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

How you can make a difference

Help shape the technology driving one of the Netherlands’ most trusted brands. As our new Backend Engineer (Kotlin/Java, Kafka, DevOps), you’ll build and run applications that keep our supply chain efficient, compliant, and future-ready. Working at the intersection of engineering, sustainability, and business, you’ll have the chance to influence how millions of products move through our network while ensuring innovation, reliability, and impact at scale.

• You get to work with modern technologies, and new-build solutions.
• Everything we build is scalable, using Azure and Microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and Kafka. We work in small increments so we’re able to put things live straight away, hence reduce our time to market.
• We work in a multi-disciplinarian team that contributes and removes obstacles.

This is how you will reinvent food retail.

• Build and scale microservices in Kotlin for our Transport Planning team, powering smarter supply chain operations.
• Design and deliver technical solutions that align with our architecture and business processes.
• Hands-on development: create proofs of concept, write clean code, implement automated testing, ensure security and code quality, and set best practices.
• Contribute to standards: shape and evolve our technical guidelines for long-term scalability.
• Collaborate and share: bring your expertise to cross-team initiatives within the AH Stores and Supply Chain Technology Platform.
• Enable growth: improve team skills and processes to deliver business value faster and more effectively.

As a Backend Engineer in AH Transport Planning, you work at the heart of the Albert Heijn supply chain. The AH Transport Planning product is responsible of planning and managing more than 3000 daily trips for Albert Heijn stores and warehouses. Our mission is to provide the best shopping experience to our customers, offering high service levels and fresh products at an affordable price.

You will be supported by a team, allowing you to focus on building code. You will start with the development of mature systems with continuous change demand. We are taking future-changing steps to innovate our architecture and become more responsive toward market changes and opportunities.

Considering the vast scale we operate at, even the most minor improvements make an enormous impact, and you will be at the epicenter working on solutions that will take our supply chain to the next level.

Your new team and office.

Together with your team 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 give our customers the accessibility to healthy food more easily available for everyone. At Albert Heijn, you team up with inspiring peers in the data, digital and tech domains. A community of diverse individuals who share a common goal; to create digital solutions that make (online) shopping simpler and more inspiring. We invest heavily in data, digital and tech. And that includes investing in your career! Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home as well as in the office.

What we offer.

• Hybrid working
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Cross brand career options
• An annual salary up to 80K including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus (depending on your experience)
• 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 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, to a maximum of €300 per year
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits
• A company laptop and telephone

The recipe for maximum impact

• 5+ years of experience as a Backend Developer.
• You know your technology stack: you are the expert when it comes to Kotlin (or latest version of Java), MongoDB, Docker, k8s and Kafka.
• Experience in Cloud (Azure preferred, but we will get you up to speed if you have AWS/Google experience).
• Know your way around with CI/CD, including test automation integrations and release engineering automation (fyi, we use Azure DevOps and Github Actions).
• Good understanding of concepts like code quality, IT security, test automation, and cloud practices.
• Outstanding communication in English.
• Already located in The Netherlands.
• Ability to identify (technical) improvements and contribute to a technical roadmap.

Meet your colleagues

"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

For millions of people, food shopping is synonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We build and run technology at scale to support our stores, supply chain, and online platform.