Junior Python Engineer

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.  

About the role   We are seeking a talented Associate Engineer to join our team. You will play a pivotal role working with multiple engineering squads to design and implement integrations between cloud-based services and platforms.  

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration, optimal performance, and scalability of our cloud-based Integration solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in Python and cloud computing.  

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: 

• Develop high quality Integration capabilities in accordance with Kingfisher standards 

• Provide insights for improvements by collecting, analysing, and summarising development and service metrics 

• Actively engage with the Integration Chapter to drive forward improvements in Engineering 

• Ready to assist teams at short notice to collaborate, fix technical issues or provide expertise and guidance 

• Keep up to date with best practice engineering tools and techniques 

• Work as part of an agile squad delivering business value of a high, maintainable quality 

• Root cause/systemic problem solving 

• Assist in the on-going maintenance of Integration Platforms identifying errors or areas of improvement and implement remedial action as agreed to meet service levels 

• Out of hours Platform support  

Skills and Experience: 

• Experience working with Python 

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, ideally AWS and/or GCP 

• Exposure to cloud-hosted integration platforms or similar technologies 

• Basic understanding of integration concepts and a desire to develop further in this area 

• Awareness of software engineering best practices (clean code, testing, version control, etc.) 

• Experience using tools such as Git and CI pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) 

• Willingness to learn and grow in cloud architecture, system design, and modern integration approaches 

• Logical and structured approach to problem solving 

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) 

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