We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 79,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. Kingfisher has big ambitions to grow Ecommerce sales, and Digital Content is key to ensuring we grow as fast as possible. This new role is a fantastic opportunity to help shape the digital content strategy across Kingfisher, drive improvements to content and enable the Banners to increase organic traffic and on site conversion. Reporting to the Head of Digital Content as part of the Content Centre of Excellence, you will help establish the goals and standards for digital product content and the best practice required to meet them by collaborating closely with Banners and Group teams. You will understand the value of content and its role in SEO and customer needs and will inspire change to operational practices to increase value. You will establish a measurement and audit framework to supervise performance and support prioritisation of content improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include: Establish clear digital content standards for the Group using a data driven approach, work with the Banners to ensure content standard methodologies are defined, detailed, and followed. Work with the Banner and OEB Content Teams to ensure this is reviewed and maintained and remains relevant to changing market or customer trends. Establish a detailed understanding of the commercial value of content in terms of its ability to influence organic traffic and sales conversion and use to drive prioritisation of objectives and initiatives across the Group. Work with Banner and Group UX/Design teams to prioritise content A/B testing, ensuring the value of such testing is understood and that the results drive decision making. Develop and implement a content efficiency measurement framework that establishes KPIs for content, supervises content value and sales opportunity lost and looks externally to benchmark and assess vs the market. Build and establish a content audit process to establish areas of improvements (gaps vs standards and customer needs) and use to prioritise change. Develop ideas and lead the implementation of a content feedback process to utilise the in-house expertise of our colleagues as well as exploring user generated feedback from customers. Be an agent for change and where vital, a game-changer to drive operational efficiency of content definition, collection, enrichment, and creation so that Kingfisher improves its ROI in content. Understand how content varies based on customer needs and where each need arises in the customer journey and incorporate into standards and value definition Work with Group and Banner Content teams to ensure content is modularised where possible so that it can be automatically reused (mixed and matched) to meet customer needs. Experience and expertise across Digital data and content subject areas, including content strategy and project management. Be able to demonstrate delivery of: Operational and business change with shown time, efficiency, and cost benefits Content optimisation programmes designed to identify and maximise value Measurement frameworks to deliver critical metrics and insight A/B testing / test & learn methodologies Confirmed experience of delivery within an e-Commerce context, to drive traffic and conversion Experience of working in a multi-national group environment with shown success of building effective ways of working between central and local teams; aligning action plans and facilitating sharing of standard methodology across multiple remote teams Extensive experience of working in an agile, fast paced environment This is an exciting opportunity to join our global business. In return, we provide an inspirational working environment, a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Interested? Great, apply now! #LI-TB1
04/11/2021
Full time
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 79,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. Kingfisher has big ambitions to grow Ecommerce sales, and Digital Content is key to ensuring we grow as fast as possible. This new role is a fantastic opportunity to help shape the digital content strategy across Kingfisher, drive improvements to content and enable the Banners to increase organic traffic and on site conversion. Reporting to the Head of Digital Content as part of the Content Centre of Excellence, you will help establish the goals and standards for digital product content and the best practice required to meet them by collaborating closely with Banners and Group teams. You will understand the value of content and its role in SEO and customer needs and will inspire change to operational practices to increase value. You will establish a measurement and audit framework to supervise performance and support prioritisation of content improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include: Establish clear digital content standards for the Group using a data driven approach, work with the Banners to ensure content standard methodologies are defined, detailed, and followed. Work with the Banner and OEB Content Teams to ensure this is reviewed and maintained and remains relevant to changing market or customer trends. Establish a detailed understanding of the commercial value of content in terms of its ability to influence organic traffic and sales conversion and use to drive prioritisation of objectives and initiatives across the Group. Work with Banner and Group UX/Design teams to prioritise content A/B testing, ensuring