Engineering Squad Lead

Engineering Squad Lead

(Hybrid)

Were Kingfisher a team made up of over 82000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher and all our other brands: Castorama B&Q Screwfix Brico Dpt and Kota to life. Thats right were 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 thats 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 Krakw. 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:

• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30minute lunch break included in the 8hour 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
• Cofinancing 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 cofinancing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

About the role

As part of the Data and Integration Engineering domain this role sits within the Integration Platform Services. You will act as a people manager responsible not only for the delivery and maintenance of key integration platform capabilities but also for fostering a highperforming motivated and collaborative team environment. This includes setting clear goals supporting professional growth and ensuring team alignment with strategic objectives.
Additionally you will drive governance and best practices across all solutions deployed on the platform playing a pivotal role in maintaining its stability scalability and value to the organization.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the delivery output of the Integration Engineering squad ensuring highquality and timely results.
• Oversee governance of all solutions deployed on the Integration Platform maintaining compliance with standards and best practices.
• Monitor platform performance define success metrics and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as a key contributor to the internal Knowledge Base ensuring platform documentation is accurate uptodate and of high quality.
• Provide line management for squad members offering coaching feedback and support for individual career development and progression.
• Manage the financial aspects of the platform and squad including budgeting forecasting and cost optimization.
• Maintain responsibility for platform and associated tool licensing ensuring compliance and effective usage.
• Report on squad and platform delivery progress to the Engineering Manager in a clear and structured manner.
• Collaborate on technical direction and improvements within the broader Data and Integration Engineering Chapter.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in leading and linemanaging highperforming engineering teams with a focus on motivation development and coaching
• Strong ability to build and nurture a collaborative team culture focused on ownership accountability and continuous improvement
• Skilled in setting clear goals and aligning team delivery with business and technical strategy
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence both senior stakeholders and technical specialists
• Experience in driving team performance through regular feedback 1:1s and career development planning
• Solid understanding of eventdriven and APIbased architecture
• Knowledge of Confluent data streaming platform GraphQL and Tyk API Gateway Management or similar
• Familiarity with integration design principles platform governance and modern integration patterns
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

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