Overview

We’re Kingfisher, a team of over 82,000 people bringing Kingfisher brands (B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas) to life. We aim to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. We want you to help us achieve this ambition.

At Kingfisher, customers come from all walks of life, and we are committed to treating all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants 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, both in hours and location. We offer a blend of working from home and our offices in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you.

We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer (backend Python focus) to join our Group Data Science function, to lead and trailblaze the development and building of software platforms. You will work across our retail banners and group functions, building platform roadmaps that maximise time to value and long-term effectiveness to support our commercial goals.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Tech, Product and Data teams to develop engineering platforms that enable applying and embedding data science in our products and processes.
• Support diverse teams in translating between business and data in the design of project work, and in the synthesis and communication of recommendations and results.
• Support the Data Science Leadership Team in developing a "data culture" and demonstrating the value of data in decision-making.
• Provide technical leadership and support for junior members of the team.

What’s the job

• Collaborate with Tech, Product and Data teams to develop the engineering platforms that allow us to apply and embed the use of data science directly in our products and processes.
• Support diverse teams in translating between business and data in the design of project work, and in the synthesis and communication of recommendations and results.
• Support the Data Science Leadership Team in developing a “data culture” and demonstrating the value of data in our decision-making.
• Provide technical leadership and support for the junior members of the team.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and experience in Django and Python backend
• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals and machine learning
• Proven experience of delivering several high-quality software products and experience of productionisation
• Proven experience of developing cloud-based services using one or more cloud providers (preferably GCP)
• Strong management and leadership skills - including the ability to build, organise, motivate, mentor and manage a Platform Engineering team that supports a diverse range of initiatives
• Sensitivity and excellent influencing skills - ability to work with stakeholders across a variety of functions and levels of seniority

Be Behaviours

• Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience
• We listen to our customers and colleagues
• We innovate products and experiences to stay ahead
• Be Human – leading with purpose, humanity and care
• We do the right thing
• We invest in our people and build great teams
• Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious
• We focus externally, globally and build the long term
• We experiment and share our learnings
• Be Agile – building trust and empowering people to work with agility
• We act with pace, not perfection, role modelling 80/20
• We take risks, fail fast and adapt quickly
• Be Inclusive – inspiring diverse teams to achieve together
• We celebrate difference as a strength
• We collaborate, breaking down silos
• Be Accountable – owning the plan, delivering results and growth
• We focus on performance outcomes
• We prioritise and simplify for others

What we offer

• Private Health Care – Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with AXA. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).
• Kingfisher Pension Scheme – Immediate eligibility through auto-enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.
• 25 Days\' Holiday – 25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro rated for part time colleagues).
• Staff Discount – 20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.
• Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP) – Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.
• Life Assurance – x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS-MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.
• Bonus – Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.
• Kingfisher Share Save – Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period. Offered annually. Three months service is required at the annual invitation date, normally in October.

Our Behaviours

• We are united by 6 core behaviours: Constantly improving our customer experience; Acting with humanity and care; Be curious; Thriving on learning, thinking beyond the obvious; Be inclusive; Acting inclusively in diverse teams to achieve together; Be agile; Working with trust, pace and agility; Be accountable; Championing the plan to deliver results and growth.

Application Process

• Step 1: Application – Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.
• Step 2: Review – A member of the Talent Acquisition team will review your application and let you know if you have progressed.
• Step 3: Interview 1 – Telephone interview/one-to-one conversation with a recruiter.
• Step 4: Interview 2 – Face-to-face or virtual interview.
• Step 5: Feedback – Recruiter will provide feedback and, if successful, details of the job offer.