the value of such testing is understood and that the results drive decision making. Develop and implement a content efficiency measurement framework that establishes KPIs for content, supervises content value and sales opportunity lost and looks externally to benchmark and assess vs the market. Build and establish a content audit process to establish areas of improvements (gaps vs standards and customer needs) and use to prioritise change. Develop ideas and lead the implementation of a content feedback process to utilise the in-house expertise of our colleagues as well as exploring user generated feedback from customers. Be an agent for change and where vital, a game-changer to drive operational efficiency of content definition, collection, enrichment, and creation so that Kingfisher improves its ROI in content. Understand how content varies based on customer needs and where each need arises in the customer journey and incorporate into standards and value definition Work with Group and Banner Content teams to ensure content is modularised where possible so that it can be automatically reused (mixed and matched) to meet customer needs. Experience and expertise across Digital data and content subject areas, including content strategy and project management. Be able to demonstrate delivery of: Operational and business change with shown time, efficiency, and cost benefits Content optimisation programmes designed to identify and maximise value Measurement frameworks to deliver critical metrics and insight A/B testing / test & learn methodologies Confirmed experience of delivery within an e-Commerce context, to drive traffic and conversion Experience of working in a multi-national group environment with shown success of building effective ways of working between central and local teams; aligning action plans and facilitating sharing of standard methodology across multiple remote teams Extensive experience of working in an agile, fast paced environment This is an exciting opportunity to join our global business. In return, we provide an inspirational working environment, a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Interested? Great, apply now! #LI-TB1
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. We're looking for a passionate Tagging Analyst to support the delivery of our measurement roadmap and strategy. You will support all the product teams to ensure they have robust measurement and reporting in place for their features and work closely with the group digital analytics team and other key stakeholders across both Group and our local banner teams You will be a clear thinker with vision, passion, energy, attention to detail, and a drive to learn and improve yourself and others. Collaborative and agile, clear in communication and honest, you will be a team player capable of working across a business that is on a mission to make home improvement accessible to everyone. Supports the delivery of the tagging strategy by collaborating with the Product Owner - Measurement, Developers, Data Analysts and the wider team. Implements tagging solutions to support the collection of data across multiple banners' websites & native apps. Designs analytics configurations that allow the creation of reports for product teams and wider stakeholders. Works closely with Development teams to define data layer requirements. Works closely with QA teams to provide UAT support and to validate change results. Performs in-depth investigations to understand the root cause of tagging issues and data inaccuracies. Implements & maintains complex 3rd party integrations (codebase + Tealium/GTM) with various vendors in terms of data collection and data quality Ensures that Tealium profiles/libraries & GA properties are closely aligned to provide uniform tracking across banners Manages multiple GA Accounts, Properties and Views (user-access, data imports, channel grouping settings, etc.) Stay connected to the external market to identify the new & emerging trends, technologies and channels which will be powering the digital content growth in future years, and share this insight back into the business Required Skills & Experience: Experience as a Tagging Manager, Web Analyst, Analytics Implementation Engineer or similar roles with a strong commercial background Analytical capability and experience of working with analysis and/or tag management toolsets: Google Analytics / Tealium / GTM Strong understanding of GA & GA Measurement ProtocoI Proven experience in client-side and server-side analytics implementation in web and native apps If this sounds like the right role for you, please apply now.. #LI-TB1
04/11/2021
Full time
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. We're looking for a passionate Tagging Analyst to support the delivery of our measurement roadmap and strategy. You will support all the product teams to ensure they have robust measurement and reporting in place for their features and work closely with the group digital analytics team and other key stakeholders across both Group and our local banner teams You will be a clear thinker with vision, passion, energy, attention to detail, and a drive to learn and improve yourself and others. Collaborative and agile, clear in communication and honest, you will be a team player capable of working across a business that is on a mission to make home improvement accessible to everyone. Supports the delivery of the tagging strategy by collaborating with the Product Owner - Measurement, Developers, Data Analysts and the