Overview

Engineering Squad Lead

(Hybrid, Cluj, Romania)

Who we are and what we create?

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:

• Annual performance bonus

• Employee referral bonus

• Private medical coverage with the Regina Maria Priority Plan

• Family medical plan option allowing you to add a spouse or child at no extra cost

• Eyeglasses vouchers

• Life insurance (Signal Iduna)

• 7Card fitness membership (co‑funded)

• Access to Bookster, LEO Learning and LinkedIn Learning

• Fresh fruit bar and premium coffee in the office

• Hybrid work model - up to 3 days per week in the office

• Flexible working schedule

• 21 days of annual leave + 1 additional day for each year of tenure (up to 25 days)

• Substitution days when public holidays fall on weekends

• Paid leave for wedding and bereavement
• Meal tickets: 40 RON/day (gross)
• Gift vouchers: up to 4 per year x 300 RON (net) each, offered for specific occasions:- Christmas - all employees- Easter - all employees- 8th of March - female employees- 1st of June - employees with children

What’s the job?

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Squad Lead to join the Colleague Commerce team. This team builds tools used by store colleagues to handle customer orders, queries and in‑store online ordering. You will lead a squad delivering a major rewrite of the DotCom Plus platform (currently ATG‑based): a greenfield rebuild that will selectively reuse existing components, with an initial rollout for B&Q and multi‑brand deployment planned from early 2027. The role combines people management, hands‑on system design and technical leadership across frontend and service interactions, with a strong focus on reliability, automation and fast delivery cycles.

Responsibilities

• Line‑manage and coach squad members, supporting career development, performance reviews and goal setting

• Plan and deliver team commitments, orchestrating execution to meet customer and engineering outcomes

• Drive continuous improvement in team performance, processes and engineering practices

• Provide technical leadership in system design, architecture and microservices interactions; review designs and set standards

• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product Owners, Chapter Leaders, backend engineers and designers to align priorities and roadmaps

• Ensure quality and reliability by promoting automation, testability, observability and robust CI/CD practices

• Report on progress and risks to stakeholders and help remove blockers that impede delivery

What you’ll bring

Skills and Experience

• Proven people management experience with a track record of coaching, mentoring and setting objectives

• Extensive software development background, preferably web development with backend experience

• Strong frontend understanding - able to discuss UI/UX trade‑offs and influence frontend architecture

• Hands‑on system design skills and solid knowledge of microservices principles, REST APIs and data flows

• Practical AWS experience and familiarity with cloud‑native patterns

• Experience with automation testing and maintaining test suites for scalable applications

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and problem‑solving skills

• Fluent English (written and spoken)

Tech stack

• Primary: JavaScript, React, Node.js

• Testing & automation: Playwright or Cypress; automation‑first mindset

• Infrastructure & CI/CD: AWS, Git, GitLab CI/CD / Jenkins

• Data & messaging: SQL for validation; Kafka is a plus

Nice to have

• Experience with retail/e‑commerce platforms (ATG ecosystems)

• Background in observability, performance testing and reliability engineering

• Familiarity with GraphQL and server‑side rendering frameworks
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