Associate Quality Engineer

Associate Quality Engineer (iOS) 

(Hybrid/Kraków – 1 day per week in the office) 

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

We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:  

• Up to 12,000 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 part of Kingfisher's Engineering Centre in Krakow, we are expanding our teams dedicated to Castorama Polska – one of the country's most recognized DIY retail brands. These teams will be shaping the future of retail by building and evolving Castorama's mobile app, e-commerce platform, and the back-office systems that power store operations across Poland. If you join us, you will not just be writing code – you will be directly influencing how millions of customers shop, browse, and interact with their local Castorama stores. From launching a new generation of mobile apps to streamlining in-store tech, your work will have a real, visible impact in your own backyard.

We are looking for a motivated Associate iOS Quality Engineer to join our Engineering team. As a QE in this team, you will help ensure the quality and reliability of our mobile applications used by thousands of customers. 

This is a great opportunity to learn and grow within a supportive environment, work with modern mobile testing tools, and develop your skills in a collaborative and agile team.  

If you're looking for an exciting opportunity to step out of your comfort zone and make a real impact by building better software, this is the job for you 

Responsibilities

• Learn and understand requirements such as functionality, usability, accessibility, performance, and security. 
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other team members to support testing activities. 
• Assist in creating and maintaining test cases and test plans. 
• Execute automation and manual tests to ensure the highest level of product quality. 
• Support the setup and maintenance of test environments. 
• Work with the development team to analyse, reproduce, and troubleshoot issues found during testing. 
• Log, track, and retest defects using defect tracking tools. 
• Gain hands-on experience with iOS test frameworks and automation tools. 

Skills and experience

• Experience as a Quality Engineer for mobile native applications, with hands-on involvement in both manual and automated testing. 
• Practical exposure to automation frameworks for iOS, including XCTest and XCUITest (Swift), as well as using Swifter for backend mocking. 
• Familiarity with testing web APIs such as GraphQL and REST, including writing automated checks. 
• Experience using test management and defect tracking tools (e.g. Jira, TestRail). 
• Solid understanding of QA practices within Agile methodologies and the software development lifecycle. 
• Strong attention to detail, willingness to learn, and a problem-solving mindset. 
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment. 
• Interest in deepening skills in iOS test automation, while also maintaining a strong foundation in manual testing. 
• Familiarity with CI/CD and mobile release tooling
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) 

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