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Lead Software Engineer

Job Locations RO-Cluj
Entity
Group Technology
ID
2026-134380
Category
Digital IT
Type
Full Time
Contract
Permanent
Hours Per Week
40

Overview

Lead Software Engineer

 

 (Hybrid, Cluj, Romania)

 

Who we are and what we create?  

 

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 Cluj. 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:  

    • Annual performance bonus
    • Employee referral bonus
    • Private medical coverage (Regina Maria – Priority Plan)
    • Option to extend coverage to your spouse or children at no extra cost
    • Life insurance (Metropolitan Life)
    • Eyeglasses vouchers
    • 7Card fitness membership (co-funded)
    • Access to LinkedIn Learning, LEO Learning, and Bookster
    • Fresh fruit bar and premium coffee
    • Modern, collaborative workspace
    • Hybrid work model
    • Flexible working schedule
    • 21 days of annual leave + extra days based on tenure (up to 25 days)
    • Additional days off when public holidays fall on weekends
    • Paid leave for special life events
    • Meal vouchers
    • Gift vouchers (up to 4 per year), offered for occasions like Christmas, Easter, March 8th, and June 1st

What's the job?

About the role 

We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer (Frontend) to join the Colleague Commerce team. This team builds tools used by store colleagues to handle customer orders, queries and in‑store online ordering. You will lead the technical delivery of a major rewrite of the DotCom Plus platform (currently ATG‑based): a greenfield rebuild that will selectively reuse existing components, with an initial rollout for B&Q and multi‑brand deployment planned from early 2017. The role combines hands‑on system design, technical leadership and close collaboration with product and operations to deliver a highly reliable, customer‑facing platform used in 24/7 store operations. 

Responsibilities 

  • Lead system design and architecture for frontend and service interactions, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable and aligned with microservices principles 
  • Own technical direction for the squad: set standards, review designs, and drive decisions that balance short‑term delivery with long‑term maintainability
  • Mentor and coach engineers, fostering growth, code quality and a culture of continuous improvement
  • Collaborate cross‑functionally with backend engineers, product managers, designers and operations to define product vision and delivery plans
  • Champion frontend quality: testing, performance, accessibility (WCAG) and reliable CI/CD pipelines
  • Drive improvements in development lifecycle, observability, deployment practices and incident response for a mission‑critical system
  • Represent the team to stakeholders, communicating technical trade‑offs, progress and risks clearly

What you'll bring

Skills and Experience 

  • Proven experience designing and delivering complex frontend solutions and distributed systems
  • Strong frontend expertise with JavaScript and React (TypeScript preferred)
  • Experience with Node.js for backend or server‑side components
  • Solid understanding of microservices architecture, REST APIs, JSON and GraphQL
  • Hands‑on experience with frontend testing and automation (e.g., Playwright, Jest, Cypress)
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Good knowledge of web architecture, performance optimisation and web server technologies
  • Strong SQL skills and familiarity with validating data flows across integrated systems
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence technical strategy
  • Fluent English (written and spoken)

 

 
Nice to have 

  • Experience with AWS and cloud‑native patterns
  • Familiarity with Kafka or event‑driven architectures
  • Prior exposure to retail/e‑commerce platforms, especially ATG/DotCom ecosystems
  • Experience with Remix or other modern frameworks and server‑side rendering patterns
  • Background in observability, performance testing and reliability engineering

    To get to know us better visit: 

    LinkedIn 

    Kingfisher plc 

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At Kingfisher we value having a diverse workforce and representing the communities that we serve, and want to ensure that all employees, future employees, and applicants to all Kingfisher companies are treated equally.

If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application or are applying for a UK based position and would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please contact us at kingfisher.recruitment@kingfisher.com

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