our new Android KMP programme.

If you’re looking for an exciting opportunity to step out of your comfort zone and make a real impact by building better software, this is the job for you!

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of high-quality, scalable Android applications.
• Work with the team to shape and improve our new Android codebase, following best practices in architecture, performance, and maintainability.
• Assist in designing and implementing Kotlin Multiplatform components shared across Android and iOS applications.
• Build modular and reusable user interfaces using Jetpack Compose.
• Ensure code quality through effective unit and integration testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, iOS and Android engineers, to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Manage platform dependencies and third-party integrations to ensure smooth interoperability across systems.
• Participate in code reviews using GitLab, providing constructive feedback and supporting knowledge sharing within the team.
• Stay up to date with evolving Android technologies, frameworks, and development practices.

What you’ll bring

• Solid commercial experience developing and delivering Android applications.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and understanding of object-oriented and functional programming principles.
• Experience with modern architectural patterns such as MVVM, MVI, or Clean Architecture.
• Ability to design and integrate RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL services.
• Awareness of mobile app security best practices and ability to apply them in development work.
• Hands-on experience with, or interest in, Kotlin Multiplatform and cross-platform development.
• Practical experience using Jetpack Compose to build clean and maintainable UIs.
• Basic familiarity with iOS development concepts and willingness to collaborate on cross-platform features.
• A proactive approach, willingness to learn, and enthusiasm for working in a collaborative engineering environment.
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)