Data engineer – Compliancy & Insights platform – Albert Heijn – Zaandam

Vacatures Zaandam; Zaandam; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary up to €107k

20 days paid vacation + 12.5 days

Flexible bonus

Pension plan with employer contrib.

Travel allowance for Zaandam rail

Company laptop and phone

Albert Heijn staff discount

Job summary

Albert Heijn is seeking a senior data engineer to help build and scale our data platform leveraging Databricks and Kubernetes. You will integrate diverse data sources, design scalable architectures, and contribute to the technical roadmap with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

You will work within the Engineering Enablement ecosystem to automate data pipelines, improve dashboards, and enable product teams to deliver value quickly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data engineering, data warehousing, and software development experience.
• Deep understanding of modern data architectures and scalable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Azure and cloud-native data solutions.
• Proficient in DBT, Python, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Databricks, Go and SQL.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end develop our data platform built on Databricks & Kubernetes.
• Integrate new data sources (test automation results, deployments, vulnerabilities).
• Develop accurate metrics through automated processes.
• Design and implement a scalable data platform on Azure.
• Collaborate within the enablement community and drive continuous improvement.
• Build CI/CD pipelines, scrapers, automation scripts, and IaC templates.

Skills

DBT

Python

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Databricks

Go

SQL

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

Wat ga je doen?

Our Engineering Enablement Department has a purpose to accelerate our teams worldwide.We strive to provide teams with a set of tools and services to enable them to unlock their full potential. In short, we enable them to deliver quality customer value quickly and autonomously. The tools and services we provide are built with and for our engineering community.

As an engineerin engineeringenablementplatform (EEP), you build products and platforms for our engineers. You contribute directly to creatinga state-of-the-art, self-serviceeco-systemof products and automation. This is a mission you will not take on solo, but as a full-fledged member of the enablement team.Following Inner-Sourcing principles, you will work with users and maintainers throughout the whole organization to fit your ideas into the bigger picture: Accelerate our product teams, so they can deliver quality customer value quickly and autonomously.

Our product:

ShadowCatrevolutionizes evidence collection by automating the entire process and presenting it in dashboards. Gone are the days of manually gathering evidence. WithShadowCat, the more you align with other engineering enablement products, the more automated your evidence collection becomes.

ShadowCatalsoprovidesdeep insights into the efficiency of your software development process. By offering access to standardized metrics and definitions through intuitive dashboards, you can easilyidentifyareas for improvement andoptimizeyour workflow. We look at industry standards such as DORA.

Our main responsibilities:

• End-to-end develop our data platform built on Databricks & Kubernetes




• Integrate new data sources (test automation results, deployments, vulnerabilities)




• Utilize data sources to develop accurate and reliable metrics through automated processes




• Contribute to the design and implementation of a scalable data platform architecture on Azure




• You are a part of the larger enablement community and help us improve every day




• You work with an \"open-source and build yourself\" mentality in a corporate environment: inner-sourcing

The recipe for maximum impact:

We thinkit’simportant to be part of a high-belonging team; a team where you can be yourself and feel safe,acceptedand appreciated. For this job we are preferably looking for someone who brings diversity to our team, in the widest possible sense. Someone who isa great additionto our team by bringing other ideas to the table.

• 5+ years of relevant professional experiencein data engineering, data warehousing, and software development, preferable in large-scale or complex environments




• Deep understanding of modern data architecturesand the ability to design scalable, maintainable, and future-proof solutions that align with business goals




• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms, particularly Azure, including designing and deploying cloud‑native data solutions




• Proficient in key technologies such as DBT, Python, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Databricks, Go, and SQL, with the ability to select and advocate for the right tools for the job




• Demonstratedexpertiseinoptimizingperformance, reliability, and cost-efficiencyof data pipelines and analytics workloads,leveragingbest practices and emerging technologies




• Experience architecting and implementing CI/CD pipelines, building robust scrapers, automation scripts, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates to streamline and standardize deployment processes




• A passion for navigating and thriving in complex, ambiguous environments, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement




• Strong architectural visionand the ability to contribute to the technical roadmap, ensuring the productremainsinnovative, secure, and adaptable to future needs




• Proventrack recordof coaching and mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, code quality, and knowledge sharing within the team




• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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 on40 hoursper week)

• An annualsalaryup to€107k including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus. Depending on your level of seniority and experience




• A minimum of20 dayspaid vacation, optionally12.5 daysextra. Do you want to take that extra time off, or would you rather convert the extra days into discounts or sell them for cash?You’rethe endboss!




• Flexible working hours




• Access to a challenging training curriculum - AH Tech Academy




• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 6 times more than you as an employee




• A travel allowance or aNS-businesscard for traveling to and from Zaandam by train




• 10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 per year




• A freeMijnAlbert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits




• A company laptop and telephone

We’reHeijn, food retail reinvents

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, 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, 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!

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. Would you like to learn morefirst, beforeyou apply to Albert Heijn?We'rehappy to tell you everything about thisvacancy! An assessment might be part of our selection process.

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Wat we vragen?

• Sterke tech skills

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