Overview

Quality Engineer (Web Checkout)(Hybrid)

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 82,000 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.

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
• Employee referral programme

What’s the job?

About the role We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented Quality Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for both developing and maintaining robust automated test suites as well as carrying out thorough manual testing across our web applications. You’ll work closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps teams in a fast-paced Agile environment to ensure the highest levels of software quality.

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

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize automation test scripts, ensuring adherence to best practices and seamless integration into the CI/CD pipeline. Facilitate skill development in automation where necessary.
• Design and execute manual test cases for scenarios not covered by automation.
• Ability to conduct front-end, back-end, API, integration, and regression tests to validate system functionality, performance, and stability.
• Log, track, and prioritize defects, ensuring timely fixes and accurate documentation.
• Provide input on testing scope, complexity, and effort during estimation and planning sessions.
• Manage the entire testing lifecycle, ensuring full coverage and maintaining quality standards within the Engineering Squad.
• Present test results and insights to stakeholders in “Show & Tell” sessions, highlighting product readiness and quality.
• Resolve testing challenges efficiently, continuously improving processes.

What you’ll bring

Skills and Experience

• Experience with Java for test automation
• Proficiency in writing automated tests using Selenium and Cucumber
• Solid experience in manual testing, including regression, and smoke testing
• Experience working in CI/CD environments (e.g. GitLab pipelines, Docker, etc.)
• Understanding of test automation strategies for web applications
• Familiarity with performance testing, especially using tools like Gatling and Lighthouse
• Ability to design, implement, and maintain robust test suites
• Strong understanding of software quality principles and Agile development processes
• Experience collaborating closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

Nice to have

• Experience with contract testing tools such as Pact
• Familiarity with Allure Report for test result visualization
• Exposure to performance monitoring tools
• Experience with mocking tools
• Familiarity with test case management tools and tracking metrics/reporting
• Knowledge of accessibility testing tools and techniques
• Experience in retail or e-commerce environments

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