Lead Quality Engineer

Lead Quality Engineer

(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
• 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

About the role

As a Lead Quality Engineer you will take ownership of shaping and leading our QA approach across multiple technology domains. This is a strategic role where you will define test strategies coordinate testing activities and ensure that quality is embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams including developers business stakeholders and external partners to ensure our testing efforts are efficient scalable and aligned with business goals. Your responsibilities will span test planning execution oversight test environment coordination vendor collaboration and reporting.

If youre 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

• Define and implement effective test strategies in alignment with group-level QA standards and in collaboration with internal teams and external IT suppliers.
• Oversee planning and coordination of testing activities across multiple domains including functional integration performance and user acceptance testing.
• Ensure test plans schedules and regression test cycles are managed effectively to avoid conflicts and ensure full coverage across systems.
• Manage and optimise test environments in collaboration with IT ensuring availability stability and consistency of test data.
• Supervise internal and external test teams working closely with vendors on quality assurance efforts including test scenario design and automation.
• Lead regular testing status meetings with key project stakeholders and ensure visibility of testing progress and risks.
• Monitor and report on testing KPIs such as defect trends test coverage and execution efficiency and ensure alignment with compliance and audit requirements.
• Support the ongoing development and integration of test automation strategies into CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in testing processes and proactively manage risks and escalations related to testing or environment issues.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in test management or lead QA roles ideally within complex multi-supplier environments.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies test planning environment management and QA best practices.
• Solid hands-on experience with tools such as Jira Confluence Git/GitLab Jenkins and SQL.
• Understanding of CI/CD principles and their application to modern testing workflows.
• Experience in working with or supporting test automation initiatives including integration into cloud-native pipelines.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP; familiarity with containerisation tools such as Docker is a plus.
• Ideally experience with microservices mocks/simulation tools and knowledge of performance and security testing.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills with the ability to manage stakeholder expectations and vendor relationships effectively.
• Excellent command of English and Polish (written and spoken)

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