wider team. Implements tagging solutions to support the collection of data across multiple banners' websites & native apps. Designs analytics configurations that allow the creation of reports for product teams and wider stakeholders. Works closely with Development teams to define data layer requirements. Works closely with QA teams to provide UAT support and to validate change results. Performs in-depth investigations to understand the root cause of tagging issues and data inaccuracies. Implements & maintains complex 3rd party integrations (codebase + Tealium/GTM) with various vendors in terms of data collection and data quality Ensures that Tealium profiles/libraries & GA properties are closely aligned to provide uniform tracking across banners Manages multiple GA Accounts, Properties and Views (user-access, data imports, channel grouping settings, etc.) Stay connected to the external market to identify the new & emerging trends, technologies and channels which will be powering the digital content growth in future years, and share this insight back into the business Required Skills & Experience: Experience as a Tagging Manager, Web Analyst, Analytics Implementation Engineer or similar roles with a strong commercial background Analytical capability and experience of working with analysis and/or tag management toolsets: Google Analytics / Tealium / GTM Strong understanding of GA & GA Measurement ProtocoI Proven experience in client-side and server-side analytics implementation in web and native apps If this sounds like the right role for you, please apply now.. #LI-TB1
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 79,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. Kingfisher is an exciting, inspiring place to be. We establish the strategy that owns the business. We drive innovation to encourage our customers. We set the tone of our global business. It can be ambitious, but that goes hand in hand with the ability to make a difference - to the business, to the many people around the world that work for us, and to our customers. You will be a hardworking design research advocate, who loves practicing their craft, but also sharing their knowledge. Your passion will enable you to push the concept and value of research within the design team and much further afield, and helping teams to understand the value of research within the design and product process. You may be responsible for leading a small team of Researchers to deliver high quality, impactful research that will help shape the development of industry leading, user centred digital products and omnichannel experiences for various household name brands. You will work closely with partners to define and prioritise a research roadmap, and will work with your team to deliver measurable insights that inform product development and optimisation. This role will involve both people management and hands on research responsibilities. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will work particularly closely with Service Designers, UX / UI Designers and Product Owners to identify research opportunities that support business goals, involving them at key stages of the research process, and working with them to interpret and demonstrate the outputs. The work you do will help teams understand and empathise with our users so that we can deliver excellent, innovative experiences that truly meet their needs. Ultimately, you'll be responsible for: Potentially leading a small team of Researchers to deliver impactful research Proactively identifying the need for research, framing objectives appropriately, and crafting research plans that achieve business objectives Working collaboratively with partners to define a Research roadmap Leading end to end research projects, including defining objectives and hypotheses, defining appropriate methodologies, setting up and leading fieldwork, synthesising outputs, sharing insights in impactful ways, and working collaboratively with product teams to bring findings into the development process Developing compelling outputs and artefacts based on research- e.g. personas / archetypes, customer journey maps, behavioural models, video edits, etc Integrating insights from various sources to build a holistic customer view (e.g. market research, analytics, broader trends, etc) Fostering and defending the voice of the user, and advocating a user-centric design approach Defining Design Research processes and standard methodologies, and promoting the value of research Working across the wider Kingfisher Group to synthesise knowledge and build a holistic understanding of our users We're looking for somebody with... A natural curiosity and passion for understanding people, their motivations, their behaviours, and the challenges they face. Previous experience in or the passion for mentoring, developing and leading a team of junior to senior level Researchers Extensive experience running research across a wide range of generative and evaluative, qualitative and quantitative methodologies (e.g. ethnography, concept testing, usability testing (in lab & remote), guerrilla testing, card sorting, diary studies, surveys, etc) Hands on experience with the practicalities of running research, including recruiting processes, scheduling and logistics, protocol and questionnaire development, interviewing, analysis, and creation of research results. Substantial experience in uncovering unarticulated user needs, synthesising existing research from a variety of sources, and translating observations into digestible, measurable insights that are connected to business goals. Confidence to challenge established perspectives and approaches, backed up by sound rationale and insights. Excellent communication and workshop facilitation skills Strong partner management experience Experience working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team Strong planning, organisation and documentation skills Ideally, previous experience working on Omni-channel services, and digital experiences on mobile, tablet and desktop Nice to have- proficient in French or Polish This is an exciting opportunity to join our global business. In return, we provide an inspirational working environment, a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Interested? Great, apply now! #LI-TB1
