Kingfisher

Overview

Lead Quality Engineer

(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. 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

What's the job?

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 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

• 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.

What you'll bring

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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At Kingfisher we value having a diverse workforce and representing the communities that we serve, and want to ensure that all employees, future employees, and applicants to all Kingfisher companies are treated equally.

If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application or are applying for a UK based position and would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please contact us at kingfisher.recruitment@kingfisher.com

or if you wish to find out more about us, including the benefits we offer and our community, sustainability and inclusion projects Visit Kingfisher Careers