Medior Data Platform Engineer

As a data platform engineer, you will be working on our data platform named Thor. With Thor, we want to create a self-service, metadata-driven data platform where data producers can share their data with the data consumers without the platform team being the bottleneck. This means that we are working hard to enable our users so they can do as much as possible themselves, allowing us to focus on improving and optimizing our pipelines and codebase.

• Smart Scheduling that dynamically changes data pipeline configuration based on historical statistics.
• A versioned data platform that allows the product to scale to other brands.
• Documentation that writes itself.

This is how you will reinvent food retail.

• Contribute to the design and implementation of a scalable data platform architecture on Azure.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts, and infrastructure as code (IaC) templates to streamline deployment processes and ensure consistency.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency of data pipelines and analytics workloads on Databricks.
• Enable data producers with self-service capabilities on our data platform, granting them the freedom to autonomously share their data with the rest of the organization for data-driven insights.

Your new team and office.

Together with your team of platform engineers, you will work on inspiring projects to accelerate our transition into a hybrid Food & Tech company. We want to leverage data and technology to future-proof food shopping and provide our customers with easy access to healthy food. At Albert Heijn, you team up with inspiring peers in the data, digital, and tech domains. We invest heavily in data, digital, and tech, including investing in your career! Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home and in the office. We are located right next to the train station of Zaandam.

We believe in being part of a high-belonging team; a team where you can be yourself and feel safe, accepted, and appreciated. We are preferably looking for someone who brings diversity to our team in the widest possible sense, bringing different ideas to the table. Don’t worry if you don't check all the boxes; neither do we. 😊 Don’t hesitate to apply if you think you are up for the challenge. We're happy to have a look at your resume!

The recipe for maximum impact.

• 3 - 5 years of relevant experience in software development.
• Hands-on Python experience including solid programming experience in data ingestion patterns (streaming).
• Hands-on Azure Cloud, Databricks, and Terraform experience.
• Curious, proactive, fast learner able to quickly pick up new areas.
• Experience with agile methodologies.
• Perfect communication skills.
• Living in the Netherlands is mandatory.

At Albert Heijn, we aim to grow, and this is only possible if you grow along with us. As we work together to build our brand and your career, you can count on (based on 40 hours per week):

• An annual salary up to 75k including holiday allowance and a profit-sharing bonus, depending on your level of seniority and experience.
• 45 days of paid leave to enjoy your well-deserved holidays: 25.5 regular vacation days and 19.5 ADV days.
• Flexible working hours.
• Access to a challenging training curriculum – AH Tech Academy.
• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute six times more than you as an employee.
• A travel allowance or an NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by train.
• 10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, up to a maximum of €300 per year.
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits.
• A company laptop and telephone.

Albert Heijn goes way back, over 135 years. For millions, food shopping is synonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We achieve this by continually rethinking our propositions and staying attuned to customer demands. Over 125,000 colleagues and 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders, plus the leading online food retail platform. We build, run, and love it.

Together, we make eating better the easy choice for everyone.

The world has drastically changed. These changes impact the lives of our customers, colleagues, and partners, as well as Albert Heijn. We're moving towards a new world with new opportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wants more people to eat fresher, healthier, and more sustainable food. Eating brings us together, keeps us healthier, and contributes positively to the world. Our mission: Together, we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone.

Do you want to play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as we know it? Then hop on board and join our expedition. Would you like to learn more before you apply to Albert Heijn? We're happy to share more about this vacancy! An assessment might be part of our selection process.