Engineering Squad Lead (Payments)

Engineering Squad Lead (Payments) 
(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:  

• 25,000 - 31,000 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 an Engineering Squad Lead, you will be responsible for supporting and developing team members while ensuring the consistent and effective delivery of team outcomes. Working in close partnership with Product Owners, you will strengthen collaboration within the team, ensure alignment with wider business objectives, and contribute to ongoing improvements in ways of working. 

You will actively mentor and support engineers through regular feedback and coaching, using your technical expertise and leadership skills to maximise the team’s effectiveness. 
 

Responsibilities 

• Act as a line manager for team members, supporting their professional development, career progression, and overall wellbeing through regular feedback, coaching, and performance conversations. 

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee the delivery of team commitments, ensuring alignment with agreed customer, product, and engineering outcomes. 

• Take ownership of driving continuous improvement in team performance, effectiveness, and operational efficiency by refining ways of working and delivery practices. 

• Provide ongoing coaching, guidance, and constructive feedback to help team members develop their technical and professional capabilities. 

• Collaborate closely with Chapter Leaders to share updates on delivery progress, support capability building, and enable both individual and team-wide development. 

• Leverage strong software engineering expertise alongside effective leadership skills to shape the team’s impact and maintain high engineering standards. 

• Establish clear goals and ensure alignment with wider organisational objectives, monitoring progress and addressing risks to support continuous delivery and improvement.

• Extensive experience in software development, with a background in web technologies (backend or frontend) and/or quality engineering. 

• Strong understanding of the IT industry, including emerging technologies, trends, and their relevance to retail or similar sectors. 

• Proven experience leading and motivating teams in large, complex, and fast-paced matrix environments. 

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships across the organisation. 

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills. 

• Ability to solve complex problems, work effectively in ambiguous situations, and deliver practical solutions. 

• Passion for people leadership, including coaching, mentoring, and talent development. 

• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and high-performing team culture. 

• Understanding of modern QA methodologies. 

• Solid understanding of infrastructure concepts and experience working with automation and test frameworks. 

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)