Backend Developer - Finance (Kotlin/Microservices/Azure)

Make a Difference as a Backend Developer in Finance Technology

Working as a backend developer for AH technology means that you help us build state-of-the-art applications for our Finance department. We are currently in the midst of a transformation where all processes and systems are moving towards newer technologies. We are looking for a developer with an entrepreneurial mindset who can drive this change with us!

This is how you will reinvent food retail.

• Help rebuild our traditional tech landscape and create new applications in a modern, innovative tech foundation (high code front-end) to scale our ever-growing core business.
• Build code, implement, and execute automated testing, ensure security, code quality, and contribute to best practices and deployment.
• Be a valued team member, contributing and removing obstacles.

Your new job, team and office.
As a backend developer, you become part of the DevOps Finance Order-to-Cash team that is responsible for the maintenance and operations of multiple systems. The team has great ambitions to move from an older tech stack (Oracle 12c Forms) to a modern software product. You can be a driving force in implementing this change.

You will work closely with other DevOps engineers, front-end developers, solution consultants, and the product owner. As a backend engineer, you will help the team migrate from Oracle and create new applications that will be the future cash and sales accounting systems of AH. Your work will make an impactful contribution to both the employees and customers of Albert Heijn.

Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home and in the office. Our team goes to the office in Zaandam once or twice a week. We are located near the train station and offer an NS-train card.

The finance tech teams work in close cooperation with both the Albert Heijn business finance department and external parties that perform administrative operations on behalf of Albert Heijn. The order-to-cash team focuses on applications around billing, sales accounting, and cash accounting. The team consists of backend developers with a strong background in legacy systems (Oracle PLSQL and Forms/Reports) and developers specialized in services, messaging, and backend services (Kotlin).

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 80K including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus;
• 45 days of paid leave: 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 4.5 times more than you as an employee;
• A travel allowance or an 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.

What do you bring?

• Good analytical skills
• Strong tech skills
• Focus on quality

The recipe for maximum impact

• 5+ years working with REST-based services/microservices using Kotlin/Java + Spring Boot. If you don’t have Kotlin experience but Java experience, you can learn while working.
• You are a developer who takes care of code quality, tests your own code, follows development principles, and helps the team adhere to guidelines.
• Bonus if you have experience with MongoDB or PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of REST, APIs, CI/CD, and Cloud (Azure).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Grafana, and Prometheus is a plus.
• Familiarity with Scrum/Agile methodology.
• An outstanding command of the English language.
• 24/7 responsibility for application development & Ops and willingness to participate in the standby schedule.

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 an 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.

Be courageous

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

Live wholeheartedly

“The support this company has always offered means the world to me."
Christy Elgee Manager of Cyber Defense and Operations, Ahold Delhaize USA

Keep growing

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