- Extensive commercial experience working with all mobile platforms (Android / iOS) and frameworks (React Native)
- Knowledge and experience of Kotlin would be an advantage
- Strong awareness and appreciation for the cloud platform capabilities (AWS)
- Ability to think thoroughly about systems and services and write high quality code in more than one programming language and / or frameworks.
- Deep knowledge and interest in technical concepts and the ability to apply these to business opportunities.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to steer development of solutions to complex technical issues.
- Ability to lead technical discussions in a matrix environment focusing on team and organisational success.
- Exceptional verbal and written communications skills with the ability to convey technical concepts and influence at all levels.
- Ability to create and review complex technical specifications and use these to design, build, test, and release applications.
- Ability to elicit non-functional requirements for the products and services being delivered by the team.
We’re Kingfisher. You might know us as Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We’re made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries.
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.
Role Overview
In this role, you will play an integral part in our innovative tech hub, engaging with various aspects of technology
This is a leadership role within our teams, responsible for guiding the technical vision. The role assumes responsibly for the technical decisions made by the team and ensures all team members understand and follow these. This role has an outward focus and plays a pivotal part in bridging the gap between business and engineering, to support the business achieve their goals.
We are accelerating our development on the teams to build applications to meet the business requirements and are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join the Engineering team and work across both Android and iOS devices using React Native on frontend and Kotlin on backend. If you’re a strong Kotlin mobile developer and you’re keen to learn React Native don’t hesitate to apply as well!
,[Lead engineering team(s) to understand and develop technical products and solutions that create robust customer experiences., Take responsibility for the overall quality and sustainability of the final product through the production of low-level designs, hands-on development, peer-reviews, and technical decision making., Collaborate with the wider team, including Product Owners, Solution Architects, and the Lead Quality Engineer to facilitate delivery of business initiatives This will require the management of technical debt and creation of appropriate non-functional requirements., Ensure product backlog items are appropriately refined, estimated, and prioritised. , Take ownership of technical enhancements and technical debt., Plan, lead, and develop proof of concepts (POCs), in support of new technology and/or new design approaches., Advocate and lead on knowledge sharing and technical documentation activities for engineering teams, as well as the wider community., Champion agile/lean software engineering practices. This will include Source Code Management and CI / CD tool chains to implement DevOps practices.] Requirements: iOS, Android, React native, Kotlin, Cloud platform, AWS Tools: . Additionally: Sport subscription, Training budget, Private healthcare, Small teams, International projects, Free coffee, Canteen, Free parking, Modern office.
iOS DevOps Android mobile-applications Amazon Web Services (AWS) Kotlin React Native