Associate Software Engineer (Kotlin Multiplatform)

Who we are and what we create?  

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 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:  

• Up to 13,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract 

• 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 part of Kingfisher’s Engineering Centre in Krakow, we are expanding our teams dedicated to Castorama Polska – one of the country’s most recognized DIY retail brands. These teams will be shaping the future of retail by building and evolving Castorama’s mobile app, e-commerce platform, and the back-office systems that power store operations across Poland. If you join us, you will not just be writing code – you will be directly influencing how millions of customers shop, browse, and interact with their local Castorama stores. From launching a new generation of mobile apps to streamlining in-store tech, your work will have a real, visible impact in your own backyard.

We are going through an exciting period of change, and we are seeking a highly motivated and eager-to-learn Associate Software Engineer with expertise in Android – Kotlin with a willing to learn more about Kotlin Multiplatform to join our Software Engineering team and work on our new Android KMP programme. 

We aspire to grow a world-class engineering function, pioneering in the retail technology space, and making great software within a growth culture that is always looking for the next thing to improve or adapt to meet our customer needs. 

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

Responsibilities

• Help and contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of high-quality Android applications. 

• Contribute clean code to our new Android codebase. 

• Learn and help write KMP components to be shared across iOS and Android devices. 

• Leverage Jetpack compose for building composable user interfaces. 

• Write unit tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. 

• Utilize GitLab for source control management and code reviews. 

• Eager to learn and manage platform dependencies and 3rd party integrations. 

• Ability to integrate web-views into native views where necessary. 

• Work with product managers and designers to understand user needs and implement effective user interfaces. 

• Keep up to date with the latest trends and best practices in Android development and share knowledge with the team. 

Skills and experience

• Experience developing Android Apps. 

• Good knowledge of Kotlin and object-oriented programming principles. 

• An understanding of architectural design patterns such as MVVM, MVP, and MVI. 

• Understanding of RESTful APIs and web services integration and some knowledge of GraphQL services. 

• Knowledge of mobile app security best practices and how to implement them. 

• Some knowledge or willing to learn Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP). 

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) 

Bonus points for 

• Published articles on LinkedIn/Medium or other platforms. 

• Involved in an Android community via membership of online groups or meetups and can demonstrate participation in developer forums. 

• Some knowledge and eager to learn more iOS development. 

• Some experience using Jetpack Compose. 

To get to know us better visit: 

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