Lead Backend Engineer

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 82,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - 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, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located 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. Working across our retail banners and group functions, you will build platform roadmaps that will minimise time to value, maximise long term effectiveness and ultimately help us achieve our commercial goals. 

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

What you'll bring

• 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 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 

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 also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible. 

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