04/11/2021
Full time
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 79,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. Kingfisher is an exciting, inspiring place to be. We establish the strategy that owns the business. We drive innovation to encourage our customers. We set the tone of our global business. It can be ambitious, but that goes hand in hand with the ability to make a difference - to the business, to the many people around the world that work for us, and to our customers. You will be a hardworking design research advocate, who loves practicing their craft, but also sharing their knowledge. Your passion will enable you to push the concept and value of research within the design team and much further afield, and helping teams to understand the value of research within the design and product process. You may be responsible for leading a small team of Researchers to deliver high quality, impactful research that will help shape the development of industry leading, user centred digital products and omnichannel experiences for various household name brands. You will work closely with partners to define and prioritise a research roadmap, and will work with your team to deliver measurable insights that inform product development and optimisation. This role will involve both people management and hands on research responsibilities. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will work particularly closely with Service Designers, UX / UI Designers and Product Owners to identify research opportunities that support business goals, involving them at key stages of the research process, and working with them to interpret and demonstrate the outputs. The work you do will help teams understand and empathise with our users so that we can deliver excellent, innovative experiences that truly meet their needs. Ultimately, you'll be responsible for: Potentially leading a small team of Researchers to deliver impactful research Proactively identifying the need for research, framing objectives appropriately, and crafting research plans that achieve business objectives Working collaboratively with partners to define a Research roadmap Leading end to end research projects, including defining objectives and hypotheses, defining appropriate methodologies, setting up and leading fieldwork, synthesising outputs, sharing insights in impactful ways, and working collaboratively with product teams to bring findings into the development process Developing compelling outputs and artefacts based on research- e.g. personas / archetypes, customer journey maps, behavioural models, video edits, etc Integrating insights from various sources to build a holistic customer view (e.g. market research, analytics, broader trends, etc) Fostering and defending the voice of the user, and advocating a user-centric design approach Defining Design Research processes and standard methodologies, and promoting the value of research Working across the wider Kingfisher Group to synthesise knowledge and build a holistic understanding of our users We're looking for somebody with... A natural curiosity and passion for understanding people, their motivations, their behaviours, and the challenges they face. Previous experience in or the passion for mentoring, developing and leading a team of junior to senior level Researchers Extensive experience running research across a wide range of generative and evaluative, qualitative and quantitative methodologies (e.g. ethnography, concept testing, usability testing (in lab & remote), guerrilla testing, card sorting, diary studies, surveys, etc) Hands on experience with the practicalities of running research, including recruiting processes, scheduling and logistics, protocol and questionnaire development, interviewing, analysis, and creation of research results. Substantial experience in uncovering unarticulated user needs, synthesising existing research from a variety of sources, and translating observations into digestible, measurable insights that are connected to business goals. Confidence to challenge established perspectives and approaches, backed up by sound rationale and insights. Excellent communication and workshop facilitation skills Strong partner management experience Experience working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team Strong planning, organisation and documentation skills Ideally, previous experience working on Omni-channel services, and digital experiences on mobile, tablet and desktop Nice to have- proficient in French or Polish This is an exciting opportunity to join our global business. In return, we provide an inspirational working environment, a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Interested? Great, apply now! #LI-TB1
