Medior Data Scientist (Python, Azure, Databricks, Spark)

Op het hoofdkantoor van Albert Heijn in Zaandam kun je flexibel werken, zowel vanuit huis als op kantoor, in een informele cultuur met een bevlogen team dat graag voorop wil blijven lopen en verschil wil maken. Met jouw unieke talent maak je impact op het leven van klanten, leer je van experts en helpen we je jouw loopbaan vorm te geven.

Your day is done—you’ve pushed your code, and it’s already been reviewed and merged. Now it’s time to grab some groceries on the way home. Walking through the refrigerated aisles of your local Albert Heijn store, you spot a great bargain—salad leaves marked down to 70%, thanks to a dynamic discount algorithm you helped develop, ensuring products sell before expiration and avoiding waste.

As you walk towards the bakery department, the aroma of freshly baked goods fills the air. You take pride in knowing that your optimized baking plan is behind the freshness and quality of these products. Stepping out onto the street you realize that it’s not just your local store—these algorithms run in more than a thousand stores across the Netherlands and Belgium.

Does a job with such tangible impact at such scale motivates you? Do you want to use your skills to solve a wide set of practical and challenging problems? We’re looking for curious, collaborative people who care about impact and learning to join and strengthen our Operations Analytics and Data Science team!

As Medior Data Scientist you:

• Improve our algorithms through analysis, modelling and experimentation
• Design, build, test, and productionize algorithms in collaboration with engineers and analysts
• Work on ETL pipelines to make sure we work with up-to-date and correct data
• Convey complex ideas to different audiences in an effective manner
• Work in multidisciplinary product teams closely to our business stakeholders
• Share your knowledge with and learn from other team members
• Work with colleagues who value open discussion, constructive code reviews, and diverse perspectives

We’re looking for candidates with:

• A Master in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Econometrics, Computer Science, or other relevant studies
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and Applied Statistical techniques
• Strong knowledge of Python
• 2-5 years of relevant experience
• Experience using modern software development practices (IDEs, Unit testing, Version Control, CI/CD, etc.)
• Experience with generative AI–assisted coding (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar) and the ability to prompt effectively, assess suggestions critically, and uphold security and quality standards
• Experience with Cloud Platforms, Databricks and Spark is a plus

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

What we offer:

• 25,5 vacation days
• A budget choice in which you can decide whether you spend it on extra days off (+19,5 days), discounts or pay-outs
• Courses from our Albert Heijn TOP Academy
• Hybrid working (2–3 days in the office) and flexible hours
• An excellent pension plan with a personal contribution of 6.2%
• A travel allowance for traveling to and from Zaandam
• Attractive discounts on various insurance policies
• A MacBook and an iPhone
• 10% discount on your grocery shopping in our Albert Heijn stores, up to €300 per year

We’re Albert Heijn, food retail reinventors.

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peter.dirks@ah.nl