Principal Engineer - Hybrid

n 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. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. 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. \n 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. \A critical thinker able to coach and mentor other specialists with a passion for continuous improvement towards engineering excellence. \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. \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. \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 \n 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 \n Ability to lead the creation of robust, functional solutions and high-quality code, partnering with numerous stakeholders. \Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average within our Engineering team - 20% of your time involving in-person collaboration.  \Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here   \n We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. n Diversity & Inclusion   We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.  \Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.  \