Backend Developer (Kotlin/Java, Microservices, Kafka) - Supply Chain

Help build the backend behind a smarter, greener supply chain. As our new Backend Engineer, you will help rebuild our traditional tech into a modern cutting-edge technology landscape (Kotlin/Java, Microservices, Kafka).

You will be joining our Supply Chain Execution cluster, which is responsible for the planning of the delivery of goods from suppliers to distribution centers and from distribution centers to stores, all while ensuring 24/7 uptime on mission-critical environments. Your work will have a great impact on the daily lives of our customers.

This is how you will reinvent food retail:

• Build microservices in Kotlin for our Warehouse Inbound & Optimization team
• Develop technical solutions in line with our systems and business process architecture
• Develop proofs of concept, write code, implement and execute automated testing, ensure security and code quality, establish best practices, and conduct functional testing
• Further enhance our technical standards and guidelines
• Share your expertise and contribute to initiatives within your product cluster and the broader AH Retail Technology Platform
• Develop the team’s skills and processes to deliver value as quickly as possible

As Backend Engineer, you are technically responsible for the work of your product team. Your team develops and supports multiple applications delivering one or more capabilities for our brands in The Netherlands. You will work closely with the Product Owner and Product Architect to develop our technology landscape. Business technology and Solution consultants will support you and the rest of the team in identifying requirements and finding the best possible solutions.

To give you an insight into some of the large-scale initiatives we are currently busy with:

• Rebuilding our traditional tech landscape into a modern cutting-edge tech foundation (with Microservices & High code front-end) to scale our ever-growing core business
• Integrating and expanding our supply chain capacity and network
• Optimizing the value chain in our warehouses (or integrating towards our partners), transport and replenishment
• Cloud (Azure) transformation and migration

Your new team and office:
You will join the Warehouse Inbound & Optimization team that is part of our Supply Chain Execution cluster. Our team works in a hybrid way: both from home as well as in the office. We are located right next to the train station of Zaandam.

The recipe for maximum impact:
Don’t check all the boxes? Don’t worry, we probably don’t either 😉. Don’t hesitate to apply if you think you are up for the challenge, we’re happy to have a look at your resume!

• A Technology/IT Engineering Master or Bachelor degree
• 4+ years of experience working as a backend Developer in a complex Technology environment
• Broad technical knowledge including Kotlin/Java (11+), Microservices, Cloud (preferably Azure and OCI), Automated testing, API and non-functional requirements such as scalability and technical security
• Knowledge of event streaming and messaging platforms (Kafka) is a big plus
• Knowledge and experience with Agile
• An outstanding command of English
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead and motivate people
• Already located in The Netherlands

What we offer:
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 78K including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus
• 45 days of paid leave: 25.5 regular vacation days and 19.5 ADV days
• Access to a challenging training curriculum – AH Tech Academy
• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 4.5 times more than you as an employee
• A travel allowance or a NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by train
• Attractive discounts on various insurance policies
• 10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, up to €300 per year
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits
• A company laptop and telephone

We’re Albert Heijn, food retail reinventors. 🚀
Albert Heijn goes way back—more than 135 years, to be exact. For millions of people, food shopping is synonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We didn’t achieve this with a complacent, ‘hey, if it works today, it’ll work tomorrow’ approach, but by continually rethinking our propositions and staying plugged in to customer demands. More than 125,000 colleagues? Check. Over 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders? Check. The leading online food retail platform? Check, we build, run and love it.

Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone.
The world around us has changed, and significantly at that. These changes have impact on the lives of our customers, colleagues and partners. And therefore, also on 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 is: Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone.

Albert Heijn the Netherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores our purpose, through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, more social, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency.

Ready to contribute to our mission?
Do you want to play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as we know it? Then hop on board and join us on our expedition. Would you like to learn more first, before you apply to Albert Heijn? We’re happy to tell you everything about this vacancy! A technical assessment will be part of our selection process.

What do we offer?

• To be courageous
• To live wholeheartedly
• To keep growing

What do you bring?

• A team player
• True tech-savvy
• High focus on quality

Be courageous

"I realized how much impact you can truly have as an individual, working for such a huge international company.”

Live wholeheartedly

“The support this company has always offered means the world to me."

Keep growing

“I feel the freedom to show initiative, propose changes and try new things. Having that freedom gave me wings to fly.”

We need to offer the best digital experience: that's our goal!"

Robert Němec, Solution Architecture Manager

An endless race we must win

Christy Elgee, Manager of Cyber Defense and Operations, Ahold Delhaize USA

Ahold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together, we help people eat well, save time and live better – it’s how we make a difference. And we do it because we care: for our customers, our people and the world around us.