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. As a Kingfisher Digital Product Owner with our Online Payments team, you will be an integral part of our business, working closely not only with the rest of the product team but also with key stakeholders, other Product Owners and other areas of the business to make your product the best it could possibly be. You will report into the Product Manager and work closely with them to align roadmaps, business opportunities with stakeholder priorities and interests. You will be a clear thinker with vision, passion, energy, attention to detail, and a drive to learn and improve yourself and others. Collaborative and agile, clear in communication and honest, you will be a team player capable of working across a business that is on a mission to make home improvement accessible to everyone and to be truly mobile first.? Responsibilities Include; Lead Payment feature teams to deliver exceptional results: guide, present challenges, trusting and allowing the teams to determine how to deliver what you require? Participate in Agile ceremonies, build and maintain the product backlog, analyse business requirements and produce user stories and acceptance criteria? Contribute to the broader culture of Kingfisher by evangelising an agile mindset and lean approach? Working with the Product Manager and Head of Experience to shape the long-term payments and credit product vision Deliver key initiatives to meet our business objectives Be the voice of Kingfisher Group customer and build strong relationships with key stakeholders in order to effectively represent customer needs?? Support and advise the Kingfisher banners/operating companies on management and marketing of their native apps Immerse yourself in insights and learning from competitor analysis, user research and qualitative and quantitative data to inform new ideas and optimisation Explore and champion new ideas, assess project results and celebrate success? Proven experience as a Product Owner with a strong commercial background? Experience in Fintech, Payments or Consumer Credit would be required Strong understanding of Agile principles and experience with different methodologies? Experience working with cross-functional teams Confident working with ambiguity? Comfortable with technical conversations - initiating and understanding them? Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to influence at all levels? Passionate about solving problems for our customers Experience with JIRA and Confluence would be beneficial, but not essential? Retail background would be an advantage, but it is not essential This is an exciting opportunity to join our global business. In return, we provide an inspirational working environment, a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Interested? Great, apply now! #LI-TB1
04/11/2021
Full time
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçta?. We're made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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. As a Kingfisher Digital Product Owner with our Online Payments team, you will be an integral part of our business, working closely not only with the rest of the product team but also with key stakeholders, other Product Owners and other areas of the business to make your product the best it could possibly be. You will report into the Product Manager and work closely with them to align roadmaps, business opportunities with stakeholder priorities and interests. You will be a clear thinker with vision, passion, energy, attention to detail, and a drive to learn and improve yourself and others. Collaborative and agile, clear in communication and honest, you will be a team player capable of working across a business that is on a mission to make home improvement accessible to everyone and to be truly mobile first.? Responsibilities Include; Lead Payment feature teams to deliver exceptional results: guide, present challenges, trusting and allowing the teams to determine how to deliver what you require? Participate in Agile ceremonies, build and maintain the product backlog, analyse business requirements and produce user stories and acceptance criteria? Contribute to the broader culture of Kingfisher by evangelising an agile mindset and lean approach? Working with the Product Manager and Head of Experience to shape the long-term payments and credit product vision Deliver key initiatives to meet our business objectives Be the voice of Kingfisher Group customer and build strong relationships with key stakeholders in order to effectively represent customer needs?? Support and advise the Kingfisher banners/operating companies on management and marketing of their native apps Immerse yourself in insights and learning from competitor analysis, user research and qualitative and quantitative data to inform new ideas and optimisation Explore and champion new ideas, assess project results and celebrate success? Proven experience as a Product Owner with a strong commercial background? Experience in Fintech, Payments or Consumer Credit would be required Strong understanding of Agile principles and experience with different methodologies? Experience working with cross-functional teams Confident working with ambiguity? Comfortable with technical conversations - initiating and understanding them? Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to influence at all levels? Passionate about solving problems for our customers Experience with JIRA and Confluence would be beneficial, but not essential? Retail background would be an advantage, but it is not essential This is an exciting opportunity to join our global business. In return, we provide an inspirational working environment, a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Interested? Great, apply now! #LI-TB1
