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Principal Engineer - DevEx and SRE
Posted 11 days 14 hours ago by Kingfisher plc
Permanent
Part Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 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!
Working in the Cloud Platforms and SRE Chapter, this role will be setting the technical direction for the Cloud Platform teams across our Developer Experience and SRE squads.
Overview We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 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!
Working in the Cloud Platforms and SRE Chapter, this role will be setting the technical direction for the Cloud Platform teams across our Developer Experience and SRE squads.
You will work with the squads to ensure they are optimising for reducing friction in the engineering workflow and improving the reliability of products our engineering squads build.
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. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!
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.
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 At Kingfisher, we are united by our 6 core behaviours
Constantly improving our customer experience
. click apply for full job details
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!
Working in the Cloud Platforms and SRE Chapter, this role will be setting the technical direction for the Cloud Platform teams across our Developer Experience and SRE squads.
Overview We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 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!
Working in the Cloud Platforms and SRE Chapter, this role will be setting the technical direction for the Cloud Platform teams across our Developer Experience and SRE squads.
You will work with the squads to ensure they are optimising for reducing friction in the engineering workflow and improving the reliability of products our engineering squads build.
- Leadership: you will be a transformational leader, who exerts influence over multiple squads, increasing their effectiveness by sharing expert knowledge and experience. A critical thinker able to coach and mentor other specialists with a passion for continuous improvement towards engineering excellence.
- Delivery: Drives significant technology initiatives end-to-end to ensure customer outcomes are met. Collaborates with architects and acts as Product Owner to craft roadmaps and steer the long-range goals.
- Engineering Excellence: Drives design and implementation of robust and durable software solutions which solve business-critical problems in a fast-paced environment, embedding engineering best practice in collaboration with all Principal Engineers.
- Collaboration: Fosters a collaborative environment and offers mentorship on effective communication within the engineering team.
- Relationship Management: Builds cohesive and positive relationships with stakeholders within and beyond engineering.
- Self-Management: Role models how to successfully manage skills and personal development, and promotes a culture of continuous learning.
- Innovation: Drives a culture of responsible innovation and experimentation, providing perspectives on leading industry tools and trends and recommendations on new and emerging technologies.
- Leadership: you will be a transformational leader, who exerts influence over multiple squads, increasing their effectiveness by sharing expert knowledge and experience. A critical thinker able to coach and mentor other specialists with a passion for continuous improvement towards engineering excellence.
- Delivery: Drives significant technology initiatives end-to-end to ensure customer outcomes are met. Collaborates with architects and acts as Product Owner to craft roadmaps and steer the long-range goals.
- Engineering Excellence: Drives design and implementation of robust and durable software solutions which solve business-critical problems in a fast-paced environment, embedding engineering best practice in collaboration with all Principal Engineers.
- Collaboration: Fosters a collaborative environment and offers mentorship on effective communication within the engineering team.
- Relationship Management: Builds cohesive and positive relationships with stakeholders within and beyond engineering.
- Self-Management: Role models how to successfully manage skills and personal development, and promotes a culture of continuous learning.
- Innovation: Drives a culture of responsible innovation and experimentation, providing perspectives on leading industry tools and trends and recommendations on new and emerging technologies.
- High technical skills and understanding of the engineering practices that will allow you to come up with solutions for engineers that solve their day-to-day workflow problems
- Excellent understanding of SRE and Developer Experience practices and the ability to apply them in an organisation to improve the reliability and engineering workflow posture
- Understanding of infrastructure as code and the ability to take part in code reviews
- Ability to lead the creation of robust, functional solutions and high-quality code, partnering with numerous stakeholders.
- Ability to lead, encourage and empower engineers to consistently deliver value.
- I listen to my customers
- I use available data to help make decisions
- I do the right thing
- I build and share new ideas
- I try new things and share my learnings
- I have courage to be creative
- Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20
- I embrace allyship
- I have self-awareness and a desire to learn
- I own my actions
- I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role
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. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!
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.
- Strong collaborative skills, with a proven track record working constructively with engineering squad leads, seeking common ground and compromise to achieve shared goals
- Adept at identifying and capturing solutions for non-functional requirements for the products and services being delivered.
- Ability to lead and build engineering principles, practices, and patterns.
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 At Kingfisher, we are united by our 6 core behaviours
Constantly improving our customer experience
. click apply for full job details
