Senior Software Engineer (Android)

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Overview

Senior Software Engineer (Android) 

(Hybrid/Kraków – 1 day per week in the office) 

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. 

We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:  

• 20,000 - 28,000 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  

What's the job

About the role   

We are going through an exciting period of change and are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Android Engineer with expertise in Kotlin, Android + Kotlin Multiplatform to join our Software Engineering team and work on KMP Mobile project. 

Our aspiration is to grow an engineering function that is world class, pioneering in the retail technology space, 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 building better software, this is the job for you!  

Responsibilities  

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Android applications

• Contribute clean code to our Android codebase

• Write KMP components to be shared across iOS and Android platforms

• 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

• 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 

What you'll bring

• At least 5 years of experience developing Android Apps

• Strong knowledge of Kotlin and object-oriented programming principles

• Experience with architectural design patterns such as MVVM, MVP, and MVI

• Understanding of RESTful APIs and web services integration and GraphQL services

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

• Some knowledge of Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) 

Nice to have

• 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

• Experimented with iOS development 

To get to know us better visit: 

LinkedIn 

Kingfisher plc 

Rewards & Benefits

What we offer.

Private Health Care

Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dental care) for you and your family.

Child Insurance

InterRisk - insurance for children.

Sports Card

Medicover sports card (Fit&More package).

Courses

Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification.

Life Assurance

Life insurance at Generali financed by the employer.

Bonus

Opportunity to earn annual bonus that aligns to work level of role.

Parking

Parking spaces and LOTOS card.

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Co-financing of monthly tickets.

Transport Discount

Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow (50% discount).