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We're made up of 79,000 hardworking people, call 1,302 stores home and operate in 10 countries. That's right, we're big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. About the role: As a Tech Lead you lead from the front and are sought-after for technical mentorship from across our teams. Over time, you will gain a depth of knowledge in the major components of our technology stack and hold technical ownership of your assigned components. You will play a vital role in leading engineering teams to building solutions that are scalable, quality, secure, and are built with the future in mind. You are tech savvy, hold a wealth of experience in technical leadership and system design, to tackle complex technical problems. You can take high-level business goals and architecture solution designs and translate these into a meaningful technology roadmap that can be delivered by our feature teams. Responsibilities: Whilst you will be operating at a senior level, we still expect you to be a significant contributor to the teams that you work with on a day-to-day basis. Lead on and advocate outstanding architectural standards, engineering methodologies, as well as Kingfisher's engineering principles Define and implement software architectural quality attributes, such as: performance, reliability, availability, scalability, supportability Work alongside Solution and Enterprise Architecture, to evaluate and make technical decisions to craft high-level solution designs Take high-level solution designs and translate into a technology roadmap that can be digested and delivered by teams Provide recommendations on application designs, analysing design specifications and validating them with development teams Collaborate and produce clear direction to the development teams on the implementation of new systems and features Ensure detailed application designs support Kingfisher's technological strategy Work alongside our Infrastructure teams to help drive our infrastructure designs Guide development teams to ensure they release frequently and automatically through pre-production to production. Continually review projects and work, taking findings from them to educate, coach and mentor peers. Build and maintain accurate user documentation Lead the discussion of technical requirements with subject matter experts and end users (both technical and non-technical) Contribute to team ceremonies Own and continually strive for resolution of technical debt within software delivery teams Understand and validate continuous improvement activities of relevant applications and service Own and continually strive for resolution of open incidents (within agreed SLA's) with the technologies that you own Proactively gives to internal and external communities Proven at operating effectively at both a strategic level to advise IT architecture and at detailed level to support product development A track record of ownership and crafting major improvements in large scale business-critical systems around stability, security, performance, and scalability. Responsibility for the technical direction of major areas of a technology stack Experience: Experience in leading on the resolution of deep technical challenges through cross-team working and communication Excellent ability to influence and bring people on a journey Experienced in helping teams become more productive and ship quality work - Competitive Salary Ranges Strong Bonus Opportunity Private Healthcare Excellent Pension Contributions 25 days holiday Share Options Life Assurance 20% Discount Card for Kingfisher Group companies Travel Allowance Initial Screening Call with Recruiter Technical Test with Senior Developer + Tech Lead Competency interview with Digital Engineering Manager Final Chat With Head of Engineering React, Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, CI/CDCI/CD, MongoDB, Microservices, React, Spring Boot
17/03/2021
Full time
We're Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We're made up of 79,000 hardworking people, call 1,302 stores home and operate in 10 countries. That's right, we're big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. About the role: As a Tech Lead you lead from the front and are sought-after for technical mentorship from across our teams. Over time, you will gain a depth of knowledge in the major components of our technology stack and hold technical ownership of your assigned components. You will play a vital role in leading engineering teams to building solutions that are scalable, quality, secure, and are built with the future in mind. You are tech savvy, hold a wealth of experience in technical leadership and system design, to tackle complex technical problems. You can take high-level business goals and architecture solution designs and translate these into a meaningful technology roadmap that can be delivered by our feature teams. Responsibilities: Whilst you will be operating at a senior level, we still expect you to be a significant contributor to the teams that you work with on a day-to-day basis. Lead on and advocate outstanding architectural standards, engineering methodologies, as well as Kingfisher's engineering principles Define and implement