Machine Learning Engineer (PySpark, MLOps, Docker, Kubernetes)

Make a Difference as a Machine Learning Engineer at Albert Heijn

Do you want to impact millions of users by improving digital data science products at the biggest omni-channel food retailer in the Netherlands and Belgium? Would you like to improve your technical and problem-solving skills working in a dedicated and enthusiastic team? Then we are looking for you!

As a Medior Machine Learning Engineer at Albert Heijn Technology, you will be part of our ambitious Analytics and Data Science team. You will work closely with Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Product Owners, businesses, and technology stakeholders. Together you will deliver scalable and robust Data Science products that improve the omni-channel customer journey for millions of Albert Heijn customers. For example, improving the personal bonus offers within the Mijn Bonus Box or suggesting the most suitable products during the online shopping journey using recommendation technologies.

You will use your Software Engineering skills and your interest in Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning methods for this role. You are a flexible, versatile Software Engineer who likes to help Data Scientists and Data Analysts develop and scale software independently while keeping production and operations in mind.

Our Digital Analytics and Data Science department consists of approximately 40 enthusiastic Analysts, Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers with different professional backgrounds and nationalities. Our team members are passionate, curious, and pragmatic, never afraid to get their hands dirty, always learning and adapting. As a medior MLE you are able to understand the needs within the product you work on in terms of technical improvements but also actively contribute in discussion on how to maximize business impact.

As a Medior Machine Learning Engineer at AH Technology you will:

• Design, test and build scalable machine learning solutions together with our team of data scientist and engineers
• Communicate your solutions clearly to a technical audience
• Translate the requirements from stakeholders into a solution and you are able to proactively communicate about the progress of technical stories
• Contribute as part of a team with Data Scientists, Data Analysts and Product Owner

The recipe for maximum impact.

• A Master’s degree and 2+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or Machine Learning Engineer
• Experience with Apache Spark (PySpark) and working with large datasets
• Strong software development skills, able to write solid readable and testable code (Python, packaging, testing, CI/CD)
• A good understanding of the fundamentals underlying industry standard machine learning models
• Cloud experience, you can architect and provision scalable hosting solutions
• Excellent communication skills, you are a team player
• Experience in rolling machine learning out in production (MLOps, model life cycle management, monitoring)
• Experience in maintaining and evolving an existing software project that already runs in production
• Experience in using containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and running web servers / services /APIs in production
• Based 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 77k including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus. Depending on your experience;  
• 45 days of paid leave to enjoy your well-deserved holidays: 25,5 regular vacation days and 19,5 ADV days. Enjoy!
• Flexible working hours; 
• Access to a challenging training curriculum – AH Tech Academy; 
• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 4,5 more than you as an employee;  
• A travel allowance or a NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by train; 
• Courses from our Albert Heijn Data Academy
• 10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €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. So 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.

What matters to us?

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.

Be courageous

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

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Live wholeheartedly

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

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Keep growing

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

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"All of our team members genuinely love what they do."

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