Senior Software Engineer iOS

Overview

We're Kingfisher. You might know us as Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We're made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. 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.

What's the job?

We are going through an exciting period of change and are seeking a highly motivated and experienced iOS Engineer with expertise in Swift & SwiftUI to join our Software Engineering team and work on our greenfield Android KMM programme.

Our aspiration is to grow an engineering function that is world class, pioneering in the retail technology space, making great software within a growth culture that is always looking for the next thing to improve or adapt to meet our customer needs.

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

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality iOS Apps using Swift and Xcode
• Leverage SwiftUI to create flexible user interfaces
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse user requirements and translate them into testable features
• Integrate KMM components into iOS apps
• Implement design patterns to ensure robust and scalable code
• Use GitLab to manage source code, version control, and collaborative development
• Write and maintain unit tests to ensure code quality and reliability
• Continuously research and stay up to date with new iOS development trends and technologies
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and user manuals for the applications

What you'll bring

Required Skills & Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in iOS development with a strong portfolio of mobile applications built using Swift and Xcode
• Experience with SwiftUI in a commercial project
• Experience with software design patterns and best practices in iOS development
• Great knowledge of unit testing and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with SDK integrations
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and JSON data structures with knowledge and awareness of GraphQL
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Bitrise), and source control systems.
• An understanding of Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM)

Nice to have :

• Published articles on LinkedIn/Medium or other platforms
• Involved in an iOS community via membership of online groups or meetups and can demonstrate participation in developer forums
• Experimented with Android development

Be Customer Focused - constantly improving our customers' experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human - acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing
• I am respectful

Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile - working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive - acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable - championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

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. 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.