software architectural quality attributes, such as: performance, reliability, availability, scalability, supportability Work alongside Solution and Enterprise Architecture, to evaluate and make technical decisions to craft high-level solution designs Take high-level solution designs and translate into a technology roadmap that can be digested and delivered by teams Provide recommendations on application designs, analysing design specifications and validating them with development teams Collaborate and produce clear direction to the development teams on the implementation of new systems and features Ensure detailed application designs support Kingfisher's technological strategy Work alongside our Infrastructure teams to help drive our infrastructure designs Guide development teams to ensure they release frequently and automatically through pre-production to production. Continually review projects and work, taking findings from them to educate, coach and mentor peers. Build and maintain accurate user documentation Lead the discussion of technical requirements with subject matter experts and end users (both technical and non-technical) Contribute to team ceremonies Own and continually strive for resolution of technical debt within software delivery teams Understand and validate continuous improvement activities of relevant applications and service Own and continually strive for resolution of open incidents (within agreed SLA's) with the technologies that you own Proactively gives to internal and external communities Proven at operating effectively at both a strategic level to advise IT architecture and at detailed level to support product development A track record of ownership and crafting major improvements in large scale business-critical systems around stability, security, performance, and scalability. Responsibility for the technical direction of major areas of a technology stack Experience: Experience in leading on the resolution of deep technical challenges through cross-team working and communication Excellent ability to influence and bring people on a journey Experienced in helping teams become more productive and ship quality work - Competitive Salary Ranges Strong Bonus Opportunity Private Healthcare Excellent Pension Contributions 25 days holiday Share Options Life Assurance 20% Discount Card for Kingfisher Group companies Travel Allowance Initial Screening Call with Recruiter Technical Test with Senior Developer + Tech Lead Competency interview with Digital Engineering Manager Final Chat With Head of Engineering React, Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, CI/CDCI/CD, MongoDB, Microservices, React, Spring Boot
Kingfisher plc is an international home improvement company with approximately 1,350 stores, and operations in eight countries across Europe. We operate under retail banners including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, TradePoint and Koçtaş, supported by a team of 74,000 colleagues.We offer home improvement products and services to consumers and trade professionals who shop in our stores and via our e-commerce channels. About the role: Deputised by the Digital Engineering Manager as the Lead Developer you will be responsible for the day-to-day performance, productivity, and growth of the development team. You will lead by example to drive quality, whilst helping to ensure that we are delivering stable, performant, secure and scalable solutions to our customers. You will develop your team and guide engineers to build and produce better solutions. Your experience enables you to blend technical know-how with people leadership so that your team are inspired to go above and beyond and really push their careers forward. Whilst still involved with our technology stack, your primary passion and focus is on seeing engineers progress and wanting to create an environment where individuals can create/maintain/support learn good practices and make sure your team takes accountability learn and flourish. People development is at the heart of this role, and you should be driven by seeing your team progress their skills, experience, and their careers. Responsibilities: Ensure that your team are adhering to our software development principles and quality standards so that work is done to a high standard Understand in depth and be able to convey the importance of principles of good software design so that we can produce good quality software at pace. Understand in depth and be able to convey the importance of technical practices we use here at Kingfisher (such as TDD and Pair programming) so that we are working consistently and can reap the benefits of these practices. Encouraging an open mindset Advocate learning and taking the time to do so personally, so others follow Identifying headcount needs, as well as planning and recruiting as needed. Everyday activities will typically include: Working across multiple agile teams, advising, mentoring and line managing software engineers Act as an escalation point for Scrum Teams, unblocking technical or project related issues to maintain delivery progress. Support the Engineering Manager with resourcing and other day to day management duties, deputising for them when required Maintain high performing teams by driving continuous improvement of engineering and agile practices and standards Be an active member of the Kingfisher Technical Community to help define development processes, and code quality standards, also serve as a technical leader within the organisation Establish a culture