Senior Quality Engineer (Android)

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 22,000 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 are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Android Quality Engineer to join our Engineering team. As a QE for this team, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of the data that is produced for use by our front-end teams.  

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 customers’ 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

• Understand requirements such as functionality, usability, accessibility, performance, and security. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test objectives, scope, and deliverables for each release cycle. 

• Create detailed test plans, including test cases, test data, and test environments. 

• Own the test execution process, including test case creation, prioritisation, and scheduling. 

• Manual testing as necessary, ensuring the highest level of product quality. 

• Establish and maintain test environments.  

• Collaborate with the development and DevOps teams to ensure proper configuration and availability of test environments. 

• Identify and implement improvements to the test infrastructure to streamline the testing process. 

• Operate an effective defect management process, including defect tracking, reporting, and resolution. 

• Work closely with the development team to analyse, reproduce, and troubleshoot issues reported during testing. 

• Prioritise and escalate critical defects to ensure quick resolution and maintain an elevated level of product quality. 

Skills and experience 

• Proven experience as a Quality Engineer across mobile applications 

• Experience testing GraphQL, REST, and similar web APIs 

• Hands-on experience with test management tools and defect tracking systems (e.g. Jira, TestRail) 

• Solid understanding of Quality Assurance practices within Agile methodologies 

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills 

• Strong communication and leadership abilities, with proven collaboration across cross-functional teams 

• Demonstrated ability to introduce innovative ideas within mobile app QA processes, driving measurable improvements 

• Proficiency with Android testing tools and frameworks Espresso (Kotlin) and Kaspresso for UI automation, Android Studio and Android Emulator for development and local testing 

• Familiarity with CI/CD and mobile release tooling (GitLab CI, BitRise, Fastlane, AppCenter, TestFlight) 

• Awareness of Jetpack Compose for Android UI development and related testing approaches 

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) 

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