Backend Developer (Kotlin/Java) – Supply Chain – Albert Heijn – Zaandam

Vacatures Zaandam; Zaandam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Training curriculum

Pension plan with employer contrib.

Travel allowance or NS-card

Staff discount on groceries

Company laptop and phone

Job summary

Albert Heijn in Zaandam seeks a Backend Engineer to shape the technology driving one of the Netherlands’ most trusted brands. You will build and run Kotlin/Java microservices with Kafka and lead DevOps practices to keep our supply chain efficient, compliant, and scalable.

We offer a hybrid work setup next to Zaandam train station, a strong training program, and a culture that values diversity and career growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with the specified tech stack (Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and cloud practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and test automation.
• Excellent English communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale microservices in Kotlin/Java for Store Replenishment.
• Design and deliver technical solutions aligned with architecture and business processes.
• Hands-on development: write code, run tests, ensure security and quality.
• Contribute to standards and evolve technical guidelines for scalability.
• Collaborate across teams within AH Stores and Supply Chain Technology Platform.
• Help grow team skills and streamline processes to deliver value.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

Spring Boot

Kafka

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Postgres

MongoDB

Azure

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

English proficiency

Tools

Github Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

Wat ga je doen?

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.

This is how you will reinvent food retail.

• Build and scale microservices in Kotlin for our Store Replenishment 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.

You work at the heart of the Albert Heijn supply chain. The AH Store Replenishment product is responsible for creating the orders for 1300+ Albert Heijn stores. Our mission is to provide the best shopping experience to our customers, offering high service levels and fresh products at an affordable price, a task you won't take on solo but as a full‑fledged member of the replenishment development team.

Your new team and office.

Together with your team of 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 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. Are you ready to reinvent the way millions of people buy and enjoy their food? 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. We are located right next to the train station Zaandam.

We think it’s important to be part of an high‑belonging team; a team where you can be yourself and feel safe, accepted and appreciated. For this job we are preferably looking for someone who brings diversity in our team, in the widest possible sense. Someone who is a great addition to our team by bringing other ideas to the table.

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 80 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;
• 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 expertise on relevant technology stack: Java/Kotlin, Spring boot, Github Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins, Kubernetes/Azure.
• You know your technology stack: you are the expert when it comes to Microservice, Kotlin (or Java), Postgres or MongoDB, 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)
• Strong understanding of concepts like code quality, IT security, test automation, and cloud practices;
• Outstanding communication in English;
• Ability to identify (technical) improvements and contribute to a technical roadmap.

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?

Wat we vragen?

• True tech‑savvy
• A drive to innovate
• A team player