of trust and collaboration across the development teams and other business functions Champion agile practices and be a coach and mentor to the team Qualifications: Team leadership and people development (covering, line management, coaching, and mentoring) Communicates clearly with a considered and empathetic approach Holds in-depth knowledge and is an advocate of TDD and pair programming to develop scalable and maintainable applications. Demonstrates a good understanding of programming through building quality, performant, and secure solutions. Has the ability to interpret digital/business strategy and can help drive teams towards goals when crafting solutions Is a strong influencer both inside and outside of their team. Is experienced and comfortable in building lasting and collaborative relationships both inside and outside of their team. - Competitive Salary Ranges Strong Bonus Opportunity Private Healthcare Excellent Pension Contributions 25 days holiday Share Options Life Assurance 20% Discount Card for Kingfisher Group companies Travel Allowance Screening Call Technical Test with Senior Developers + Tech Lead Competency interview with Digital Engineering Manager Final Chat With Head of Engineering Agile, Java, JavaScript, Building Teams, ManagementAgile, Java, JavaScript, TDD
17/03/2021
Full time
Kingfisher plc is an international home improvement company with approximately 1,350 stores, and operations in eight countries across Europe. We operate under retail banners including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, TradePoint and Koçtaş, supported by a team of 74,000 colleagues.We offer home improvement products and services to consumers and trade professionals who shop in our stores and via our e-commerce channels. About the role: Deputised by the Digital Engineering Manager as the Lead Developer you will be responsible for the day-to-day performance, productivity, and growth of the development team. You will lead by example to drive quality, whilst helping to ensure that we are delivering stable, performant, secure and scalable solutions to our customers. You will develop your team and guide engineers to build and produce better solutions. Your experience enables you to blend technical know-how with people leadership so that your team are inspired to go above and beyond and really push their careers forward. Whilst still involved with our technology stack, your primary passion and focus is on seeing engineers progress and wanting to create an environment where individuals can create/maintain/support learn good practices and make sure your team takes accountability learn and flourish. People development is at the heart of this role, and you should be driven by seeing your team progress their skills, experience, and their careers. Responsibilities: Ensure that your team are adhering to our software development principles and quality standards so that work is done to a high standard Understand in depth and be able to convey the importance of principles of good software design so that we can produce good quality software at pace. Understand in depth and be able to convey the importance of technical practices we use here at Kingfisher (such as TDD and Pair programming) so that we are working consistently and can reap the benefits of these practices. Encouraging an open mindset Advocate learning and taking the time to do so personally, so others follow Identifying headcount needs, as well as planning and recruiting as needed. Everyday activities will typically include: Working across multiple agile teams, advising, mentoring and line managing software engineers Act as an escalation point for Scrum Teams, unblocking technical or project related issues to maintain delivery progress. Support the Engineering Manager with resourcing and other day to day management duties, deputising for them when required Maintain high performing teams by driving continuous improvement of engineering and agile practices and standards Be an active member of the Kingfisher Technical Community to help define development processes, and code quality standards, also serve as a technical leader within the organisation Establish a culture of trust and collaboration across the development teams and other business functions Champion agile practices and be a coach and mentor to the team Qualifications: Team leadership and people development (covering, line management, coaching, and mentoring) Communicates clearly with a considered and empathetic approach Holds in-depth knowledge and is an advocate of TDD and pair programming to develop scalable and maintainable applications. Demonstrates a good understanding of programming through building quality, performant, and secure solutions. Has the ability to interpret digital/business strategy and can help drive teams towards goals when crafting solutions Is a strong influencer both inside and outside of their team. Is experienced and comfortable in building lasting and collaborative relationships both inside and outside of their team. - Competitive Salary Ranges Strong Bonus Opportunity Private Healthcare Excellent Pension Contributions 25 days holiday Share Options Life Assurance 20% Discount Card for Kingfisher Group companies Travel Allowance Screening Call Technical Test with Senior Developers + Tech Lead Competency interview with Digital Engineering Manager Final Chat With Head of Engineering Agile, Java, JavaScript, Building Teams, ManagementAgile, Java, JavaScript, TDD
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